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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 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,
Using Diffusion Tensor Imaging to Assess White Matter Integrity in Children with Math Difficulties
No full textUSING DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING TO ASSESS WHITE MATTER
INTEGRITY IN CHILDREN WITH MATH DIFFICULTIES
CRAIG THOMAS LORANG
Thesis under the direction of Professor Adam Anderson
Dyscalculia is a learning disability that interferes with a person’s ability to understand and manipulate numbers. This condition affects up to 6% of all children. Previous studies have shown cortical functional activation in the parietal lobe related to number processing, however no studies have investigated the relationship between white matter integrity and number processing. Thirty-three subjects (mean age: 9.6 years) were imaged using a 3 Tesla Philips Achieva MRI scanner. Anatomical and diffusion weighted datasets were pre-processed and registered to a common space. Fractional anisotropy maps were mapped into the common space. Group t-tests were performed on a voxel-by-voxel basis on the FA maps between control and math difficulty (MD) groups. Linear correlations were performed on a voxel-by-voxel basis between FA and Wide Range Achievement Test – Third Edition (WRAT) performance in the math and reading subtests. Regions in the left parietal and occipital lobes were found to have FA values correlating with math performance. A frontal lobe region was found to correlate with both reading and math performance, suggesting these two complex operations share portions of white matter bundles. These findings suggest white matter disorganization in regions critical for number processing. Further investigation will be needed to determine if intervention can change the developmental trajectory of these white matter pathways
Dissolving the Chimera of the ‘Adam Smith Problem’
No full textIn The Wealth of Nations, Adam Smith set out his influential theory that societies achieve prosperity by securing the freedom of individuals to pursue their own end by the means they choose within a framework of rules of justice. In his earlier work The Theory of Moral Sentiments, Smith developed his thesis about the origins of our moral sentiments and the emergence of rules of justice. The socalled ‘Adam Smith Problem’ concerns the perceived inconsistency between Smith’s defence of selfinterest in the Wealth of Nations and his emphasis of sympathy as the origin of moral sentiments in the earlier work. The existence of the ‘Adam Smith Problem’ has been contested by many writers. The present author provides a number of new arguments to demonstrate the illusory nature of the problem by revisiting the key elements Smith’s moral theory. The author argues that the problem dissolves when the role of justice in providing the conditions of free trade is understood. Smith’s tirade against wealth worship is explained as part of his defence of justice and not a condemnation of wealth accumulation. According to this reading, the Theory of Moral Sentiments is a powerful statement of the moral basis of capitalism.
Early Christian ‚Binding Spells‘? The Formulas in 1 Cor 12:3 Read Against the Background of Ancient Curse Tablets
No full textThe Use of Spells and Curses in Antiquity Curses or binding spells were frequently used in antiquity1 to assert a person’s wishes and claims by trying to control opponents and competitors by inflicting physical, emotional, intellectual, or spiritual harm or even death.2 Curse texts were written on a variety of materials, for example, papyrus, ostraca, shells, or metal sheets.3 Curses and binding spells were also used in the form of inscriptions on buildings, boundary stones, grave epitaphs, or votive offerings. Of special interest in this chapter is a corpus of texts so far widely neglected in New Testament Studies: the defixionum tabellae, short defixiones, ancient curse tablets—thin lead tablets inscribed with curses, which were rolled up or folded, sometimes pierced by nails or needles, and often buried near shrines or temples or deposited in graves or wells.4 The lead itself, originally simply a cheap writing material, became a carrier of meaning over time, for the cold of the lead, its weight, and its property of being easily meltable, for example, are associated with the desired magical effect on the victim
Early Christian ‚Binding Spells‘? The Formulas in 1 Cor 12:3 Read Against the Background of Ancient Curse Tablets
No full textThe Use of Spells and Curses in Antiquity Curses or binding spells were frequently used in antiquity1 to assert a person’s wishes and claims by trying to control opponents and competitors by inflicting physical, emotional, intellectual, or spiritual harm or even death.2 Curse texts were written on a variety of materials, for example, papyrus, ostraca, shells, or metal sheets.3 Curses and binding spells were also used in the form of inscriptions on buildings, boundary stones, grave epitaphs, or votive offerings. Of special interest in this chapter is a corpus of texts so far widely neglected in New Testament Studies: the defixionum tabellae, short defixiones, ancient curse tablets—thin lead tablets inscribed with curses, which were rolled up or folded, sometimes pierced by nails or needles, and often buried near shrines or temples or deposited in graves or wells.4 The lead itself, originally simply a cheap writing material, became a carrier of meaning over time, for the cold of the lead, its weight, and its property of being easily meltable, for example, are associated with the desired magical effect on the victim
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No full textTitle: Zang tumb tuuum
Author: Marinetti, F. T. (1876-1944)
Date: 1914
Dimensions: 225 page portfolio
Details: Original printed orange wrappers; in cloth case. Inscribed by the author on front fly-leaf.
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Inequalities, Agency, and Well-being: Conceptual Linkages and Measurement Challenges in Development
No full textdevelopment, inequality, gender, well-being, agency, capability, distribution, Sen
The fables of pity: Rousseau, Mandeville and the animal-fable
No full textCopyright @ 2012 Edinburgh University PressPrompted by Derrida’s work on the animal-fable in eighteenth-century debates about political power, this article examines the role played by the fiction of the animal in thinking of pity as either a natural virtue (in Rousseau’s Second Discourse) or as a natural passion (in Mandeville’s The Fable of the Bees). The war of fables between Rousseau and Mandeville – and their hostile reception by Samuel Johnson and Adam Smith – reinforce that the animal-fable illustrates not so much the proper of man as the possibilities and limitations of a moral philosophy that is unable to address the political realities of the state
Tagging of Biomedical Articles on CiteULike: A Comparison of User, Author and Professional Indexing
No full textThis paper examines the context of online indexing from the viewpoint of three different groups: users, authors, and professional indexers. User tags, author keywords and descriptors were collected from academic journal articles, which were both indexed in Pubmed and tagged on CiteULike, and analysed. Descriptive statistics, informetric measures, and thesaural term comparison shows that there are important differences in the use of keywords between the three groups in addition to similarities which can be used to enhance support for search and browse. While tags and author keywords were found that matched descriptors exactly, other terms which did not match but provided important expansion to the indexing lexicon were found. These additional terms could be used to enhance support for searching and browsing in article databases as well as to provide invaluable data for entry vocabulary and emergent terminology for regular updates to indexing systems. Additionally, the study suggests that tags support organisation by association to task, projects and subject while making important connections to traditional systems which classify into subject categories
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