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Steven Pinker

Canadian-American cognitive psychologist, linguist, and author, an advocate of evolutionary psychology and the computational theory of the mind

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    Born 1954
  • Known for
    The Genius of Charles …
    2008
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Updated 2026-06-18

Steven Arthur Pinker is a Canadian cognitive psychologist, psycholinguist, popular science author, and public intellectual. He is an advocate of evolutionary psychology and the computational theory of mind. Pinker is the Johnstone Family Professor of Psychology at Harvard University.

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Momentum10.0
Historical24.7
Source confidence80.0
Completeness90.0
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