The Blank Slate

The Blank Slate: The Modern Denial of Human Nature

First edition cover
Author	Steven Pinker
Country	United States
Language	English
Subject	Human nature
Publication date	2002
Media type	Print (Hardcover and Paperback)
Pages	509 pp
ISBN	0-670-03151-8

The Blank Slate: The Modern Denial of Human Nature is a best-selling 2002 book by the cognitive psychologist Steven Pinker, in which the author makes a case against tabula rasa models in the social sciences, arguing that human behavior is substantially shaped by evolutionary psychological adaptations. The book was nominated for the 2003 Aventis Prizes and was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize.