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A mão invisível de Júpiter e o método newtoniano de Smith

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Hugo E. A. da Gama Cerqueira (Cedeplar-UFMG)

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This paper examines Adam Smith's understanding of the philosophy and science, the motivations that lead us to investigate nature and society, and the proper methods of investigation and exposition. The paper also criticizes those authors that interpret Smith's work as an example of the mechanical approach or as a kind of positivism 'avant la lettre'.

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Paper provided by Cedeplar, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais in its series Textos para Discussão Cedeplar-UFMG with number td271.

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Length: 31 pages
Date of creation: Jul 2005
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Publication status: Published in Estudos Econômicos, vol.36, n.4, pp.667-697, 2006.
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Keywords: Adam Smith rhetoric methodology Newtonianism political economy

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B30 - Schools of Economic Thought and Methodology - - History of Thought: Individuals - - - General
B40 - Schools of Economic Thought and Methodology - - Economic Methodology - - - General

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