Adam Smith and William James on the psychological basis of progress
梳理了亚当·斯密与威廉·詹姆斯关于智力、物质和道德进步心理基础的广泛联系，通过讨论两人对客观真理主张的共同谨慎态度，凸显斯密与主流经济学解读的距离，并指出其强调心理满足作为进步动力的观点有助于调和相关学科。
This paper identifies extensive connections between Adam Smith’s and William James’s accounts of the psychological basis of intellectual, material and moral progress. These connections are brought into focus through discussion of their shared circumspection towards claims to objective truth, which highlights Smith’s distance from mainstream interpretations of his contributions to economics. The paper additionally argues that insight into the sustained emphases that Smith and James place upon the role of psychological satisfaction as a motivating factor in societal and personal progress can aid current efforts to draw upon their work and to reconcile the disciplines that they are widely credited with founding.