Phenomenology and Logic: The Boston College Lectures on Mathematical Logic and Existentialism, Volume 18

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Collected here for the first time, this series of lectures delivered by Lonergan at Boston College in 1957 illustrates a pivotal time in Lonergan's intellectual history, marking both the transition from the faculty psychology still present in his work Insight to intentionality analysis and his initial differentiation of the existential level of consciousness. The lectures on logic deal with the general character of mathematical logic and its relation to truth, Scholasticism, and Aristotelian logic. Continuing Lonergan's long-standing interest in the foundations of thought, the lectures on existentialism offer a penetrating account of Husserl and his influence. They also deal with Jaspers, Heidegger, Sartre, and Marcel. They offer reflections on such topics as being oneself, dread, horizon, and the existential gap. Perhaps more dramatically than in any other work these papers reveal Lonergan's dual commitment to the rigor of scientific analysis (in the field of mathematical logic) and to the sensitivity of continental philosophies to existential issues. Bernard Lonergan (1904-1984), a professor of theology, taught at Regis College, Harvard University, and Boston College. An established author known for his Insight and Method in Theology, Lonergan received numerous honorary doctorates, was a Companion of the Order of Canada in 1971 and was named as an original members of the International Theological Commission by Pope Paul VI. Contents General Editors' Preface, Editor's Introduction, PART ONE: LECTURES ON MATHEMATICAL LOGIC 1 The General Character of Mathematical Logic 1 A Descriptive Approach 2 An Analytic Approach 2 The Development and Limits of Mathematical Logic 1 The Pursuit of an Ideal 2 Logical Formalization 3 Principal Lines of Endeavor 4 Godelian Limitations 5 The Transcendence of Godelian Limitations 6 Conclusion 3 The Truth of a Mathematical-logical System 1 The Truth of What? 2 The General Character of Such Truth 3 What Is Meant by Truth'? 4 A Mathematical-logical System Is by Postulation a Virtually Unconditioned 5 Various Types of Mathematical-logical Systems Contain Fragments of Factual Truth 4 The Foundations of Logic 1 Traditional Logic 2 The Changed Situation 3 The Question of Foundations 4 Symptoms of the Ambivalence of Technique 5 Samples of Foundations of Logic 5 Mathematical Logic and Scholasticism 1 A New Factor in the Problem of Method 2 Is Scholastic Thought an Axiomatic System? 3 Mathematical Logic and Existence 4 Mathematical Logic and Substance 5 Conclusion PART TWO: LONERGAN'S LECTURE OUTLINES 6 The Lecture Notes on Mathematical Logic 1 The General Character of Mathematical Logic 2 The Development of Mathematical Logic 3 The Truth of an ML System 4 The Foundations of Logic 5 Mathematical Logic and Scholasticism 7 The Lecture Notes on Existentialism I: Orientation and Authors 1 General Orientation 2 On Being Oneself 3 On Being Oneself: Philosophic Significance of the Theme 4 Husserl: Later Period 5 Critique of Husserl's Krisis 6 Phenomenology: Nature, Significance, Limitations 7 M. Heidegger 8 Single Page on 'Horizon' 8 The Lecture Notes on Existentialism II: Subject and Horizon 1 The Dilemma of the Subject 2 Subject and Horizon 3 Horizon and Dread 4 Horizon and History 5 Horizon as the Problem of Philosophy PART THREE: LECTURES ON EXISTENTIALISM 9 General Orientation 1 The Term 'Existentialism' 2 Bibliography 3 'Being a Man' 4 Relation to Positivism and Idealism 5 Time and History 6 Existentialism and Scholasticism 7 Marcel and Jaspers 10 On Being Oneself 1 The Subject 2 Patterns of Consciousness 3 The Intellectual Pattern 4 The Practical Pattern 5 'Oneself' 6 Withdrawal-and-Return 7 Philosophic Significance of the Theme 11 The Later Husserl 1 Husserl's Last Work 2 Is There a Crisis in Science? 3 Fourth-century Athens 4 The Renaissance 5 The Criterion 6 Five Criticisms of Modern Science 7 Diagnosis 8 Remedy 9 Critique of Husserl's Krisis 12 Phenomenology: Nature, Significance, Limitations 1 The Nature of Phenomenology 2 The Significance of Phenomenology 3 The Limitations of Phenomenology 13 Subject and Horizon 1 The Horizon in Human Science, Philosophy, and Theology 2 The Existential Gap 3 Horizon and Dread 14 Horizon, History, Philosophy 1 Horizon and History 2 Horizon as the Problem of Philosophy Appendix A: Two Diagrams Appendix B: The Experience of Science Appendix C: Question Sessions 1 Questions after the First Lecture (Chapter 1) 2 Questions after the Second Lecture (Chapter 2) 3 Questions during and after the Third Lecture (Chapter 3) 4 Questions after the Fourth Lecture (Chapter 4) 5 Questions after the Fifth Lecture (Chapter 5) 6 Questions after the Seventh Lecture (Chapters 11 and 12) 7 Questions after the Ninth Lecture (Chapter 13) 8 Questions after the Last Lecture (Chapter 14) Appendix D: Fragment on Heidegger Appendix E: Lonergan's Bibliographies Lexicon of Latin and Greek Words and Phrases Index