Recent Engagements with Adam Smith and the Scottish Enlightenment

Maria Pia Paganelli

No 2015-6, Center for the History of Political Economy Working Paper Series from Center for the History of Political Economy

Abstract: 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.

Keywords: adam smith; david hume; scottish enlightenment; recent literature (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: A1 A12 A13 A14 B1 B3 B30 B31 B4 B40 B41 C9 C90 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 38
Date: 2015
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