Vico, Giambattista
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In recent debates on empathy in various disciplines, including philosophy, psychology, psychopathology, cognitive sciences, neurophysiology, the discussion has focused on empathic experiences within the intersubjective context, either... more
Giambattista Vico and Thomas Hobbes both are known for the particular emphasis they put on the workings of imagination in human understanding. Their respective concepts of imagination are compared in this article, with attention to the... more
Horace first drew a link between ornament and monstrosity in Ars poetica, characterising as misbegotten any attempts of ornament to claim a voice and agency of its own. Sixteenth-century artists embraced monstrous ornament, called... more
Questo libro è la prima messa a fuoco del rapporto fra Ugo Foscolo e il secolare commento alla Commedia di Dante. Singoli aspetti dell’edizione dantesca curata da Foscolo durante l’esilio inglese sono già stati vagliati, ma questa ricerca... more
Dante è considerato il padre della letteratura italiana. In che modo hanno guardato a lui i friulani, così fieri della propria cultura e della propria lingua? Questo volume prova a rispondere alla domanda esaminando gli episodi più... more
ARTÍCULOS 1) Fabrizio Desideri (Università degli Studi di Firenze) Otra deducción de los juicios estéticos. Por una superación de la dicotomía entre hechos y valores Resumen El artículo parte de una reconsideración, del... more
Giambattista Vico’s philosophy offers very interesting and stimulating arguments now that – in the ‘post-modern’ age – we can critically outline and experience the outcomes (and the failures) of modernity. Underrated, and probably also... more
The very first translation into Ukrainian of Giambattista Vico's Idea of the Work (Idea dell'Opera) from his New Science (1744). I am translating the whole book.
Lo studio indaga gli albori del percorso pavesiano in campo etnologico e antropologico mediante l'analisi delle "tracce di lettura" (postille autografe e sottolineature d'autore), rinvenute all'interno di un campione significativo di... more
Este artículo se propone dar cuenta de dos usos diferentes del término poética en Giambattista Vico: por un lado, como adjetivo de la palabra sabiduría (sabiduría poética) y, por otro, como sustantivo, poética en sentido lato. Esto con el... more
Let us take a walk together...We will not be taking the Information Superhighway to get back to Christopher Giarda's speech, Bibliothecae Alexandrinae Icones Symbolicae, spoken in 1626. Our journey will not take us speeding towards Useful... more
This paper collects unpublished manuscripts on Giambattista Vico and Friedrich Schelling by the German philologist Walter Friedrich Otto (1874-1958), most of which were written in the early 1930s. The manuscripts are edited in German with... more
Il presente volume contiene i risultati delle ricerche svolte – da parte dell’autore – tra il 2005 e il 2018. La parte I del volume („Lecturae Dantis”) comprende le analisi di sette canti della Commedia: Inferno I, VIII, IX, XI, XII,... more
En el presente artículo exponemos la función del concepto de conatus a partir del De Antiquissima. En primer lugar, revisamos la relación que tiene con el movimiento y, a su vez, con los puntos metafísicos. Luego, exhibimos la posibilidad... more
Nachdem wir einen schnellen Blick auf den Gesamtrahmen geworfen haben werden, innerhalb dessen Vicos Überlegungen über den Staat sich entwickeln, ein Rahmen, der durch das große philosophische und erkenntnistheoretische Projekt des Autors... more
Dante è considerato il padre della letteratura italiana. In che modo hanno guardato a lui i friulani, così fieri della propria cultura e della propria lingua? Questo volume prova a rispondere alla domanda esaminando gli episodi più... more
The rediscovery of the thought of Giambattista Vico (1668-1774) – especially his New science – is a post-Revolutionary phenomenon. Stressing the elements that keep society together by promoting a sense of belonging, Vico’s philosophy... more
early draft paper on affinities using neuropsychologists' paper as focal point disputing the nature of Vico's affinities to psychology as the scientists see it
Artículo publicado en Cuadernos sobre Vico 15-16 (2003)
The 20th century rise to fame of Giambattista Vico as anticipator of historical relativism obscures essential elements of the 18th century philosopher’s message. Vico’s stringent argumentation points well beyond contemporary... more
Around 1700, Naples was in certain respects characteristic of the ambiguities of Pre-Enlightenment. This paper argues for a fresh view on two protagonists of early Eighteenth-century Neapolitan thought, focusing on common interests and... more
The behavior/structure methodological dichotomy as locus of scientific inquiry is closely related to the issue of modeling and theory change in scientific explanation. Given that the traditional tension between structure and behavior in... more
El trabajo comienza con una rápida revisión de las tesis escépticas de Francisco Sánchez con el fin de reformular la definición de su principio epistemológico. A continuación se examina el alcance del principio de Vico verum ipsum factum... more
Mit seiner 'Scienza Nuova' hat Giambattista Vico (1668–1744) nicht nur einen umfassenden Entwurf einer Kulturphilosophie vorgelegt, sondern zugleich ein Exempel spätbarocker Bildphilosophie. Den Zugang zu diesem Hauptwerk Vicos stellt ein... more
Per il filosofo Giambattista Vico le favole degli antichi furono il primo modello comunicativo adottato dall'umanità nei tempi remoti per la trasmissione delle regole giuridiche. In questo senso, i miti non furono mere forme narrative... more
The paper is concerned about the challenge that both Bayle and Mandeville posed to the set of epistemological claims of Civic Humanism.
Autobiography of a Masterpiece: Giambattista Vico’s Vita as a Model Humanistic Autobiography This article aims to investigate Giambattista Vico’s autobiography as the biography of Vico’s main work rather than the mere narrative of the... more
This lecture reveals the sources and inspiration of the work on the General theory of Interpretation of Emilio Betti.
This is the PDF-Powerpoint of the paper I prepared for the Webinar HISTORY OF LEGAL SCIENCE: TRANSFORMATION OF IDEAS AND IMAGES, III International Scientific-Methodological Seminar, which was held on Friday 16th April 2021 and was... more