text_combined: educating eve linguist list subscribers may puzzled 7th february posting publisher included notice new book omitted title relevant details book educating eve since omissions original posting would like briefly say left educating eve subtitled language instinct debate 160 pp hardback isbn 0304339083 available usa cassell books international herndon va tel 1800 5617704 703 661 1501 uk cassell london 44 171 420 5555 reply steven pinker widelyread 1994 book language instinct pinker book argued detailed knowledge language biologically innate human beings educating eve examines pinker arguments well older arguments pinker relies show strand argument either logically fallacious based false premisses sometimes language instinct language use discussion list based temple university carried contribution donald carroll previously known commented educating eve got definitive response pinker book chomskyan nativism general wonderful book hope publisher internet naivety prevent educating eve read geoffrey sampson school cognitive computing sciences university sussex falmer brighton bn1 9qh gb email geoffs cogs susx ac uk tel 44 1273 678525 fax 44 1273 671320 web site http www grs unet com moderators note since mistakes made original posting linguist reposting full text announcement title educating eve author geoffrey sampson author affiliation lecturer school computer science artificial intelligence university sussex uk publisher cassell field linguistics format hardback price 45 00 67 95 order details uk rest world please call 44 1202 665432 usa please contact books international po box 605 herndon virginia 201720605 tel 703 661 1589 fax 703 661 1501 synopsis book creatures learn new things human mental development consist awakening instinctive structures thought view gained ground powerfully advocated example steven pinker book language instinct language much detail hardwired genes others add also holds true much specific knowledge understanding expressed language first human eve evoleved prehuman apes claimed biological inheritance comprised distinctive anatomy rich structure cognition despite impressive roll converts ideas gained good reason believe arguments pinker others depend earlier technical contributions writers noam chomsky many readers take foundations trust realizing weak book examines various arguments instinctive knowledge finds one rests false premises embodies logical fallacy different picture learning suggested karl popper account knowledge growing conjectures refutations facts human language best explained taking language acquisition case popperian learning eve born knowall born knowing nothing able learn anything find ways think talk world goes changing today