Many consider Bernard Lonergan the outstanding Catholic
philosopher of the twentieth century, and his "Insight: A Study in
Human Understanding" (1957) is a brilliant but difficult work that
has challenged innumerable readers."What Is Lonergan Up to in
"Insight? is an accessible introduction to the leading ideas of
Lonergan's massive and major achievement in which he focuses on the
dynamics of scientific method.
Using Plato's "Myth of the Cave" as the guiding metaphor, Father
Tekippe, who studied under Lonergan, introduces readers to the main
ideas of Lonergan's "magnum opus." He does not comment, summarize,
nor substitute for "Insight, " but instead communicates faithfully
Lonergan's own leading inspirations. Having studied Lonergan for
thirty years, Father Tekippe brings the reader into the intricacies
of the inner mind.
Chapters relate the more abstract theological questions: Knowing
and Morality," "Being: The Object of the Pure Desire to Know," "The
Idea of God," "The Existence of God," "Reflective Insight," and
"Question, Inquiry, and the Heuristic," as well as the practical,
everyday inquiries: "Insight in Common Palance," "Insight in
Sports," "Insight and the Detective Story," "Insight in Jokes," and
"Great Insights in Science."
Undergraduate and graduate students, those in catechetical and
ministry schools, and al those interested in Lonergan's theology
will appreciate this introduction to one of the most respected and
influential works of our time.
"Terry J. Tekippe is a priest of the Archdiocese of New Orleans.
He studied under Lonergan at the Gregorian University in Rome and
has been a Lonergan Fellow at Boston College. He wrote a
dissertation on Lonergan in theology (Fordham University) and in
philosophy (Tulane University). He has edited the "Lonergan Studies
Newsletter" and "Papal Infallibility: An Application of Lonergan's
Theological Method" (1983). He published "Lonergan and Thomas on
the Will: An Essay in Interpretation" (1993), and his "Theology:
Love's Question" (1991) is an adaption of Lonergan's theological
method for beginners.""
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