The Jay Treaty: Political Battleground of the Founding Fathers

Francis Bacon is famous today as one of the founding fathers of the so-called ‘scientific revolution’ of the seventeenth century. Although not an especially successful scientist himself, he was nevertheless the most eloquent and influential spokesperson for an approach to knowledge that promised to transform human understanding of both humanity and its relationship with the natural and social worlds. The central features of this approach, as they emerged in Bacon’s own writings and the work of his protégés and associates after 1605, are equally well known. They include the importance of experiment, observation, and a sceptical attitude towards inherited wisdom (from the ‘ancients’ in general and Aristotle in particular).

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Local Museums in the Epistemic Context of the Belle Époque. The Founding Fathers’ Dilemma

Philobiblon Transylvanian Journal of Multidisciplinary Research in Humanities ◽

10.26424/philobib.2018.23.2.03 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 23 (2) ◽

pp. 179-196

Author(s):

Andi Mihalache ◽

Keyword(s):

Belle Epoque ◽

Founding Fathers ◽

Epistemic Context ◽

Belle Époque

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The Importance of Being Defunct (Presidential Address)

The Pakistan Development Review ◽

10.30541/v24i3-4pp.211-234 ◽

1985 ◽

Vol 24 (3-4) ◽

pp. 211-234

Author(s):

Syed Nawab Haider Naqvi

Keyword(s):

Developing Countries ◽

Development Economics ◽

Developing World ◽

Empirical Studies ◽

Presidential Address ◽

Great Expectations ◽

Founding Fathers

For development economists these arc the days of great expectations. Development economics as a discipline, born only three decades ago, has come to stay, notwithstanding the threats to its existence issued openly by such friends as Schultz [63], Bauer [2], Little [44], and Lal [39]. New theoretical constructs have been devised and novel empirical studies done to comprehend better the forces of change in developing countries. While of late there may not have been great festivity in the realm of ideas, the force of circumstances has widened the problem canvas of development economics and has opened up new vistas for economists to explore- much beyond the expectations of its founding fathers. Also notwithstanding the great diversity in the experience of individual countries, development economists may legitimately draw some comfort from the thought that their ideas have changed the developing world for the better.

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