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Vico and the maker's knowledge tradition : praxis and history / Maurizio Esposito, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Esposito, Maurizio, Author.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Vico, Giambattista, 1668-1744.
Vico, Giambattista.
Knowledge, Theory of.
Practice (Philosophy).
epistemology.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (xv, 264 pages)
Place of Publication:
Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, 2025.
Summary:
"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"-- Provided by publisher.
Contents:
Introduction : the ‘maker’s knowledge tradition’ through and beyond Vico
Maker’s knowledge traditions between ancients and moderns
Vico and the making of ‘praxis epistemology’
After and beyond Vico
Praxis epistemology I : from Vico to Marxism
Praxis epistemology II : from Vico to Pragmatism
Praxis epistemology III : from Vico to Phenomenology
Conclusion : techne and physis, again.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on July 03, 2025).
Other Format:
Print version: Esposito, Maurizio Vico and the maker's knowledge tradition
ISBN:
9781009436007
1009436007
OCLC:
1517428510
Access Restriction:
Restricted for use by site license

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