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The Importance of Insight

Essays in Honour of Michael Vertin

edited by John J. Liptay & David Liptay

Publisher
University of Toronto Press
Initial publish date
Jun 2007
Category
General
  • Hardback

    ISBN
    9780802092175
    Publish Date
    Jun 2007
    List Price
    $97.00
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9781487586751
    Publish Date
    Dec 2007
    List Price
    $56.00

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Written in honour of Michael Vertin the distinguished philosopher and Lonergan scholar at the University of Toronot, The Importance of Insight brings together a number of thoughtful essays by leading Lonergan scholars. These essays investigate the importance of Lonergan's articulation of insight, and how it can be applied within the fields of cognitional theory, theology, ethics, and politics. The contributors address several issues emerging from the post-Enlightenment crisis of meaning and value, as well as more specific contemporary concerns, such as the nature of Christian revelation, the articulation of Church doctrine, and the ethical training health care professionals should receive.

By indicating what there is to be gained by understanding and applying insight in a number of different contexts, this collection highlights the relevance of Lonergan's thought in the contemporary intellectual and cultural milieu, and, at the same time, makes a significant contribution to the development of Lonergan's thought itself. In this way, The Importance of Insight offers a window into cutting-edge Lonergan scholarship and some of its central concerns and preoccupations.

About the authors

John J. Liptay is an assistant professor in the Philosophy Program at St. Thomas More College, University of Saskatchewan.

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David S. Liptay is a PhD candidate in Religious Studies at Syracuse University.

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