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The Invisible Order: Imagination, Nature and the Economic Sphere

In: Machines, Bodies and Invisible Hands

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  • Stefano Fiori

    (University of Torino)

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Some signs that Smith had revised models of knowledge based on the principle of visibility can be found in the History of Astronomy and the Theory of Moral Sentiments. The visible order is not simply an order that finally, without residues, becomes observable as a result of applying correct techniques and methods, but is the outcome of invisible forces that organize it. These topics are examined in this chapter, which explains how (1) the notion of scientific and moral imagination involves a cluster of conceptual metaphors, and how this leads to a revision of seventeenth-century ocular metaphor; and (2) visible and invisible dimensions interact in Smith’s economic analysis.

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  • Stefano Fiori, 2021. "The Invisible Order: Imagination, Nature and the Economic Sphere," Springer Books, in: Machines, Bodies and Invisible Hands, chapter 0, pages 135-162, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:sprchp:978-3-030-85206-1_7
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-85206-1_7
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