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Adam Smith - Systematic Philosopher and Public Thinker (Paperback)
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Adam Smith - Systematic Philosopher and Public Thinker (Paperback)
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Eric Schliesser's Adam Smith is the product of two decades'
reflection by the author on the great Scottish Enlightenment.
Unique among treatments of Adam Smith, Schliesser's book treats him
as a systematic philosopher. Smith was a giant of the Scottish
Enlightenment with polymath interests; Schliesser thus explores
Smith's economics and ethics in light of his other commitments on
the nature of knowledge, the theory of emotions, the theory of
mind, his account of language, the nature of causation, and his
views on methodology. He places Smith's ideas in the context of a
host of other philosophers, especially Hume, Rousseau, and Newton;
and he draws on the reception of Smith's ideas by Sophie de
Grouchy, Mary Wollstonecraft, and other philosophers and economists
to sketch the elements of, and the detailed connections within,
Smith's system. Adam Smith traces the outlines of Smith's
intellectual system and situates it in the context of his highly
developed views on the norms that govern responsible speech. In
particular, the book articulates Smith's concerns about the impact
of his public policy recommendations, especially on the least
powerful in society. In so doing, Schliesser offers new
interpretations of Smith's views on the invisible hand, the Wealth
of Nations, his treatment of virtue, the nature of freedom, the
individual's relationship to society, his account of the passions,
the moral roles of religion, and his treatment of the role of
mathematics in economics. While the book does offer a single
argument, it is organized in a modular fashion and includes a
helpful index; readers with a more focused interest in Smith's
achievements can skip to their section of interest.
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