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For Adam Roberts, the finest sf takes its readers on a conceptual flight away from mundane and literal-minded ways of regarding reality and into spectacularly metaphorical representations of it. There are traces here of the Romantic concept of the sublime, and it is therefore apt that Roberts teaches nineteenth-century literature when he isn't writing sf. Another of his passions is comedy, which he argues operates in much the same way as transcendental sf; the efficacy of a punchline can often be measured by how strange or surprising a departure it is from its setup. Roberts's new book, Adam Robots, is clear proof that he practises as a storyteller what he preaches as a critic. Manifest in these two dozen short stories are various "conceptual breakthroughs" (260) that elucidate a number of timely matters, from the theological to the political, the ontological to the technological. But while Roberts consistently takes us to new places and show us things we haven't seen before, his referential, sometimes intertextual style never loses sight of the time-honoured conventions of the genre that excites him so much. Although in the introduction he admits to wanting to write "at least one thing in all the myriad sub-genres and sub-sub-genres of SF" (1), this doesn't equate to some superficial box-ticking exercise in homage or fan fiction. It is much more about satirising, subverting and reinventing what has come before. Book details - Adam Roberts by Adam Roberts , Gollancz, 2013, ISBN: 9780575130340 (pbk), 391pp.

This paper uses agent-based modeling to investigate the philosophy of Adam Smith. During his lifetime, Smith published two books. In An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations (1776), he argued that market behavior was dictated primarily by self-interest. However, his earlier book, The Theory of Moral Sentiments (1759), placed sympathy and benevolence at the center of human social psychology. Reconciling these apparently contradictory views is known as the Adam Smith Problem. This study uses an agent-based model to combine Smith's theories, exploring how social norms affect economic behavior, and vice versa. Although they share many basic assumptions, Smith's works leave important questions unanswered: Theory of Moral Sentiments offers a strong model of how social norms consolidate but lacks a coherent explanation for how norms change over time, and, on the other side, Wealth of Nations does not account for the influence of social norms on commercial transactions nor for the durability of seemingly irrational norms in a context of market competition. Considering both theories together in a single model sheds light on their underlying tensions and exposes instabilities that Smith did not anticipate.

Adam Remmele wurde am 26. Dezember 1877 in Altneudorf bei Heidelberg geboren. Er war der älteste Sohn des Müllers Peter Remmele und seiner Frau Katharina, geb. Daub. Er engagierte sich sehr im sozialen und politischen Bereich.

Cover -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations for Smith's Works -- 1 Smith and the Scottish Enlightenment -- Life -- The Scottish Enlightenment -- Newton -- Hume -- 2 Science and System -- Science -- Wonder, Surprise, and Admiration -- Systems -- Rhetoric -- Conjectural History -- Social Change -- 3 Morality and Sympathy -- Sympathy -- Sociability -- Propriety -- General Rules -- Custom -- The Impartial Spectator -- The Limits of Sympathy -- Self-command -- 4 Justice and Virtue -- Justice -- Benevolence -- Police -- Religion -- Moral Corruption -- The Invisible Hand -- The Implications of Inequality -- 5 Jurisprudence -- Stadial Theory -- Property -- Government -- Warfare -- The Fall of Feudalism -- Modern Liberty -- 6 The Nature of Wealth -- The Division of Labour -- Trade -- Markets -- Wages -- Capital -- Saving -- Productive and Unproductive Labour -- Banking and Money -- 7 Government and the Market -- The Mercantile System -- Mercantile Policy -- Empire -- The Agricultural System -- Defence -- Justice -- Publick Works and Institutions -- Education -- Taxation -- 8 Legacy and Influence -- 'Das Adam Smith-Problem' -- Moral Sentiments -- The Famous Dr Smith -- Classical Political Economy -- Marxism -- The New Right -- Contemporary Political Economy -- Smith Studies -- Adam Smith Problems -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Chapter 1 Smith and the Scottish Enlightenment -- Chapter 2 Science and System -- Chapter 3 Morality and Sympathy -- Chapter 4 Justice and Virtue -- Chapter 5 Jurisprudence -- Chapter 6 The Nature of Wealth -- Chapter 7 Government and the Market -- Chapter 8 Legacy and Influence -- Bibliography -- Index -- EULA.

Cover; Title; List of Abbreviations; Acknowledgments; Preface; Series Editor's Preface; Contents; Dedication; Copyright; Series; 1 Adam Smith's Life and Works; In the Beginning; Smith's First Book: TMS; Interregnum: between TMS and WN; Smith's Second Book: WN; After WN; Part I: Biography; 2 Smith's Philosophical Program: Two Early Essays; Smith's "Languages"; The Rules of Language and Spontaneous Order; Two Further Facts about Language; Lessons from "Languages"; Smith's "History of Astronomy"; Is Smith a Scientific "Realist"?; Self-interest; Part II: Ideas; 3 Smith's Genealogy of Morality.

Cover -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Abbreviations -- Chronology -- Preface -- One: The sage of Glasgow -- Two: Epistemology -- philosophy of science -- aesthetics -- Three: Moral sentimentalism -- Four: Sympathy -- Five: Moral approval and moral judgment -- Six: The character of virtue -- description and normativity -- Seven: Advantages and disadvantages of Smith's moral philosophy -- Eight: Religion -- Nine: Justice -- Ten: Police -- Eleven: Economic principles -- Twelve: Liberalism -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index.