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Humane Studies Review - Fall 1987

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Inside this issue:

  • Is reading a political act? What is the relationship between author, text, and reader? Professor of
    literature Stephen Cox offers a classical liberal theory of literary criticism. 
  • What role does entrepreneurship play in a market economy? How are competition and the discovery
    of knowledge related? Economist Esteban F. Thomsen examines the literature on prices, discovery, and entrepreneurship.
  • What is power? How is it defined, and what role does it play in theoretical social science? Political philosopher Jeremy Shearmur reviews a new book on power.
  • Discussion: Philosophers Eric Mack and Tibor Machan discuss current issues in moral and political
    philosophy.