Adam Smith's System: A Re-Interpretation Inspired by Smith's Lectures on Rhetoric, Game Theory, and Conjectural History

by Andreas Ortmann, Benoît Walraevens, Benoît Walraevens

Book Overview

Inspired by his lectures on rhetoric and by game theory, this book provides a new interpretation of Adam Smith's system of thought. It highlights its coherence through the identification of three reasoning routines and a meta-reasoning routine throughout his work on languages, rhetoric, moral sentiments, self-command, and the nature and causes of the wealth of nations. The identification of these reasoning routines allows the authors to uncover...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3030997065
• ISBN13: 9783030997069
• Release Date: September 2023
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 254 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.8" x 8.3"