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Tables of Contents for The Blank Slate
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Preface
vii
PART I The Blank Slate, the Noble Savage, and the Ghost in the Machine
1
102
The Official Theory
5
9
Silly Putty
14
16
The Last Wall to Fall
30
29
Culture Vultures
59
14
The Slate's Last Stand
73
30
PART II Fear and Loathing
103
34
Political Scientists
105
16
The Holy Trinity
121
16
PART III Human Nature with a Human Face
137
58
The Fear of Inequality
141
18
The Fear of Imperfectibility
159
15
The Fear of Determinism
174
12
The Fear of Nihilism
186
9
PART IV Know Thyself
195
86
In Touch with Reality
197
22
Out of Our Depths
219
22
The Many Roots of Our Suffering
241
28
The Sanctimonious Animal
269
12
PART V Hot Buttons
281
140
Politics
283
23
Violence
306
31
Gender
337
35
Children
372
28
The Arts
400
21
PART VI The Voice of the Species
421
14
Appendix: Donald E. Brown's List of Human Universals
435
6
Notes
441
20
References
461
30
Index
491