GEN 7243

Giambattista Vico

Stanford University · UGRD · Fall 2026

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An intensive reading of Vico's book - New Science. Emphasis will be on Vico's philosophy of history and theories of poetic wisdom, myth, and language. Vico will be put in dialogue with René Descartes, Rousseau, Auguste Compte, Claude Lévi Strauss, and Paul Feyerabend, whose ideas about myth and science converge in striking ways with Vico's.

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Class #stanford-7243Fall 2026UGRD3 credits

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