Lonergan's Newman: Appropriated Affinities
This essay explores the relationship between Bernard Lonergan and his first intellectual mentor, John Henry Newman. It seeks to go beyond the question of explicit references or direct influences in order to identify major areas of affinity between the two thinkers. These include the limitations of l...
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Ed. Pontificia Univ. Gregoriana
2004
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Gregorianum
Year: 2004, Volume: 85, Issue: 4, Pages: 735-756 |
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| Summary: | This essay explores the relationship between Bernard Lonergan and his first intellectual mentor, John Henry Newman. It seeks to go beyond the question of explicit references or direct influences in order to identify major areas of affinity between the two thinkers. These include the limitations of logic, attention to cognitional structure, the centrality of judgement, the dialectic of self transcendence distorted by biased attitudes, and the parallel between real assent and conversion. Lonergan appropriated and transformed the liberating foundations that he discovered through his youthful reading of Newman. An empirical and psychological style of thinking characterised both authors, but Lonergan went beyond the largely descriptive categories of Newman in order to offer more explanatory horizons of method and interiority. L'article examine la relation de Bernard Lonergan à John Henry Newman, son premier inspirateur intellectuel. Il cherche à aller plus loin que les questions de références explicites ou des influences directes pour identifier les domaines majeurs où les deux penseurs ont des affinités, ce qui inclut les limitations de la logique, l'attention aux structures cognitives, la centralité du jugement, la dialectique de l'autotranscendance que dévient des attitudes erronées, le parallèle entre l'assentiment réel et la conversion. Lonergan s'appropria et transforma les fondements libérateurs qu'il découvrit au long de sa lecture de jeunesse de Newman. Un même ligne de pensée, empirique et psychologique, caractérise les deux auteurs, mais Lonergan va au delà des vastes catégories descriptives de Newman afin d'ouvrir des horizons plus larges à l'exploration de la méthode et de l'intériorité. |
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