Recent Engagements with Adam Smith and the Scottish Enlightenment

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Recent literature on Adam Smith and other 18th-century Scottish thinkers shows an engaged conversation between the Scots and today's scholars in the sciences that deal with humans—social sciences, humanities, as well as neuroscience and evolutionary psychology. We share with the 18th-century Scots preoccupations about understanding human beings, human nature, sociability, moral development, our ability to understand nature and its possible creator, and about the possibilities to use our knowledge to improve our surrounding and standards of living. As our disciplines evolve, the studies of Smith and Scottish Enlightenment evolve with them. Smith and the Scots remain our interlocutors.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: CHOPE Working Paper ; No. 2015-06

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Relation of Economics to Other Disciplines ; Relation of Economics to Social Values ; Sociology of Economics ; History of Economic Thought: Individuals: General ; History of Economic Thought: Individuals ; Economic Methodology: General ; Economic Methodology ; Design of Experiments: General
• Subject: adam smith ; david hume ; scottish enlightenment ; recent literature

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Paganelli, Maria Pia
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Duke University, Center for the History of Political Economy (CHOPE)
• (where): Durham, NC
• (when): 2015

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/149733
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:42 AM CET