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<journal-meta>
<journal-id>0185-1667</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Investigación económica]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Inv. Econ]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>0185-1667</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Facultad de Economía]]></publisher-name>
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<article-id>S0185-16672024000400100</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.22201/fe.01851667p.2024.330.89110</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Adam Smith&#8217;s pluralism and the science of the legislator]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[El pluralismo de Adam Smith y la ciencia del legislador]]></article-title>
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<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Sturn]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Richard]]></given-names>
</name>
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</contrib>
</contrib-group>
<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Karl-Franzens-University of Graz  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ ]]></addr-line>
<country>Austria</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2024</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2024</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>83</volume>
<numero>330</numero>
<fpage>100</fpage>
<lpage>123</lpage>
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<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S0185-16672024000400100&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S0185-16672024000400100&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S0185-16672024000400100&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[ABSTRACT It is well established that we can make sense of Adam Smith&#8217;s multi- faceted account of human agency without incurring &#8220;das Adam Smith-Problem&#8221;. However, the relevance of his view of knowledge and agency for political economy as science of the legislator deserves to be studied more carefully. Smith&#8217;s view of human agency is linked to political realism and pragmatic pluralism, emphasizing the benefits of the knowledge made available by scientific &#8220;systems&#8221;, but also their limitations and incompleteness. Smith&#8217;s Theory of Moral Sentiments, seen together with his realist discussions of mercantilist politics are suggesting explanatory and pragmatic advantages of such pluralism, while opening up horizons of problem-responsive second-best reforms avoiding fallacies of &#8220;the man of system&#8221;.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[RESUMEN Está bien establecido que podemos entender la explicación multifacética de Adam Smith sobre la agencia humana sin incurrir en el &#8220;problema de Adam Smith&#8221;. Sin embargo, la relevancia de su visión del conocimiento y la agencia para la economía política como ciencia del legislador merece ser estudiada con más cuidado. La visión de Smith sobre la agencia humana está vinculada al realismo político y al pluralismo pragmático, enfatizando los beneficios del conocimiento que brindan los &#8220;sistemas&#8221; científicos, pero también sus limitaciones e incompletitud. La teoría de los sentimientos morales de Smith, vista junto con sus discusiones realistas sobre la política mercantilista, sugiere ventajas explicativas y pragmáticas de dicho pluralismo, al tiempo que abre horizontes de reformas de segunda opción que responden a los problemas y evitan las falacias del &#8220;hombre del sistema&#8221;.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Impartial spectator]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[man of system]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[mercantile system]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[pluralism]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[science of the legislator]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[espectador imparcial]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[hombre de sistema]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[sistema mercantil]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[pluralismo]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[ciencia del legislador]]></kwd>
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