{"product_id":"what-is-lonergan-up-to-in-insight-a-primer-paperback","title":"What Is Lonergan Up to in Insight?: A Primer - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eTerry J. Tekippe\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMany consider Bernard Lonergan the outstanding Catholic philosopher of the twentieth century, and his \u003ci\u003eInsight: A Study in Human Understanding\u003c\/i\u003e (1957) is a brilliant but difficult work that has challenged innumerable readers.\u003ci\u003eWhat Is Lonergan Up to in \u003c\/i\u003eInsight? 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUsing Plato's \u003ci\u003eMyth of the Cave\u003c\/i\u003e as the guiding metaphor, Father Tekippe, who studied under Lonergan, introduces readers to the main ideas of Lonergan's \u003ci\u003emagnum opus\u003c\/i\u003e. He does not comment, summarize, nor substitute for \u003ci\u003eInsight, \u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapters 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.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUndergraduate and graduate students, those in catechetical and ministry schools, and all those interested in Lonergan's theology will appreciate this introduction to one of the most respected and influential works of our time.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 176\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.44 x 8.92 x 5.94 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 01, 1996\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51749276942624,"sku":"9780814657829","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/dde9ca26895ca426cc3c156cb0a8c1ae.webp?v=1779928622","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/what-is-lonergan-up-to-in-insight-a-primer-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}