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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,
Interview with M. Ellen Mitchell
No full textThis interview with Dr. M. Ellen Mitchell, professor of Psychology and former Dean of the College of Human Sciences and College of Psychology, was conducted on May 1, 2018 by Ralph Pugh and Adam Strohm. A short addendum to the interview was recorded on September 17, 2019, and is found at the end of the recording
Berry Mitchell, 2017
No full textIn this "Chick History," Berry Mitchell discusses her family history, more specifically her grandmother, Mary Adam Jones, and her great-aunt, Maggie White. Interview conducted in partnership with Chick History at the National Civil Rights Museum
Konothrips polychaeta Goldarazena & Mitchell & Hance 2017, sp.n.
No full textKonothrips polychaeta sp.n. Distribution: United States (Delaware). Host Plant: Andropogon virginicus (Poaceae)Published as part of Goldarazena, Arturo, Mitchell, Adam & Hance, Thierry, 2017, Konothrips polychaeta sp. n. from Delaware, North America, with a key to the three species of this genus, pp. 445-450 in Zootaxa 4341 (3) on page 449, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4341.3.13, http://zenodo.org/record/104003
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.
[Letter from Clarence Mitchell to Barbara Jordan - October 12, 1973]
No full textLetter from Clarence Mitchell to Barbara Jordan discussing receiving the Adam Clayton Powell Award
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,
Malka Marom in conversation with Dr Ruth Charnock [Court and Spark: An International Symposium on the Work of Joni Mitchell]
No full textMalka Marom, author of 'Joni Mitchell: In Her Own Words' in conversation with Dr Ruth Charnock as part of Court and Spark: An International Symposium on the Work of Joni Mitchell, July 3rd, 2015. Thanks to Adam O'Meara for making this film.</p
The Opinion - Volume 21, No. 3 November 2007
No full textSelected Table of Contents [Humor] Opinion Newspaper Recalled, Arrested, Obliterated / Vogel, Mike [Humor] Judge Removed Over Latin-Only Hearing / Johnson, Adam T. [Humor] Nine Supreme Court Justices, Zombie Rehnquist, to Give Letterman\u27s Top Ten / MacAllister, Shmuck
Editorial Board
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