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Ideas of Steven Pinker, by Text
[American, fl. 1998, Professor of Psychology at Harvard University.]
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Pref
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p.-11
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7505
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Many think that accepting human nature is to accept innumerable evils
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Ch.3
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p.30
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7516
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In 1828, the stuff of life was shown to be ordinary chemistry, not a magic gel
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Ch.4
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p.70
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7508
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Good reductionism connects fields of knowledge, but doesn't replace one with another
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Ch.5
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p.76
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7509
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Roundworms live successfully with 302 neurons, so human freedom comes from our trillions
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Ch.5
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p.78
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7510
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Connectionists say the mind is a general purpose learning device
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Ch.5
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p.79
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7511
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Neural networks can generalise their training, e.g. truths about tigers apply mostly to lions
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Ch.5
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p.80
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7512
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There are five types of reasoning that seem beyond connectionist systems [PG]
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Ch.5
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p.86
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7513
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Is memory stored in protein sequences, neurons, synapses, or synapse-strengths?
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Ch.7
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p.130
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7514
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Intelligent Design says that every unexplained phenomenon must be design, by default
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Ch.7
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p.130
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7515
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All the evidence says evolution is cruel and wasteful, not intelligent
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