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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,
Study of a Man, Adam Sedgwick, in 19th Century Britain : People around Darwin
No full textRev. Adam Sedgwick was one of the geological Great Masters who established modern geology in 19th century Britain. But to students of evolution, he was better known as a mentor of Charles Darwin at Cambridge, responsible taking him on his first geological field trip to Wales. Nevertheless, Sedgwick later strongly opposed the idea of evolution put forward by his former student, and never approved of it till his death. Since then, scientific assessment has been rather negative about Sedgwick seeing him as being conservative and dogmatic in his religious faith. However, he was no simplistic hardhead; rather as he was a central figure working for university reforms at the time, and was both liberal and at times radical, his complexity puzzles us. As for his intransigence against evolution, the author suspects there must have been some underlying reasons for it.
\nThis article, by analysing his life, faith and science, investigates how this attractive individual, Adam Sedgwick, made his way through tumultuous 19th century Britain. Throughout his life, Sedgwick always interpreted the contemporary scene shrewdly, and after assessing the situation, would put all his energy into it enthusiastically. His attitude to life eventually made him one of the most prominent men of Cambridge at the time.2論
A Discourse on the Studies of the University of Cambridge
No full textAdam Sedgwick (1785–1873) was Professor of Geology at Cambridge from 1818, and in 1819 helped to found the Cambridge Philosophical Society. The 'Discourse' at the heart of this book first appeared in 1833. In it he urged students to develop their characters in this 'place of sound learning and Christian education'. He describes the subjects studied in the university - the 'laws of nature', ancient literature and language, and ethics and metaphysics - and their purpose in the service of God. By the time this fifth edition was published in 1850, however, the book had (as Charles Darwin put it in a letter to the author) 'wonderfully grown', with a Preface of 422 pages and an appendix, ranging very widely over the scientific and philosophical debates of the day, as well as ethics and religion. It provides a fascinating overview of a period of scientific revolution for historians of science and education.</jats:p
Adam Sedgwick (1785-1873)
No full textThis history of Adam Sedgwick, one of several great figures in what has been called the Heroic Age of geology (the time when the great geological time periods were defined and when much exploration and fundamental research was carried out) contains information about his early years, education, and time as Woodwardian Professor of Geology at Cambridge. The site also covers his fieldwork in the Lakes District, his work with and disagreement with Roderick Impley Murchison over Silurian and Cambrian strata, and his association with Charles Darwin. The site also explains that although he was converted from the catastrophic explanation for Pleistocene deposits, he could not divorce himself from creationism enough to accept natural selection. Educational levels: High school, Informal education, Undergraduate lower division
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 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,
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Science, methodology and religion in the work of Adam Sedgwick.
No full textAdam Sedgwick (1705-1873) was one of the leading geologists in the second quarter of the nineteenth century, and played a major part in establishing the geological column and applying it in the U.K. This thesis examines the metaphysical, religious and methodological presuppositions implicit in his approach to science.
A prevailing view amongst historians (e.g. Cannon and Morrell) has seen Sedgwick as a 'liberal Anglican' and 'Broad Churchman'. This has been linked with a view connecting the vanguard of science in the period with liberal Anglicanism (e.g. in the BAAS), and seeing both Tractarians and to a large extent Evangelicals as a ' threat ' to it. This thesis presents evidence showing the inadequacy of the 'Broad Church' concept, and that Sedgwick is himself closer to an Evangelical position than has been imagined. It shows that his presuppositions about the nature of science and its relationship with religion were close to those of Scottish Evangelicals like Chalmers and Miller, and not dissimilar from the leading moderate Anglican Evangelicals who would have associated with the Christian Observer. The influence of Coleridgesm liberalism was small.
Sedgwick also contributed to the development of Natural Theology in a time when it was in ascent. Evidence shows that criticisms of Sedgwick for semi-deism (e.g. by Hooykaas) are unfounded, and that his natural theology was consistent with a full Christian theism.
Finally, the thesis examines Sedgwick's participation in the nineteenth century debates about scientific methodology. It shows that, having taken as his mentors on the issue Bacon and Newton, Sedgwick's thinking evidences a certain tension as he tries to interpret what he is actually doing in science in these terms
"Provincial Dialects of the North of England" Appendix VI. "Further Remarks upon the Dialects of the Northern Dales." Appendix VII.
No full textGlosario. -- Varia. -- Yorkshire. -- Inglés del Norte de Inglaterra. -- Pertenece a la Colección Varia 1800-1950 de The Salamanca Corpus. -- Adam Sedgwick, 1785-1873. -- "Provincial Dialects of the North of England" Appendix VI. "Further Remarks upon the Dialects of the Northern Dales." Appendix VII. in A Memorial by the Trustees of Cowgill. -- 1868.[ES]Descripción de la fonología de los dialectos del Norte de Inglaterra y de Dent, en Yorkshire, y breve glosario.
[EN]Description of the phonology of the Northern dialects and of the Dent dialect, in Yorkshire, and short glossary
Sedgwick and his trilobite
No full textStanding on guard at the entrance to the Palaeozoic section of the University \ud
of Cambridge’s Sedgwick Museum is a bronze statue of the man after whom \ud
the museum was named—the 7th Woodwardian Professor, the Reverend \ud
Adam Sedgwick. In one hand he holds his trusty geological hammer, in the \ud
other is a rock. Sedgwick, the man who unraveled many of the mysteries of \ud
the early Palaeozoic rocks of Wales, looks as if he has just cracked a piece of \ud
rock off an outcrop. Yet, rather incongruously, he is swathed in his academic \ud
gown—our man is clearly both the consummate field geologist and the \ud
academic
Sedgwick and his trilobite
No full textStanding on guard at the entrance to the Palaeozoic section of the University
of Cambridge’s Sedgwick Museum is a bronze statue of the man after whom
the museum was named—the 7th Woodwardian Professor, the Reverend
Adam Sedgwick. In one hand he holds his trusty geological hammer, in the
other is a rock. Sedgwick, the man who unraveled many of the mysteries of
the early Palaeozoic rocks of Wales, looks as if he has just cracked a piece of
rock off an outcrop. Yet, rather incongruously, he is swathed in his academic
gown—our man is clearly both the consummate field geologist and the
academic
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