Art works because it appeals to certain faculties of the mind. Music depends on details of the auditory system, painting and sculpture on the visual system. Poetry and literature depend on language.

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The Language Instinct has been criticized by Geoffrey Sampson in his book The 'Language Instinct' Debate.

Steven Arthur Pinker (born September 18 1954) is a Canadian-born experimental psychologist cognitive scientist linguist and popular science author. In his popular books he has argued that language is an "instinct" or biological adaptation shaped by natural selection.