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Nurturing the thought and legacy of Bernard Lonergan, S.J., to promote the transformation of culture both within and beyond the university

Chestnut Hill, MA
Joined February 2011
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Reminder!⁣ ⁣ The 2020 LaBrecque Medical Ethics Lecture featuring University of San Francisco Philosophy Professor Tom Cavanaugh is on March 10th!⁣ ⁣ 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘏𝘪𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘤𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘤 𝘖𝘢𝘵𝘩 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘔𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘗𝘳𝘰𝘧𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 4:30pm ~ Stokes S195 Free ⁣
Congratulations to former Lonergan MA scholars Drs. Greg Floyd and Stephanie Rumpza on the publication of "The Catholic Reception of Continental Philosophy in North America"!
Check out this volume of essays edited by Greg Floyd and Stephanie Rumpza, PhD '19.utorontopress.com/us/the-cat…
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We plan to host Drs. Floyd and Rumpza in the fall for a book launch event at Boston College...stay tuned! Until then, order your copy here: utorontopress.com/us/the-cat… @GFL0 @utpress @BCPhilosophy @BostonCollege
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So proud of our former Associate Director, Kerry Cronin!
The St. Thomas More Society of BC hosts a talk tonight (2/18) by Prof Kerry Cronin entitled "Save the Date"! Professor Cronin discusses the nature of dating and relationships during college. Devlin Hall 008 7:30pm Prof Cronin gives an amazing talk, so do your best to be there!
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Soon to be added to the Lonergan Institute's collection: 𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘴 𝘛𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯: 𝘓𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘨𝘢𝘯, 𝘔𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘊𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘮𝘢 (Pickwick Publications) by Dominic Arcamone, MTh, MA, DMin, PhD. Check it out! wipfandstock.com/conversion-…
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Congratulations to recent post-graduate fellow in Lonergan Studies, @maevelouise! Maeve graced us with a performance and discussion of music and the aesthetic and artistic patterns of experience in Lonergan's epistemology and theological method last fall. Thank you, Maeve.
CD FINISHED! So grateful to these amazing people (Addie and Barb) at Songstore. Watch this space for #Strangelife #musicastheology @songstore
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We love to share news of interesting opportunities! The Toronto School of Theology's annual conference will be preceded by a graduate student conference sharing its theme of “Values and Valuing." Scholars in… instagram.com/p/B8Nj2Y4A_uJ/…
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Welcome to our new feature, “Where are they now?” From time to time, we’re going to check in with folks who completed master’s degree scholarships and post-graduate fellowships in Lonergan studies through the… instagram.com/p/B8AMNIAAxVm/…
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Hello again, Twitterverse! 👋 It's been a minute since we've been around these parts, but we're back. 🤠 Stay tuned for random musings about all things Lonergan and updates about the the Institute's events, programs, and people.
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"Philosophy used to be regarded as the handmaid of theology; it happens however that the handmaid has gone in for women's liberation." -BL
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Philosophy is the attempt to illuminate the effort of intelligent, reasonable, free, fully responsible self-constitution.
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Congrats to the organizers, presenters and guest speakers at Marquette's Lonergan on the Edge Conference!
I'm getting (a new) hip in my old age. Check out my FB page: facebook.com/bclonergan. don't forget to "like"-self-appropriatedly of course!
set up your categorical imperatives any way you like, but in facing suffering, death, or struggle one needs something more, "transczendenz"
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To change people's philosophies is to change them. It is not simply a matter of true propositions. Conversion involves something of a leap.
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"Objectivity is [still] the fruit of authentic subjectivity."
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"Philosophy is the flowering of the individual’s rational self-consciousness in its coming to know and take possession of itself."
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“Metaphysics is not something in a book, but something in a mind”
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Hume as intelligent and reasonable is quite different form Hume as he knew himself. This is the existential gap.