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Nick Phillipson on Adam Smith on What Human Beings Are Like
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17 minutes
Released:
Nov 20, 2010
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Podcast episode
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Adam Smith, the great thinker of the Scottish Enlightenment, is best known as an economist. But much of his work was philosophical, and even his economic thinking is probably best understood as part of a larger project of attempting a science of humanity. Nick Phillipson, author of an acclaimed biography of Adam Smith, discusses Smith's philosophical agenda in this episode of the Philosophy Bites podcast. Philosophy Bites is made in association with the Institute of Philosophy.
Released:
Nov 20, 2010
Format:
Podcast episode
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