No. 55 (2018): Julio-diciembre
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How to Deal with a “New Issue”? The Relation between the Art of Topics and the Art of Criticism in Vico ́s On the Study Methods of our Time

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  • Anna Maria Brigante Rovida
Anna Maria Brigante Rovida
Pontificia Universidad Javeriana
DOI: https://doi.org/10.21555/top.v0i55.924

Published 2018-06-08

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Brigante Rovida, A. M. (2018). How to Deal with a “New Issue”? The Relation between the Art of Topics and the Art of Criticism in Vico ́s On the Study Methods of our Time. Tópicos, Revista De Filosofía, (55), 367–386. https://doi.org/10.21555/top.v0i55.924
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Abstract

In On the Study Methods of Our Time, Vico faces what he calls a new issue: which study method is the most appropriate, that of the Ancient or that of the Modern thinkers. The former is rep-resented by the art of topics, the latter by the art of criticism. The aim of this article is to show the way in which Vico fac-es the methodological monism that is in vogue in the Naples of his time. After an initial formulation of the verum factum, the Neapolitan reconfigures the issue of the method for the different sciences and areas of knowledge, focusing his attention on those that deal with human behavior: prudence and jurisprudence. It is regarding these two that Vico will stress the necessity to ar-ticulate both methods of study, namely the art of topics and the art of criticism. If, in relation to prudence, the art of topics deter-mine the art of criticism, in relation to jurisprudence however, the relation is inverted. This reversion will determine the path of The New Science.

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