Steven Pinker is a Johnstone Family Professor in the Department of Psychology at Harvard University. He is pictured in his home in Boston. Stephanie Mitchell/Harvard Staff Photographer
We have noted his thoughts on the work of others, including unflattering thoughts, but until now we have not had the opportunity to point our attention to the man himself, so thanks to Harvard magazine for the occasion to do so:
‘What could be more interesting than how the mind works?’
Steven Pinker’s history of thought
Steven Pinker follows Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot, Martha Minow, and E.O. Wilson in the Experience series, interviews with Harvard faculty members covering the reasons they became teachers and scholars, and the personal journeys, missteps included, behind their professional success. Interviews with Melissa Franklin, Stephen Greenblatt, Laurel Thatcher Ulrich, Helen Vendler, and Walter Willett will appear in coming weeks. Continue reading
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