Quote Originally Posted by idolatrie View Post
In 'Wealth of Nations', Smith wrote: "In the progress of society, philosophy or speculation becomes, like every other employment, the principal or sole trade of a particular class of citizens. Like every other employment too, it is subdivided into a great number of different branches, each of which affords occupation to a peculiar tribe or class of philosophers; and this subdivision of employment in philosophy...improves dexterity and saves time." I think that depicts his Te approach, in his very definition of economics as a new field of enquiry. (So while I'm not claiming he created 'economics', he did found it as a profession.) I guess what I'm trying to say is that you're calling it a gamma NT field, and I'm saying that he made the field, so if you're seeing it as gamma NT, that should be a stronger indicator that he too is gamma NT.
That is not really a strong argument for Gamma NT, since that could just as well be describing the development of new categories.