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Glaze, Simon (2017) Adam Smith and William James on the psychological basis of progress. Cambridge Journal of Economics , 41 (2). pp. 349-365. doi:10.1093/cje/bew043 ISSN 0309-166X.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/cje/bew043
Abstract
This paper identifies extensive connections between Adam Smith’s and William James’s accounts of the psychological basis of intellectual, material and moral progress. These connections are brought into focus through discussion of their shared circumspection towards claims to objective truth, which highlights Smith’s distance from mainstream interpretations of his contributions to economics. The paper additionally argues that insight into the sustained emphases that Smith and James place upon the role of psychological satisfaction as a motivating factor in societal and personal progress can aid current efforts to draw upon their work and to reconcile the disciplines that they are widely credited with founding.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||||
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Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Politics and International Studies | ||||||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Cambridge Journal of Economics | ||||||||
Publisher: | Oxford University Press | ||||||||
ISSN: | 0309-166X | ||||||||
Official Date: | 1 March 2017 | ||||||||
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Volume: | 41 | ||||||||
Number: | 2 | ||||||||
Page Range: | pp. 349-365 | ||||||||
DOI: | 10.1093/cje/bew043 | ||||||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||||||
Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||||||
Copyright Holders: | Simon Glaze, The Cambridge Political Economy Society | ||||||||
Date of first compliant deposit: | 28 July 2016 | ||||||||
Date of first compliant Open Access: | 11 August 2018 | ||||||||
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