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Jan 31, 2022 · But there is also an evangelistic element in the mix. Pinker thinks that if everyone knew, and more importantly understood, the things he is telling us, then everyone would be better off, the world would be safer and we could all worry a lot less.
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Sep 6, 2021 · They’ve also generated no small amount of disagreement, with Pinker’s critics arguing, to cite two common examples, that his view of the world is overly sympathetic to the excesses of ...
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Feb 20, 2018 · Pinker frequently refers to the Enlightenment as the "Age of Reason" (a rather old-fashioned label that seems to have been drawn from Will and Ariel Durant's 1961 Story of Civilization ). But throughout the book reason is treated as an unproblematic given, as if we all know what it is and are happy to sign up to Pinker's version of it.
Apr 10, 2021 · Pinker is what you might call a conservative progressive. He wants to preserve those practices, values and institutions—notably science, democracy and, yes, capitalism—that have contributed to...
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Pinker celebrates science as an engine of progress. But like other atheists, he fails to recognize its Christian origins. The scientific method was first developed by Christians because they believed in a rational God who created the universe according to rational laws—laws that could be discerned by his image-bearers. According to Princeton profes...
Pinker advocates vociferously for the application of reason to ethics. The result is humanism. But the lack of foundation within his worldview for what a human being is makes this a problematic cake to bake. He believes that when people shed their religious preconception, they realize that equal human value, religious freedom, gender equality, and ...
Stripping off the team colors, what’s left of Enlightenment Now and how should we think about the data from a Christian perspective? Are Christians committed to believing the world is “going to hell in a handcart” and resisting a narrative of general progress toward global human flourishing? I don’t think so. Just as Christians needn’t be afraid of...
Mar 17, 2018 · In his new book, Steven Pinker is curiously blind to the power and benefits of small-town values. By Alison Gopnik. Gracìa Lam. April 2018 Issue. I’m a scientist at UC Berkeley — a card-carrying...
Feb 16, 2018 · Pinker highlights the importance of ideas in human advances, but claims that “intellectuals hate progress” — a surprising generalization in a case for evidence and reason. And herein lies ...
