Human Nature and Historical Knowledge - Hume, Hegel and Vico

Zusammenfassung This book is about the presuppositions of historical knowledge. It rejects the view! held by Hume! Hegel and Vico! that historical knowledge presupposes a theory of human nature! in favour of the view that the discovery of new historical knowledge assumes the inheritance of a body of knowledge sufficient to constitute a determinate sense of the past. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction; 1. Hume: the constancy of human nature; 2. Hegel: the self-development of reason; 3. Vico: the ideal eternal history; 4. Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.

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• Authors: Pompa Leon, Leon Pompa, Leon (University of Birmingham) Pompa
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 18.04.2002
• EAN: 9780521892209
• ISBN: 978-0-521-89220-9
• No. of pages: 244
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works