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Pinker vividly calls these doctrines "the blank slate" ("nothing in the mind is innate"), "the noble savage" ("people are born good, but society corrupts them"), and "the spirit in the machine" ("each of us has a soul that is completely independent of biology"), and shows the extent to which they have stubbornly participated in the formation of moral, educational, political, and artistic beliefs.

In six chapters written in his characteristic lucid and witty style, well-articulated arguments, and brilliant syntheses, Pinker advocates a calm and reasonable approach to the problem of psychological evolution, showing with numerous examples from all areas of human creativity how an honest, scientifically based approach is also the closest to a common-sense, humane view of the entirety of the human psyche - in all its developmental stages, as well as throughout all historical periods, completely refuting fears that biological beliefs threaten human values.

The book is in the field of evolutionary psychology and, besides being one of the truly legendary popular science books of today, it is a very valuable contribution to the scientifically based argumentation in favor of tolerance and philanthropy in all aspects of human creativity.

The book has more than five hundred pages, accompanied by an extensive bibliography, notes and index.