Ben Meyer on Bernard Lonergan’s Transcendental Method
Nothing characterizes transcendenal method so much as its irreducibility to ‘method’ as Gadamer uses the term, namely, to signify technical efforts devised to secure a closed circuit of control. Transcendental method refers primarily to the spontaneous self-assembling structure of human intentionality; secondarily, to the detailed objectification of this structure. In the primary sense, then, this ‘method,’ so far from being in [...]
Knowing and Believing
What if any, is the difference between knowing something and believing something? This itself is a massive philosophical question and I only here want to reflect in general terms about one way in which we use such language in general conversation. [1] Consider general conversation. We may ask someone what they believe about a topic or an issue—perhaps God [...]
