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ADAM SMITH'S OPTIMISTIC TELEOLOGICAL VIEW OF HISTORY
No full textAdam Smith's four-stage theory provides the framework for his writings on history. The fourth stage is the commercial epoch; the culmination of history in this stage is a key component in the conventional interpretation of Adam Smith as a prophet of commercialism. In two historical case studies Smith shows the capacity of commercial society to regenerate itself. This potent capacity suggests that commercial society is inevitable. At a certain point in time it also overcomes the major obstacles to its permanence. Smith's philosophy of history anticipates the end of history views of Kant and Hegel.Political Economy,
Adam Nicolson's 2023 Book How to Be: Life Lessons from the Early Greeks, and Walter J. Ong's Thought
No full textSee the above abstract.In my deeply retrospective 4,215-word review essay "Adam Nicolson's 2023 Book How to Be: Life Lessons from the Early Greeks, and Walter J. Ong's Thought," I selectively highlight the prolific English author Adam Nicolson's 2023 book How to Be: Life Lessons from the Early Greeks (Farrar, Straus and Giroux). I situate his work in the larger conceptual framework of the work of the American Jesuit Renaissance specialist and cultural historian and pioneering media ecology theorist Walter J. Ong (1912-2003; Ph.D. in English, Harvard University, 1955) -- and the extensive related work of numerous other scholars, including the philosopher Eric Voegelin and the classicist Eric A. Havelock.N/AFarrell, Thomas. (2023). Adam Nicolson's 2023 Book How to Be: Life Lessons from the Early Greeks, and Walter J. Ong's Thought. Retrieved from the University Digital Conservancy, https://hdl.handle.net/11299/257886
How Might Adam Smith Pay Professors Today?
No full textAdam Smith’s proposal for paying professors was intended to induce increased faculty knowledge. If students have imperfect information about what they learn, and universities can only imperfectly measure the input of faculty time in student learning, publications may be used to measure faculty knowledge. If professors’ ability to publish is positively related to their ability to produce student learning, which universities can imperfectly measure, publications may be necessary to attract more able professors. Since research signals faculty knowledge, schools that do not value publications per se could require higher publication standards and pay higher wages than schools that value only publications.
Adam Duncan
No full textAdam Duncan was a brother of Catherin Duncan Moon. Photo can be located on page 319 of the Jensen Utah Book
ADAM SMITH'S VIEW OF HISTORY: CONSISTENT OR PARADOXICAL?
No full textThe conventional interpretation of Adam Smith is that he is a prophet of commercialism. The liberal capitalist reading of Smith is consistent with the view that history culminates in commercial society. The first part of the article develops this optimistic interpretation of Smith's view of history. Smith implies that commercial society is the end of history because 1) it supplies the ends of nature that he identifies; 2) it is inevitable; and 3) it is permanent. The second part of the article shows that Smith has some dark moments in his writings where he seems to reject completely such teleological notions. In this more civic humanist mood he confesses that commercial society does not supply the ends of nature, nor is it inevitable, nor is it permanent. Both views exist in Smith and the commentator is forced to choose between passages in Smith's work in order to support a particular interpretation of the former's view of history.Political Economy,
The social impacts of the heat–health watch/warning system in Phoenix, Arizona: assessing the perceived risk and response of the public
No full textabstract: Here, 201 surveys were distributed in Metropolitan Phoenix to determine the social impacts of the heat warning system, or more specifically, to gauge risk perception and warning response.Corresponding Author:
Adam J. Kalkstein
Arizona State University
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THE THEOLOGICAL FOUNDATION OF ADAM SMITH'S WORK
No full textThe paper will discuss the theological foundation to Smith's writings. Teleology, final causes and divine design were initially seen as central to understanding Smith's writings. Over time, this view fell out of fashion. In the period after World War II, with the rise of positivism, commentators tended to overlook or downplay this interpretation. In the last decade, or so, teleology has started to be restored to its former position as an essential element in understanding Smith. After spelling out Smith's teleology and his view of final causes, divine design and the ends of nature, we try to explain the Panglossian nature of the 'new theistic view' of Smith. While our view differs somewhat, we agree with the essence of the 'new view' claim: a theological view exists in Smith which underpins his moral and economic theories.Political Economy,
Stephen Greenblatt's 2017 Book The Rise and Fall of Adam and Eve and Walter J. Ong's Thought
No full textI proceed in an additive way to connect certain points in Stephen Greenblatt's book The Rise and Fall of Adam and Eve with related points in the thought of Walter J. Ong, Bernard Lonergan, and John Courtney Murray. As I proceed, I provide bibliographic references in parenthetical documentation in the text of my essay.My 4,250-word essay surveys selected points in Stephen Greenblatt's 2017 book The Rise and Fall of Adam and Eve, on the one hand, and, on the other, related points in Walter J. Ong's thought, along with related points in the thought of Bernard Lonergan and John Courtney Murray.N/AFarrell, Thomas. (2018). Stephen Greenblatt's 2017 Book The Rise and Fall of Adam and Eve and Walter J. Ong's Thought. Retrieved from the University Digital Conservancy, https://hdl.handle.net/11299/199762
Norman J. Warren: gentleman of terror
No full textAn oral history by Adam Locks and Adrian Smith This is the story of Norman J. Warren and his movies, not only told by two passionate authors but by the people who were involved in the making of the movies … and by Mr. Warren himself. After 10 years in the making, hours spent with Norman J. Warren, archival research and more than 40 interviews with cast and crew, we are happy to announce the world‘s first book about the movies of Mr. Warren. Limited hardcover edition with high quality binding approx. 176 pages almost 300 rare images: behind-the-scenes-images, posters, lobby cards, pressbooks and much more - many of them in color Foreword by Alan Jones Afterword by Yixi Sun Full filmography And much mor
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Norman J. Warren: gentleman of terror
No full textAn oral history by Adam Locks and Adrian Smith This is the story of Norman J. Warren and his movies, not only told by two passionate authors but by the people who were involved in the making of the movies … and by Mr. Warren himself. After 10 years in the making, hours spent with Norman J. Warren, archival research and more than 40 interviews with cast and crew, we are happy to announce the world‘s first book about the movies of Mr. Warren. Limited hardcover edition with high quality binding approx. 176 pages almost 300 rare images: behind-the-scenes-images, posters, lobby cards, pressbooks and much more - many of them in color Foreword by Alan Jones Afterword by Yixi Sun Full filmography And much mor
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