Fitzgibbons, Athol
Head of the School of Economics, Griffith University, Queensland
Print publication date: 1997 (this edition)
Published to Oxford Scholarship Online:
Print ISBN-13: 978-0-19-829288-3
doi:10.1093/0198292880.003.0006
Published to Oxford Scholarship Online:
Print ISBN-13: 978-0-19-829288-3
doi:10.1093/0198292880.003.0006
6 The Laws of Nature
Describes Smith's laws of Nature, including his debt to Stoic logic and its reliance on essences. It considers Smith's response to David Hume's scepticism, differentiates Smith's methodology from positivism, and traces the evolution of the idea that Smith's theory was scientific.
Keywords: essences, David Hume, laws of Nature, methodology, Isaac Newton, positivism, scepticism, stoic logic
Keywords: essences, David Hume, laws of Nature, methodology, Isaac Newton, positivism, scepticism, stoic logic
doi:10.1093/0198292880.003.0006
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