Bernard Lonergan: An Introductory Guide to Insight

by Terry J. Tekippe

A guide to reading Lonergan Bernard Lonergan's Insight, one of the great philosophical works of the 20th century, is without question a challenging book for beginning readers. In this practical and welcome work, Terry J. Tekippe provides readers with a first reading guide, emphasizing what is truly essential and central to the book. The plan of the guide is not to cover everything in the book, but to assign readings of only certain chapters or parts of chapters. This will allow readers to make their way through a first reading without becoming distracted. The author provides a summary of each chapter and questions for reflection. This ―makes Lonergan accessible to nonprofessionals. ―is an important teaching tool. ―is reader-friendly. †

Genres: Philosophy

144 pages, Paperback

First published May 1, 2003

Reviews

[J. · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book is a small and concise primer to the larger book called Insight. This book is itself a challenging read, and I am glad I read it first if only to make sure that I must make the conscious effort to seriously grasp with patience the main body of reading. The book I think does a good job, truly this book does not cover everything and the author of this primer admits that. The book I thought did an "alright" job of simplifying the concepts, at times it still could have been further simplified I felt but at times it simplified the concepts of Insight the best it could.

If I took anything away from this reading it was this: (1) True Objectivity is Authentic Subjectivity, (2) Since the author of Insight starts from a more cognitive perspective it is clear that the author sets out to argue [and argue well he does] that the mind can and will come to a more Objective Understanding, just not all at once, and (3) that the human mind is more than the animal mind. The author of Insight maybe accused of using Thomistic/Aristotlean thought to justify Idealism, but I think I see the author as someone who is trying to rescue the [post]modern world from its own idealism, formal skepticism, and positivism.

[Procesius Projestus]

the book is nice coz it gives some knowledge how is it acqured