The Challenge of Lonergan's Thought

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The breadth of Beards' engagement with 19th century and contemporary philosophers - from Newman to Heidegger, from Nietzsche to G. E. Moore and Gila Sher - demonstrates the depth of Bernard Lonergan's epistemic foundations. Aware of these depths, Beards is also aware of the heights to which Lonergan aspired and attained in connecting St. Thomas's explicit appreciation of theology as a science with the foundations he excavated and made explicit in the Verbum articles and Insight. Beards continues to be a trustworthy contemporary custodian of Lonergan's legacy. * Father Guy Mansini, Professor of Systematic Theology, Ave Maria University, US * From Lonergan's understanding of judgment comes a critical realism that guides not only our own comprehension, but shapes the way in which we can evaluate the judgements put forward by others as answers to difficult questions. Beards's Challenge of Lonergan's Thought directs us to think about how good judgment comes from evidence: how it is centered on our apprehensions of proof. * Br. Dunstan Robidoux, OSB * In this volume Dr. Andrew Beards carefully develops and dialectically contrasts a number of leading philosophers and theologians in the frontiers of cognitive theory, epistemology, metaphysics, meta-ethics, and theology with Bernard Lonergan's critical realism revealing a potency to bring together many disparate movements into an emergent, differentiated, and dynamic collaboration. This is a clear, refreshing, and engaging collection of essays. * David P. Fleschacker, Chair of Liberal Arts, University of Mary, USA *