{"product_id":"vico-a-study-of-the-new-science-paperback-9780521388719","title":"Vico; A Study of the 'New Science' (Paperback) 9780521388719","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eVico\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eA Study of the 'New Science'\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe only work devoted almost exclusively to an interpretation of Vico's The New Science.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eLeon Pompa (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521388719, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback, published 29 June 1990\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e268 pages\u003cbr\u003e21.7 x 14.1 x 1.8 cm, 0.385 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'Dr Pompa's analysis of the epistemological and metaphysical foundations of Vico's approach to history will be of great interest to today's student of the methodology of the social sciences.' The Times Higher Education Supplement\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eProfessor Pompa's study of Vico has done a great deal to stimulate and inform the growing interest in the English-speaking world in this remarkable figure. It remains the only work devoted almost exclusively to an interpretation of the New Science and offers a comprehensive guide to the main theoretical problems to which the text gives rise. For this second edition Professor Pompa has responded to the reactions of reviewers and critics and added a new chapter which analyses Vico's conception of the principles which govern the development of law.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e 1. The structure of the Scienza Nuova\u003cbr\u003e 2. Critique of current historiography\u003cbr\u003e 3.  Human nature and social change\u003cbr\u003e 4. Human nature and historical change\u003cbr\u003e 5.  Providence\u003cbr\u003e 6. The character of Vico's metaphysics\u003cbr\u003e 7. The problem of knowledge\u003cbr\u003e 8.  The problem of methodology\u003cbr\u003e 9. The ideal eternal history: its theoretical character\u003cbr\u003e 10. The ideal eternal history: its deductive character\u003cbr\u003e 11. The ideal eternal history: its sociological content\u003cbr\u003e 12. The ideal eternal history: its historical content\u003cbr\u003e 13. Philosophy and historical interpretation\u003cbr\u003e 14. Philosophy and historical confirmation\u003cbr\u003e 15. Theory of knowledge\u003cbr\u003e 16. The character of Vico's theory of knowledge\u003cbr\u003e 17. Law, providence and the barbarism of reflection\u003cbr\u003e 18. Appendix. Humanist interpretations\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: History of Western philosophy [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on History of Western philosophy\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22History%20of%20Western%20philosophy%20%5BHPC%5D%22\"\u003eHPC\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46003417284888,"sku":"9780521388719","price":29.89,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521388719i_04233f28-d1ce-4ed1-a481-25597f386335.jpg?v=1691376218","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/vico-a-study-of-the-new-science-paperback-9780521388719","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}