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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.
Adam Rufus of Exeter, Master and Minor (d. 1234): A State of the Art
No full textThe paper presents an account of the life and works of the almost unknown Friar Minor and Master Adam of Exeter (de Exonia, de Oxonia or Rufus), who was one of Grosseteste’s pupils and a collaborator of Adam Marsh. Adam of Exeter taught the arts at Oxford and entered the Franciscan order about 1229, dying prematurely in 1233/34, while travelling to the Holy Land. Information about his life can be found in Thomas of Eccleston, Grosseteste’ letters, and Thomas of Pavia’s Dialogue on the Deeds of the Holy Friars Minor. Two short works are attributed to Adam in 13thcentury manuscripts: an Anglo-Norman exposition of the Our Father and the Questio de fluxu et refluxu maris; moreover, a summary of Adam’s theory of sound is reported by Master William of Clifford. The paper thus examines Adam’s ideas about tides and sound, which are grounded on his theories concerning the incorporation of light into aerial and watery particles, and their divergencies from Grosseteste’s genuine theories. This comparison also allows for ascribing to Adam the short treatise, De calore solis, commonly held to be by Grosseteste. In addition to these works, the paper considers a set of glosses on Boethius’ De institutione musica and a short work on the rainbow, known by the incipit Inter omnes impressiones, both of which present ideas consistent with Adam’s physics of light. The last section of the paper deals with the Exposition on the Our Father, which is the only theological text ascribed to Adam and was likely his last work
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,
Raising the Bar: Increasing and Sustaining Diversity within the Hennepin County Legal Community
No full textMcFarlane, Adam; Lather, Kanwar, Sameer; Wu, Nan; Schumacher, Scott, C.. (2014). Raising the Bar: Increasing and Sustaining Diversity within the Hennepin County Legal Community. Retrieved from the University Digital Conservancy, https://hdl.handle.net/11299/172514
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
Raising the Bar: Increasing and Sustaining Diversity within the Hennepin County Legal Community
No full textProfessional paper for the fulfillment of the Master of Public Affairs, Master of Public Policy, and Master of Urban and Regional Planning.McFarlane, Adam; Lather, Kanwar Sameer; Wu, Nan; Schumacher, Scott. (2014). Raising the Bar: Increasing and Sustaining Diversity within the Hennepin County Legal Community. Retrieved from the University Digital Conservancy, https://hdl.handle.net/11299/164930
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
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