Harvard psychologist Steven Pinker argues against pervasive pessimism, asserting that humanity has made significant progress ...

Cognitive scientist Steven Pinker comes out swinging in defense of Darwin with his latest book, The Blank Slate (in paperback this September from Penguin USA). This Harvard-based proponent of ...

Dr. Steven Pinker, a Harvard psychologist and prolific author, has often been described as a cheerleader for science, reason, and humanism. He is often maligned by his critics as a defender of the ...

In an article for the New York Times published Sunday, Steven Pinker, a professor of psychology at Harvard University, argued that modern political outrage operates according to what he calls mob ...

One Harvard Professor is railing against President Donald Trump and the administration, claiming they are “in need of behavior therapy,” in a New York Times guest essay. Steven Pinker is a Professor ...

Recent and archived work by Steven Pinker for The New York Times Outrage incidents often drive history. By Steven Pinker In my 22 years as a Harvard professor, I have not been afraid to bite the hand ...

The show talks with evolutionary psychologist and author Steven Pinker about his new book, "The Stuff of Thought: Language As a Window into Human Nature." Pinker is a professor of psychology at ...

Britain's Financial Times once described Steven Pinker as "a handsome man" with a hairstyle that "works equally well for Led Zeppelin front man Robert Plant." But even if the Harvard psychologist didn ...