Lonergan and the Philosophy of Historical Existence

Download or read book Lonergan and the Philosophy of Historical Existence written by Thomas J. McPartland and published by University of Missouri Press. This book was released on 2001 with total page 319 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bernard Lonergan's ambitious study of human knowledge, based on his theory of consciousness, is among the major achievements of twentieth-century philosophy. He challenges the principles of contemporary intellectual culture by finding norms and standards not in external perceptions or reified concepts, but in the dynamism of consciousness itself.