The Stuff of Thought：Language as a window into human nature英文资料.pdf

Table of Contents
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Title Page
Dedication
Copyright Page
PREFACE

Chapter 1 - WORDS AND WORLDS
Chapter 2 - DOWN THE RABBIT HOLE
Chapter 3 - FIFTY THOUSAND INNATE CONCEPTS (AND OTHER RADICAL THEORIES OF ...
Chapter 4 - CLEAVING THE AIR
Chapter 5 - THE METAPHOR METAPHOR
Chapter 6 - WHAT’S IN A NAME?
Chapter 7 - THE SEVEN WORDS YOU CAN’T SAY ON TELEVISION
Chapter 8 - GAMES PEOPLE PLAY
Chapter 9 - ESCAPING THE CAVE

NOTES
REFERENCES
INDEX
Praise for The Stuff of Thought by Steven Pinker
“Pinker brings an engaging and witty style to the study of subject matter that—were it not as important to
us as it plex—might otherwise be off-putting. . . . An inviting and important book. Everyone with an
interest in language and how it gets to be how it is—that is, everyone interested in how we get to be
human and do our human business—should read The Stuff of Thought.”
—Robin Lakoff, Science

“Packed with information, clear, witty, attractively written, and generally persuasive . . . [Pinker] is
unfailingly engaging to read, with his aptly chosen cartoons, his amusing examples, and his bracing
theoretical rigor.”
—Colin McGinn, The New York Review of Books

“Engaging and provocative . . . filled with humor and fun. It’s good to have a mind as lively and limpid as
his bringing the ideas of cognitive science to the public while clarifying them for his scientific colleagues.”
—Douglas Hofstadter, Los Angeles Times

“Pinker is not only wonderfully clear; he is also blessedly witty. There’s plenty of stuff to think about in The
Stuff of Thought, but a lot of fun stuff too.”
—e Scialabba, The Boston Globe

“An excellent window not only into human nature but into Pinker’s nature: curious, inventive, fearless,
naughty.”
—William Saletan, The New York Times Book Review

“[Pinker] is the cognitive philosopher of our generation, and his work on language and mind has
implications for anybody interested in human expression a