Insight and Analysis Essays in Applying Lonergan’s Thought

Insight and Analysis applies Bernard Lonergan's thought to current issues in philosophy and in moral and other areas of theology. The common theme of the book is seen in the thread running through the chapters: a dialogue and critical comparison and contrast between Lonergan's thought and various key interlocutors in philosophy and theology. The title of this book, Insight and Analysis, suggests its main focus - Lonergan and analytical philosophy - but also references one of Lonergan's most influential works: Insight: A Study of Human Understanding. The chapters which explore the implications of Lonergan's thought for current work in analytical philosophy include discussions of Dummett, Wittgenstein, Searle, MacIntyre, Mackie, and Hintikka. However, Andrew Beards also brings Lonergan into dialogue with the continental tradition, with an extensive chapter on Badiou. Chapters on fundamental moral theology, Rahner's philosophy, and interrculturality and the writings of (the then) Cardinal Ratzinger indicate the importance of Lonergan as a philosophical theologian.

PrefacePart 1. Knowing and Consciousness1. Self-refutation and Self-knowledge2. John Searle and Human Consciousness3. MacIntyre, Critical Realism and Animal ConsciousnessPart 2. Philosophy of Language4. Übersicht as Oversight: Problems in Wittgenstein's Later Philosophy5. Anti-Realism and Critical Realism: Dummett and LonerganPart 3. Continental Thought6. Badiou's Metaphysical Basis for EthicsPart 4. Ethics7. Moral Conversion and Problems in ProportionalismPart 5. Philosophy and Theology8. Christianity, Interculturality and Salvation9. Rahner's Philosophy: A Lonerganian critiqueConcluding Remarks