Maurizio Esposito

Vico and the Maker's Knowledge Tradition

Praxis and History

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Produktbeschreibung

Explores the possibility that Vico envisioned a non-Cartesian version of modernity, where praxis, rather than reason, drives human history. This alternative modernity has directly or indirectly influenced some of the most significant philosophical traditions of the past two centuries and is still relevant today.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 289
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Juli 2025
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781009436021
• ISBN-10: 1009436023
• Artikelnr.: 73534110

Autorenporträt

Maurizio Esposito teaches History of Science in the Department of Philosophy 'Piero Martinetti' at the University of Milan. He has published widely on the history and philosophy of natural and human sciences.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: the 'maker's knowledge tradition' through and beyond Vico
1. Maker's knowledge traditions between ancients and moderns
2. Vico and the making of 'Praxis epistemology'
3. After and beyond Vico
4. Praxis epistemology I: from Vico to Marxism
5. Praxis epistemology II: from Vico to pragmatism
6. Praxis epistemology III: from vico to phenomenology
Conclusion: Techn¿ and Physis, again
Appendix: two challenges to the verum/factum principle
References
Index.