Steven Pinker (15 kníh)
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Steven Pinker Buď svetloNaozaj sa svet ženie do záhuby? Je myšlienka pokroku dávno prekonaná? V tejto výborne napísanej správe o stave ľudstva v treťom miléniu nás kognitívny psychológ a známy intelektuál Steven Pinker nabáda, aby sme ani na okamih...
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Steven Pinker Buď svetloNaozaj sa svet ženie do záhuby? Je myšlienka pokroku dávno prekonaná? V tejto výborne napísanej správe o stave ľudstva v treťom miléniu nás kognitívny psychológ a známy intelektuál Steven Pinker nabáda, aby sme ani na okamih nepodľahli...
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Steven Pinker Enlightenment NowIs modernity really failing? Or have we failed to appreciate progress and the ideals that make it possible? If you follow the headlines, the world in the 21st century appears to be sinking into chaos, hatred, and irrationality. Yet Steven Pinker shows that this is an illusion - a symptom of historical amnesia and statistical fallacies. If you follow the trendlines rather than the headlines, you discover that our…
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Steven Pinker Enlightenment NowIs modernity really failing? Or have we failed to appreciate progress and the ideals that make it possible? If you follow the headlines, the world in the 21st century appears to be sinking into chaos, hatred, and irrationality...
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Steven Pinker Jazykový instinkt CZKniha oceňovaného experimentálního psychologa a kognitivního vědce Stevena Pinkera pojednává o tom, jakým způsobem si lidé osvojují rodný či další jazyk a co to vůbec znamená. Svůj postoj zakládá na popularizaci revolučních myšlenek amerického filozofa Noama Chomského týkajících se jazyka jako vrozené schopnosti mozku a rozvíjí je kontroverzní tezí, že my jako lidský druh vlastníme evoluční mentální modul pro tuto…
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Steven Pinker Slová a pravidlá - Zložky jazykaAutor dáva odpovede na otázky: Ako funguje jazyk? Ako si deti osvojujú materčinu? Ako vznikajú nové slová? V ktorej časti mozgu je jazyk doma? Prečo majú jazyky také množstvo výnimiek a nepravidelností? ...a na mnohé ďalšie.
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Steven Pinker The Better Angels of Our Nature ENThis acclaimed book by Steven Pinker, author of The Language Instinct and The Blank Slate, argues that, contrary to popular belief, humankind has become progressively less violent, over millenia and decades. Can violence really have declined? The images of conflict we see daily on our screens from around the world suggest this is an almost obscene claim to be making. Extraordinarily, however, Steven Pinker shows…
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Steven Pinker The Better Angels of Our Nature ENThis riveting, myth-destroying book reveals how, contrary to popular belief, humankind has become progressively less violent, over millenia and decades. Can violence really have declined? The images of conflict we see daily on our screens from around the world suggest that this is an almost obscene claim to be making. And wasn't the twentieth century the most devastatingly brutal in history? Extraordinarily,…
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Steven Pinker The Language InstinctPenguin Books Ltd: 'Dazzling...Pinker's big idea is that language is an instinct...as innate to us as flying is to geese...Words can hardly do justice to the superlative range and liveliness of Pinker's investigations' - Independent 'A marvellously readable book...illuminates every facet of human language: its biological origin, its uniqueness to humanity, it acquisition by children, its grammatical structure, the…
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Steven Pinker The Sense of Style ENBad writing can't be blamed on the Internet, or on 'the kids today'. Good writing has always been hard: a performance requiring pretense, empathy, and a drive for coherence. In The Sense of Style, cognitive scientist and linguist Steven Pinker uses the latest scientific insights to bring us a style and usage guide for the 21st century. What do skilful writers know about the link between syntax and ideas? How can we…
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Steven Pinker The Sense of Style ENWhat is the secret of good prose? Does writing well even matter in an age of instant communication? Should we care? In this funny, thoughtful book about the modern art of writing, Steven Pinker shows us why we all need a sense of style. More than ever before, the currency of our social and cultural lives is the written word, from Twitter and texting to blogs, e-readers and old-fashioned books. But most style guides…
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Steven Pinker The Stuff of ThoughtWhy do so many swear words involve topics like sex, bodily functions or the divine? Why do some children's names thrive while others fall out of favour? Why do we threaten and bribe and seduce in such elaborate, often comical ways? This title looks at...
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