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The Relation of Knowing and Being in Lonergan's PhilosophyDissertation, Boston College. 1987.This thesis demonstrates that the foundations of Lonergan's philosophy are neither primarily epistemological nor primarily ontological, but are evenly balanced between epistemology and ontology. The balance is achieved, not by compromise or conflation of the two standpoints, but by recognition of a fact about reality: that while being is knowable, and may therefore be specified through acts of knowing, knowing is itself within being, and therefore may be specified ontologically. This gnoseo-onto…Read more
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32The Ontology of Interrogation in Lonergan and Merleau-PontyAmerican Catholic Philosophical Quarterly 78 (1): 69-82. 2004.Despite being associated with different philosophical traditions, the philosophies of Maurice Merleau-Ponty and Bernard Lonergan can be seen to possess a surprising number of fundamental and important points of intersection. Central among these is the conviction that the structure of interrogation provides not only the normative element in human knowing but also the principle clue for grasping the notion of being. From this confluence of ontological positions there follow a number of shared elem…Read more
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717The urbanist ethics of Jane JacobsEthics, Place and Environment 11 (3). 2008.This article examines ethical themes in the works of the celebrated writer on urban affairs, Jane Jacobs. Jacobs' early works on cities develop an implicit, 'ecological' conception of the human good, one that connects it closely with economic and political goals while emphasizing the intrinsic good of the community formed in pursuit of those goals. Later works develop an explicit ethics, arguing that governing and trading require two different schemes of values and virtues. While Jacobs intended…Read more
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11Communication and Lonergan (review)American Catholic Philosophical Quarterly 69 (1): 104-106. 1995.
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The Ultimacy of Question in Lonergan's PhilosophyUltimate Reality and Meaning 31 (4): 299-313. 2008.
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57The Lonergan-Heidegger DifferencePhilosophy and Theology 15 (2): 273-298. 2003.Comparisons that have been made between the philosophies of Martin Heidegger and Bernard Lonergan on such topics as transcendence, authenticity, and the inadequacies of substance metaphysics are justified, but they must be understood against the background of a disagreement over the meaning and role of ontological difference. A reading of Heidegger that emphasizes the negative or recessive aspect of the ontological “lighting” or “clearing” in being puts this disagreement into sharp relief and fo…Read more
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17Thinking with Fr. RichardsonLonergan Workshop 19 137-147. 2006.This article explains the value of Heideggerian thought for Lonergan scholars through an appreciation of the work of William J. Richardson, S.J. While Richardson is correct that a Heideggerian would see Lonergan's thought as onto-theological and subject-ist, there is an under-appreciated ontological dimension to Lonergan's thought that situates him closer to Heidegger, in some respects, than one might expect. The link below is to a pdf file of the entire Volume 19 of this journal.
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13Philosophical Hermeneutics and the Ethical Function of ArchitectureContemporary Aesthetics 9. 2011.
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1Being and Interpretation for Lonergan and HeideggerIn B. K. Dalai (ed.), Ultimate reality and meaning, Centre of Advanced Study in Sanskrit, University of Pune. pp. 30--2. 2007.
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