@ARTICLE{Dziedziul_Paweł_Steven_2020,
 author={Dziedziul, Paweł},
 volume={Tom 8},
 number={Część 2},
 journal={Filozofia i Nauka},
 pages={81-87},
 howpublished={online},
 year={2020},
 publisher={Instytut Filozofii i Socjologii PAN},
 publisher={Instytut filozofii UMCS},
 abstract={This article considers Steven Pinker’s recent outlook presented in his book Enlightenment Now. The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism and Progress. The paper discusses not only current political and philosophical Pinker’s views on a considerable number of evidences in favor of mankind’s progress in the last period. The authors claims that Pinker’s views may serve as an antidote to the contemporary pessimism that is being spread inter alia by mass media. The reader is pulled into a debate regarding issues surrounding the contemporary state of being of the human race. This is something more than just pop-scientific excursion of a well-established specialist beyond his area of expertise, but a valuable aggregate of data enticing also to professionals from the realm of sociology, philosophy and politics. Above all Pinker’s voice should be regarded as a counterbalance to all-pervasive pejorism and however momentary relief.},
 type={Artykuły / Articles},
 title={Steven Pinker’s meliorism},
 URL={http://journals.pan.pl/Content/117954/PDF-MASTER/5_Dziedziul.pdf},
 keywords={meliorism, pejorism, optimism, progressivism},
}