The Stuff of Thought Steven Pinker (2007) In dealing with the way that language relates to meaning, Pinker sets out to deal with issues that are central to our understanding of ourselves and how we live. He states in the preface that he sees The Stuff of Thought as completing two trilogies, which is, as ever with Pinker, quite a neat trick. It complements his two major books about language, The Language Instinct and...