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The Stuff of Thought: Language As a Window Into Human Nature
Cover of the first edition
AuthorSteven Pinker
LanguageEnglish
SubjectPhilosophy
PublisherPenguin Group (Viking Press)
Publication date
2007
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint
Pages499
ISBN978-0-670-06327-7
OCLC154308853
Dewey Decimal
401 22
LC ClassP107 .P548 2007

The Stuff of Thought: Language As a Window Into Human Nature is a 2007 book by experimental psychologist Steven Pinker. Pinker "analyzes how our words relate to thoughts and to the world around us and reveals what this tells us about ourselves."[1] Put another way, Pinker "probes the mystery of human nature by examining how we use words".[2] The book became a New York Times best seller.

  1. ^ Pinker, Steven. "The Stuff of Thought". Steven Pinker. Harvard University. Archived from the original on 2008-05-09. Retrieved 2008-08-03.
  2. ^ Press, Michelle (September 2007), "Reviews: Cyclic Universe•World of Words•Nuclear Terror", Scientific American, vol. 297, no. 3, Scientific American, Inc., p. 120, retrieved 2008-08-03

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