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How the Mind Works

A work by Steven Pinker, first published in 1997

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  • What korrents draws from it

    Natural selection is the only explanation we have of how complex life evolves, The mind is a system of computational organs designed by natural selection for foraging life, Music may be auditory cheesecake, a confection that tickles our mental faculties …

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    Steven Pinker

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First published
19972
Edition korrents quotes
W. W. Norton, 19973
Claims on korrents
41

What korrents draws from it

korrents’ reading of claims quoted word for word from the book; each opens the quote and where it sits.

  1. Natural selection is the only explanation we have of how complex life evolves (opens korrents.com)1

  2. The mind is a system of computational organs designed by natural selection for foraging life (opens korrents.com)1

  3. Music may be auditory cheesecake, a confection that tickles our mental faculties (opens korrents.com)1

  4. The mind is not the brain but what the brain does (opens korrents.com)1

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  1. How the Mind Works (W. W. Norton, 1997) (korrents) (opens korrents.com)
  2. How the Mind Works, Q2621068 (Wikidata) (opens wikidata.org)
  3. How the Mind Works (W. W. Norton, 1997) (archive.org) (opens archive.org)

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