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John Stuart Mill and Concepts of Nature

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 April 2010

Margaret Schabas
Margaret Schabas
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York University
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Why did Mill draw such a firm line between nature and society, and what did he mean by the claim that only permanent or necessary truths could be gleaned in nature? Why are the laws of production able to transcend the social realm and thereby attain a higher epistemological standing? Was Mill the first (and possibly the last) to make this distinction, or does it conform with a long tradition within the history of economic thought?

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Dialogue: Canadian Philosophical Review / Revue canadienne de philosophie , Volume 34 , Issue 3 , Summer 1995 , pp. 447 - 466
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Copyright © Canadian Philosophical Association 1995

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