#  Steven Pinker (Harvard University) 

 



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 **February 9, 2024** 

 12:00PM - 01:30PM EST 

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 **WJH 1550**  



 

 



 

 **On Historical Progress**

 Is historical progress a coherent concept? Is it Panglossian, whiggish, utopian? If not, has it occurred? If so, what drove it? I’ll argue Yes, No, and Yes, and that historical progress has been driven by the Enlightenment ideals of reason, science, and humanism.



 

 



 

 

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