Phenomenology and logic : the Boston College lectures on mathematical logic and existentialism

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Phenomenology and logic : the Boston College lectures on mathematical logic and existentialism

Bernard Lonergan ; edited by Philip J. McShane

(Collected works of Bernard Lonergan, v. 18)

Published for Lonergan Research Institute of Regis College, Toronto by University of Toronto Press, c2001

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Includes bibliographical references and index

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Collected here for the first time, this series of lectures delivered by Lonergan at Boston College in 1957 illustrates a pivotal time in Lonergan's intellectual history, marking both the transition from the faculty psychology still present in his work Insight to intentionality analysis and his initial differentiation of the existential level of consciousness. The lectures on logic deal with the general character of mathematical logic and its relation to truth, Scholasticism, and Aristotelian logic. Continuing Lonergan's long-standing interest in the foundations of thought, the lectures on existentialism offer a penetrating account of Husserl and his influence. They also deal with Jaspers, Heidegger, Sartre, and Marcel. They offer reflections on such topics as being oneself, dread, horizon, and the existential gap. Perhaps more dramatically than in any other work these papers reveal Lonergan's dual commitment to the rigor of scientific analysis (in the field of mathematical logic) and to the sensitivity of continental philosophies to existential issues. Bernard Lonergan (1904-1984), a professor of theology, taught at Regis College, Harvard University, and Boston College. An established author known for his Insight and Method in Theology, Lonergan received numerous honorary doctorates, was a Companion of the Order of Canada in 1971 and was named as an original members of the International Theological Commission by Pope Paul VI.

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  • NCID
    BA55990550
  • ISBN
    • 0802035787
    • 0802084486
  • Country Code
    cn
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    Toronto
  • Pages/Volumes
    xxiv, 419 p.
  • Size
    25 cm
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