Lonergan in the World

Lonergan in the World
Title Lonergan in the World PDF eBook
Author James Marsh
Publisher University of Toronto Press
Pages 198
Release 2014-07-31
Genre Philosophy
ISBN 1442619147

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In his philosophical classic Insight, Catholic philosopher and theologian Bernard Lonergan introduced the concept of self-appropriation – the personal search for knowledge of the self, and through that of the world – as the basis for systematic philosophical investigation. In Lonergan in the World, James L. Marsh argues, clearly and passionately, that self-appropriation can serve as the basis for philosophical, ethical, and even political and economic thought. Comparing and applying Lonergan’s principles to major trends in contemporary philosophy, including phenomenology, hermeneutics, postmodernism, analytic philosophy, and Marxism, Marsh uncovers the philosophical and the socio-political implications of Lonergan’s work and its value as the basis for a search for justice and self-understanding. Drawing on Marsh’s more than forty years of studying and teaching Lonergan’s thought, Lonergan in the World is a book that should be read not just by philosophers and theologians, but by anyone interested in the philosophical foundations of a just and authentic life.

Lonergan and Historiography

Lonergan and Historiography
Title Lonergan and Historiography PDF eBook
Author Thomas J. McPartland
Publisher University of Missouri Press
Pages 228
Release 2010-04-15
Genre Philosophy
ISBN 0826272223

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Although Bernard Lonergan is known primarily for his cognitional theory and theological methodology, he long sought to formulate a modern philosophy of history free of progressive and Marxist biases. Yet he never addressed this in any single work, and his reflections on the subject are scattered in various writings. In this pioneering work, Thomas McPartland shows how Lonergan’s overall philosophical position offers a fresh and comprehensive basis for considering historiography. Taking Lonergan’s philosophy of historical existence into the realm of an epistemological philosophy of history, he demonstrates how the philosopher’s approach builds on the actual performance of historians and, as a result, integrates the insights of historical specialists into a framework of functional complementarity. McPartland draws on all of Lonergan’s philosophical writing—as well as on the vast literature of historiography—to detail Lonergan’s notions of historical method, historical objectivity, and historical knowledge. Along the way, he explains what Lonergan means by hermeneutics; by historical description, explanation, ideal-types, and narrative; by evaluative and dialectical analyses; and how these elements are all functionally related to each other. He also delineates the defining features of psychohistory, cultural history, intellectual history, history of ideas, and history of philosophy, indicating how these disciplines play complementary roles in the critical encounter with the past. Ultimately, McPartland argues that Lonergan has established the principles of a historical discipline—the history of consciousness—that weaves together a philosophy of consciousness with rigorous historical research to grasp long-term trends resulting from “differentiations of consciousness.” His work offers a distinct perspective on historical method that takes historical objectivity seriously while providing new insight into the thought of this important philosopher.

Lonergan and the Philosophy of Historical Existence

Lonergan and the Philosophy of Historical Existence
Title Lonergan and the Philosophy of Historical Existence PDF eBook
Author Thomas J. McPartland
Publisher University of Missouri Press
Pages 319
Release 2001
Genre History
ISBN 0826263208

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Bernard Lonergan's ambitious study of human knowledge, based on his theory of consciousness, is among the major achievements of twentieth-century philosophy. He challenges the principles of contemporary intellectual culture by finding norms and standards not in external perceptions or reified concepts, but in the dynamism of consciousness itself.

Lonergan in the World

Lonergan in the World
Title Lonergan in the World PDF eBook
Author James L. Marsh
Publisher University of Toronto Press
Pages 198
Release 2014-01-01
Genre Philosophy
ISBN 144264897X

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Lonergan in the World compares and applies Lonergan's principles to major trends in contemporary philosophy, including phenomenology, hermeneutics, postmodernism, analytic philosophy, and Marxism.

The Ethics of Discernment

The Ethics of Discernment
Title The Ethics of Discernment PDF eBook
Author Patrick H. Byrne
Publisher University of Toronto Press
Pages 526
Release 2016-02-24
Genre Philosophy
ISBN 1442630744

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In The Ethics of Discernment, Patrick H. Byrne presents an approach to ethics that builds upon the cognitional theory and the philosophical method of self-appropriation that Bernard Lonergan introduced in his book Insight, as well as upon Lonergan’s later writing on ethics and values. Extending Lonergan’s method into the realm of ethics, Byrne argues that we can use self-appropriation to come to objective judgements of value. The Ethics of Discernment is an introspective analysis of that process, in which sustained ethical inquiry and attentiveness to feelings as “intentions of value” leads to a rich conception of the good. Written both for those with an interest in Lonergan’s philosophy and for those interested in theories of ethics who have only a limited knowledge of Lonergan’s work, Byrne’s book is the first detailed exposition of an ethical theory based on Lonergan’s philosophical method.

Appropriating the Lonergan Idea

Appropriating the Lonergan Idea
Title Appropriating the Lonergan Idea PDF eBook
Author Frederick E. Crowe
Publisher Lonergan Studies
Pages 0
Release 2006
Genre Philosophy
ISBN 9780802091178

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A wide variety of topics is explored in this collection, from Lonergan's early academic career and the evolution of his notion of God, to the dynamic of ecclesial learning and the missions of the Trinity.

Authenticity as Self-transcendence

Authenticity as Self-transcendence
Title Authenticity as Self-transcendence PDF eBook
Author Michael H. McCarthy
Publisher
Pages 0
Release 2015
Genre
ISBN 9780268035372

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McCarthy develops and expands his earlier argument with four new essays, designed to show Lonergan's exceptional relevance to the cultural situation of late modernity.