verum factum principle
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The verum factum principle is Giambattista Vico’s philosophical claim that humans can truly know only what they themselves have made or brought into being, such as history, language, and social institutions.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| verum factum principle canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3707441 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: verum factum principle Context triple: [Giambattista Vico, coreConcept, verum factum principle]
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A.
verification principle
The verification principle is a central doctrine of logical positivism claiming that a statement is meaningful only if it can be empirically verified or is analytically true.
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B.
The Criterion between truth and falsehood
"The Criterion between truth and falsehood" is the English rendering of the title of Surah Al-Furqan, a chapter of the Qur’an that emphasizes the distinction between guidance and misguidance through divine revelation.
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De veritate
De veritate is a scholastic theological and philosophical work by Thomas Aquinas that systematically explores the nature of truth, knowledge, and divine understanding through a series of disputed questions.
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Concordia cum veritate
Concordia cum veritate is the Latin motto of the University of Waterloo, generally translated as “In harmony with truth.”
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E.
Veritas et Virtus
Veritas et Virtus is the Latin school motto of Westminster City School, expressing the ideals of truth and virtue.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: verum factum principle Target entity description: The verum factum principle is Giambattista Vico’s philosophical claim that humans can truly know only what they themselves have made or brought into being, such as history, language, and social institutions.
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A.
verification principle
The verification principle is a central doctrine of logical positivism claiming that a statement is meaningful only if it can be empirically verified or is analytically true.
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B.
The Criterion between truth and falsehood
"The Criterion between truth and falsehood" is the English rendering of the title of Surah Al-Furqan, a chapter of the Qur’an that emphasizes the distinction between guidance and misguidance through divine revelation.
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C.
De veritate
De veritate is a scholastic theological and philosophical work by Thomas Aquinas that systematically explores the nature of truth, knowledge, and divine understanding through a series of disputed questions.
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D.
Concordia cum veritate
Concordia cum veritate is the Latin motto of the University of Waterloo, generally translated as “In harmony with truth.”
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E.
Veritas et Virtus
Veritas et Virtus is the Latin school motto of Westminster City School, expressing the ideals of truth and virtue.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
epistemological doctrine
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philosophical principle ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
civil world
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history ⓘ language ⓘ social institutions ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Giambattista Vico ⓘ |
| claimsAbout |
civil and historical worlds are products of human action
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knowledge of nature is less certain than knowledge of human-made things ⓘ mathematics is knowable because it is made by the human mind ⓘ |
| contrastsWith |
Cartesianism
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surface form:
Cartesian rationalism
innate ideas ⓘ |
| coreClaim | humans can truly know only what they themselves have made ⓘ |
| critiques | purely deductive methods in understanding human affairs ⓘ |
| developedInWork |
De antiquissima Italorum sapientia
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Scienza Nuova ⓘ |
| epistemicCriterion | to know something is to know how it was made ⓘ |
| epistemicImplication | maker has privileged access to knowledge of what is made ⓘ |
| field |
epistemology
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philosophy of history ⓘ philosophy of social science ⓘ |
| formulatedBy | Giambattista Vico ⓘ |
| hasLatinMotto | verum factum convertuntur ⓘ |
| historicalContext | early 18th century philosophy ⓘ |
| influenced |
constructivist epistemology
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hermeneutics ⓘ historicism ⓘ philosophy of culture ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Renaissance humanism
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early modern debates on certainty ⓘ |
| involves |
analysis of historical consciousness
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distinction between made and found ⓘ |
| language | Latin ⓘ |
| originatedIn | Italy ⓘ |
| philosophicalTheme |
human authorship of the social world
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limits of human knowledge ⓘ priority of practice over theory ⓘ |
| relatedConcept |
constructivism
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historical knowledge ⓘ human world vs natural world distinction ⓘ idealism ⓘ pragmatism ⓘ social ontology ⓘ |
| statedAs | verum et factum convertuntur ⓘ |
| usedToSupport |
interpretive methods in social sciences
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special status of historical knowledge ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: verum factum principle Description of subject: The verum factum principle is Giambattista Vico’s philosophical claim that humans can truly know only what they themselves have made or brought into being, such as history, language, and social institutions.
Referenced by (4)
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