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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,
EGUsphere-2023-938 Data and Code
No full text<p>This zip file provides a Python notebook with WRF model output to reproduce Figure 2 in the following preprint that will be published in Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics:</p><p>Varble, A. C., Igel, A. L., Morrison, H., Grabowski, W. W., and Lebo, Z. J.: Opinion: A Critical Evaluation of the Evidence for Aerosol Invigoration of Deep Convection, EGUsphere [preprint], <a href="https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2023-938">https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2023-938</a>, 2023.</p><p>The WRF model output used is from a simulation described in the following paper:</p><p>Zhang, Z., Varble, A., Feng, Z., Hardin, J., and Zipser, E.: Growth of Mesoscale Convective Systems in Observations and a Seasonal Convection-Permitting Simulation over Argentina. Monthly Weather Review, 149, 3469–3490, <a href="https://doi.org/10.1175/MWR-D-20-0411.1">https://doi.org/10.1175/MWR-D-20-0411.1</a>, 2021.</p><p>Figure 1 of the Varble et al. (2023) preprint can be reproduced using invig_opinion.m archived in the following dataset:</p><p>Igel, Adele; van den Heever, Susan (2021). Invigoration or enervation? Figure data and code [Dataset]. Dryad. <a href="https://doi.org/10.25338/B8S044">https://doi.org/10.25338/B8S044</a>.</p><p>Please contact Adam Varble ([email protected]) with any questions.</p>
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.
EGUsphere-2023-998 Data and Code
No full text<p>The zip file contains data and code used in the following paper: Varble, A. C., Ma, P.-L., Christensen, M. W., Mülmenstädt, J., Tang, S., and Fast, J.: Evaluation of Liquid Cloud Albedo Susceptibility in E3SM Using Coupled Eastern North Atlantic Surface and Satellite Retrievals, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 23, 13523-13553, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-23-13523-2023, 2023.</p><p>All E3SMv1 and observation data used in the study can be found in the data folder. These files are limited to data in the column (or columns) over the ARM ENA site in the Azores and include variables from E3SMv1 output or ARM datasets (https://adc.arm.gov/discovery/#/results/site_code::ena) in addition to retrievals performed on those variables. The python notebooks used to create the files from the raw model output and ARM datasets can be found in the python_notebooks folder.</p><p>The E3SM run script can be used to run E3SMv1 (https://github.com/E3SM-Project/E3SM) to reproduce model output used in the study. We are archiving E3SMv1 model output as long as possible, but it is a very large dataset. Please send inquiries for downloading these data to Adam Varble ([email protected]). </p><p>If you have any further questions, please contact Adam Varble at [email protected].</p>
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,
Dataset for "Droplet collection efficiencies inferred from satellite retrievals constrain effective radiative forcing of aerosol-cloud interactions"
No full text<p>This dataset in includes MODIS-CloudSat CFODD reference data, the updated Warm Rain Diagnostics implemented in COSPv2.0, RANSAC regression analysis, and figure production scripts associated with the manuscript “Droplet collection efficiencies estimated from satellite retrievals constrain effective radiative forcing of aerosol-cloud interactions”<br>
Authors: Beall, Charlotte, M.; Ma, Po-Lun; Christensen, Matthew W.; Mülmenstädt, Johannes; Varble, Adam; Suzuki, Kentaroh; Michibata, Takuro<br>
Journal: Atmospheric Chemistry & Physics (submitted, 2023)</p>
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
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