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The Scottish Energy Enlightenment

The Scottish Energy Enlightenment

De: John Ferguson
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 John Ferguson reports from Scotland, covering the UK’s energy transition – a new era of enlightenment that shares features with the original 18th century Scottish Enlightenment.Copyright 2025 All rights reserved. Ciencias Sociales
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  • Hume & The Hunger Games

    Hume & The Hunger Games
    May 15 2025

    What does David Hume have to do with the Hunger Games? Sunrise on the Reaping, the new novel by Hunger Games author Suzanne Collins is inspired by the teaching of 18th century Scottish philosopher David Hume. It’s never a bad time to think about the problem of propaganda and the authority of the few over the many!
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    3 m
  • Letter to The Scotsman

    Letter to The Scotsman
    May 15 2025

    A reader from Highland council wants Scotland to do more to enable communities to invest in projects that help their own local public fund — and make Adam Smith proud. Printed Sept, 2024
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    1 m
  • The Science of the Human Being

    The Science of the Human Being
    May 15 2025

    Hume called it the "Science of Man" and held that it unified the other fields of study. Everything needs to be grounded on experience, tested by experiment, proven through observation. A new understanding of the natural world, and a new moral outlook for our human world, are things modern Scotland shares with the 18th c. Enlightenment thinkers.
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    3 m
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