An Analysis of Steven Pinker's The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined - Couverture rigide

Smortchkova, Joulia

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1912303655 ISBN 13 : 9781912303656

Editeur : Macat International Limited, 2017

Synopsis

Reasoning is the critical thinking skill concerned with the production of arguments: making them coherent, consistent, and well-supported; and responding to opposing positions where necessary. The Better Angels of Our Nature offers a step-by-step class in precisely these skills. Author Steven Pinker's central thesis is simple: mankind has become increasingly less violent over the centuries, and will continue to do so. Pinker is aware, though, that many people instinctively believe the opposite, and Better Angels is devoted to marshalling data to support and illustrate this central argument, as well as a series of secondary arguments about how and why humanity has become less violent. Pinker's interpretative skills - understanding the meaning of the complex evidence from history - are also on display throughout, as he tackles the ambiguities of his data, the problems it presents, and the viable inferences one can draw from it.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Dr Joulia Smortchkova holds a PhD in social psychology from the Institut Jean Nicod (CNRS, ENS, EHESS), Paris. She is currently a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Ruhr-Universität Bochum.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Macat International Limited
• Date d'édition: 2017
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1912303655
• ISBN 13: 9781912303656
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 106
• Coordonnées du fabricant: BOOKS etc..; cs@booksetc.co.uk; ; BOOKS etc.; Aldershot; Royaume-Uni
• Personne responsable: non disponible