Reading the Actio of Cognitional Acts in Bernard J. F. Lonergan and Joseph Owens

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Jacobs-Vandegeer, Christiaan. (2014). Reading the Actio of Cognitional Acts in Bernard J. F. Lonergan and Joseph Owens. American Catholic Philosophical Quarterly. 88(1), pp. 81 - 102. https://doi.org/10.5840/acpq20148811
AuthorsJacobs-Vandegeer, Christiaan
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Bernard Lonergan argued that a Thomist theory of intellect must begin with advertence to the act of understanding. He distinguished his cognitional theory from a conceptualism that neglects the experience of insight and reflection on it. Early in his career, he explained how the conceptualist approach misinterprets Aquinas and creates problems for the metaphysics of rational psychology. This article explains Lonergan’s position and illustrates the conceptualist alternative by analysing Joseph Owens’s view of cognition. By explaining the metaphysical differences between Lonergan’s and Owens’s opposing views of human knowing in relation to their distinctive readings of Aquinas, this article contributes to a more accurate reading of Aquinas on the act of understanding.

Year2014
JournalAmerican Catholic Philosophical Quarterly
Journal citation88 (1), pp. 81 - 102
ISSN1051-3558
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)https://doi.org/10.5840/acpq20148811
Page range81 - 102
Research GroupSchool of Theology
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