Philosopher
Bernard Lonergan
Overview
Bernard Joseph Francis Lonergan (17 December 1904 – 26 November 1984) was a Canadian Jesuit priest, philosopher, and theologian regarded by many as one of the most important thinkers of the 20th century.
Lonergan's works include Insight: A Study of Human Understanding (1957) and Method in Theology (1972), as well as two studies of Thomas Aquinas, several theological textbooks, and numerous essays, including two posthumously published essays on macroeconomics. Lonergan held appointments at the Pontifical Gregorian University; Regis College, Toronto, as distinguished visiting professor at Boston College, and as Stillman Professor of Divinity at Harvard University.
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Philosophers who discussed Bernard Lonergan
Ideas Bernard Lonergan discusses
- Cognition
- Georg Simmel
- Philosophy
- Hans-Georg Gadamer
- Immanuel Kant
- Jesuits
- University of Toronto Press
- Harvard University
- Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy
- Augustine of Hippo
- Thomas Aquinas
- Pontifical Gregorian University
- Knowledge
- Rome
- Scientific method
- Theology
- Trinity
- Empirical evidence
- World War II
- Karl Rahner
- Martin Heidegger
- Transcendental idealism
- Consciousness
- University of London
Place in the tradition
Part of Philosophy in Canada.