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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.
Healthy Paths/Mind Usage Data
No full textThis data set contains data on participant characteristics and usage of a web and app stress management intervention collected as part of an observational study.
For more imformation on the study, see the associated journal paper:
Morrison, Leanne; Geraghty, Adam; Lloyd, Scott; Goodman , Natalie; Michaelides, Danius T; Hargood, Charlie; Weal, Mark; Yardley, Lucy / Comparing usage of a web- and smartphone app-delivered stress management intervention: An observational study.
In: Internet Interventions
The data can be requested by bona fide researchers via http://library.soton.ac.uk/datarequest</span
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,
North: Volume One
No full textA region. A route. A response. — Welcome to the first edition of North; a new publication produced by students and staff from the Photography Department at the University of Central Lancashire, Preston. North is intended to be a showcase of photographic activity from North West England and a decisive challenge to the traditional degree show model that relies on gallery display as a default. At UCLan we pride ourselves on offering an open environment for early career practitioners to explore topics and approaches to visual communication however they choose. Our resistance to pursuing a ‘UCLan Style’ can be seen in the eclectic range of work featured in North produced by final year undergraduate students.This approach is only possible through the community of practice that has been developed by the combined efforts and diverse interests of an active and committed team of staff. Technical expertise, research informed teaching and contemporary industry links support the work of all students whilst simultaneously generating original work, as can be seen here in the portfolios of John Van Aitken and Brian J Morrison .Preston may not be top of the list of recognised photography cities ,yet it is precisely this anonymity that can give people the space to engage with photography and develop their personal voice with the medium. Jamie Hawkesworth and Ayesha Jones are two recent alumni that used their time of study to work out what it is they wanted to do with photography and are now recognised at an international level. Thank you for joining us; North is just the starting point of an archive of the future
Recoverable, Abortable, and Adaptive Mutual Exclusion with Sublogarithmic RMR Complexity
No full textWe present the first recoverable mutual exclusion (RME) algorithm that is
simultaneously abortable, adaptive to point contention, and with sublogarithmic
RMR complexity. Our algorithm has RMR passage complexity
and RMR super-passage complexity, where is the
number of concurrent processes (point contention), is the size (in bits) of
registers, and is the number of crashes in a super-passage. Under the
standard assumption that , these bounds translate to
worst-case passage complexity and super-passage complexity. Our key building blocks
are:
* A -process abortable RME algorithm, for , with passage
complexity and super-passage complexity. We obtain this algorithm by
using the Fetch-And-Add (FAA) primitive, unlike prior work on RME that uses
Fetch-And-Store (FAS/SWAP).
* A generic transformation that transforms any abortable RME algorithm with
passage complexity of , into an abortable RME lock with passage
complexity of .Comment: Full version of OPODIS 2020 pape
The classical notion of competition revisited
No full textWe compare and analyse two different conceptions of market competition: the walrasian notion of perfect competition and the Classical notion of free competition: while the former may be described as an equilibrium state in which atomistic agents treat prices parametrically, the latter is a situation in which agents, endowed by market power, fix prices strategically. We show that price undercutting or outbidding are the typical phenomena that, for the Classical authors, may be observed in a market characterized by free competition. We investigate some problematic aspects of the neoclassical notion of perfect competition and we reconstruct the Classical theory of free competition, as developed, in particular, by Adam Smith and Karl Marx, in the light of the modern notion of mixed strategies equilibria.Classical Economics, Competition, Adam Smith, Karl Marx, mixed strategies
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 Destruction of Paradise: Exploring Toni Morrison?s A Mercy and John Milton?s Paradise Lost
No full textDespite overwhelming comparisons between the work of Pulitzer Prize winning author, Toni Morrison and William Faulkner, Morrison?s work filled with many Christian motifs and concepts which enter into direct conversation with John Milton?s Paradise Lost. In her most recent novel, A Mercy, published in 2008, Morrison reexamines the ideas of creation, heaven, hell, and what it means to build a paradise. The novel is set in 1680s America where the institution of slavery corrupts any possibility for paradise. The fall of all of the characters mimics that of Milton?s Adam and Eve, yet Morrison distorts the original story as they do not fall away from God, but from their true selves. Morrison explores the meaning of mercy as a giving of oneself with no intention of personal gain, but unlike Milton, Morrison values human mercy over divine mercy as it is an act which is highly-developed, complex, and often inexplicable
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