[Alamo-Girl]

Pinker is at least philosophically coherent. I simply can't understand how a Marxist - who is a materialist almost by definition - could not be a determinist.

I absolutely agree. It is so illogical. Rose is a 4 because he is a Marxist, but he chooses 3 because Marxism doesn't work with 4 (and it authenticates eugenics.)

[Phaedrus]

Pinker is at least philosophically coherent

OK, at the level being discussed.