For those interested in the history of philosophy of science, logical empiricism holds a
special attraction. Like old sepia-toned photographs of ancestors who made our lives …

La teoria dei sentimenti morali di Adam Smith è un testo capitale per la storia della cultura.
In quest'opera Smith non si limita a discutere alcune delle teorie più importanti dell'età …

This paper examines the current state of early modern scholarship. After tracing the contours
of the contextualist revolution that gained momentum in the 1980s, I argue that rational …

Is trade a promoter of peace? Adam Smith, one of the earliest defenders of trade, worries
that commerce may instigate some perverse incentives, encouraging wars. The wealth that …

This article examines the development of the public as a foundational concept in public
relations theory. It provides an overview of the way in which public relations has understood …

" The practice of economics, as any economist will tell you, is a powerful force for good.
Economists are the guardians of the world's economies and financial systems. The …

Abstract What does Adam Smith mean by “good government”? How is it related to his
political economy and system of natural liberty? No extensive or specific treatment of these …

Argues that David Hume was a thoroughgoing sceptic on epistemological, metaphysical and
doxastic groundsAdvances both historical and logical reasons for the conclusion that Hume …

Adam Smith has usually been seen as an economist who had a positive view of economic
inequalities and who was more concerned with diminishing absolute poverty rather than …

By the middle of the eighteenth century the word “liberal” had had multiple non‐political
meanings. Adam Smith famously advances “the liberal plan” of political economy. In The …