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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,
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.
Experimental heat/mass transfer studies of turbulent wall-bounded jets associated with mechanicallly ventilated enclosures
No full textThe development and use of a'n experimental test rig
is reported which is capable of modelling two- and
three-dimensional wall-bounded air jets. This test rig
was primarily produced in order to facilitate the
experimental verification of computer codes for
calculating convective heat transfer within mechanically-
ventilated enclosures. Special attention was therefore
given in the design of the rig to heat transfer
measurements within such enclosures.
The analogy between heat and mass transfer and the
application of the naphthalene sublimation technique are
explained. Also use of phase change paints in heat
transfer measurements in general, and wall-jets in
particular, is discussed and experimentally demonstrated.
The boundary conditions for the application of each of the
above two methods are then specified. The mass transfer
method may be used for the case of a heated plate and a
jet at ambient temperature while the phase change paint
method is applicable to a heated jet.
Heat/mass transfer studies are carried out for two
different geometries. First beneath a plane wall-jet-
obstructed by a normal flat-plate (Alamdari, Hammond and
Montazerin (1986 bound paper)), where the data are
compared with the computations of the 'intermediate-level'
convection model of Alamdari and Hammond (1982) and the
high-level 'elliptic' finite domain flow model of Pun and
Spalding (1977). The comparison has been a clear
demonstration of the capabilities of the computer codes
and has shown that although their results over flat
surfaces are in good agreement with the test data, their
predictions for jets flowing round corners need further
research. Secondly the flow and heat transfer
characteristics of a three-dimensional jet parallel to a
flat plate has been studied. In this case the flow field
and mass transfer are modelled and an equation is finally
derived which estimates the average heat transfer over a
plate parallel to a bluff-jet for a variety of off-set
heights, Reynolds numbers and nozzle aspect ratios and can
readily be used by design engineers handling such flows
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,
Complementary or Discrete Contexts in Online Indexing : A Comparison of User, Creator, and Intermediary Keywords.
No full textThis paper (forthcoming in the Canadian Journal of Information and Library Science) and presented at the CAIS Conference in 2006 examines the context of online indexing from the viewpoint of three different groups: users, authors, and intermediaries. User, author and intermediary keywords were collected from journal articles tagged on citeulike and analysed. Descriptive statistics and thesaural term comparison shows that there are important differences in the context of keywords from the three groups
Adam Smith and Roman Servitudes
No full textThis essay is a preprint of an article that appeared at: Tijdschrift voor Rechstsgeschiedenis, 72 (2004), 327–57.This essay discusses Adam Smith historical jurisprudence and his use of Roman law materials in his Lectures on Jurisprudence. It argues that Smith found it difficult to maintain his theory of legal development in the face of a highly developed body of Roman law literature
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,
Interview. Matthew Joseph with Adam Gussow, musician and author
No full textInterview in which Adam Gussow discusses hill country blues musi
Książę Adam Jerzy Czartoryski i jego stronnicy w świetle historiografii ukraińskiej
No full textIn 1937, the Warsaw historian Marceli Handelsman published a work entitled Ukraińska polityka
ks. Adama Czartoryskiego przed wojną krymską [Ukrainian politics of Prince Adam Czartoryski
before the Crimean War]. So far, this book has been used by historians as the primary source of
information on the Ukrainian issue in the views of the Hotel Lambert’s leader. The author of this
text has decided to collect Ukrainian works referring to the topic inaugurated by Handelsman. Unfortunately, no larger study has been prepared on the Ukrainian side. However, a number of articles
and encyclopaedic notes showing Prince Adam and his Eastern policy (especially during his stay
at the court of Tsar Alexander I Romanov) has been published. Ukrainian authors paid much more
attention to Czartoryski’s associates, who tried to put his ideas into practice. Ukrainian researchers
wrote mainly about Michał Czaykowski (Sadyk Pasha) organizing the Cossack troops in the Ottoman Empire, about Hipolit Terlecki striving for the union of the Orthodox and Roman Catholic
Churches, and finally about the ethnographer and writer Franciszek Duchiński clearly separating
Ukraine from Russia in his writings
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