3. Subject and Psyche, by Robert M. Doran, S.J. ISBN 0-87462-627-7. ©1994. Paperbound. 285 pp. $25. Second edition, revised. With a new Foreword by the author.
Comments on Subject and Psyche by Bernard Lonergan: In “Questionnaire on Philosophy” (Method: Journal of Lonergan Studies 2:2, 1984, p. 31) Lonergan writes:
“Following the method ... is not a matter of deduction but of creativity: such creativity may enrich the thematization of experiencing, understanding, judgment, deliberation that already has been achieved; it may also add quite new dimensions to it, as has Robert Doran, S.J. in his doctoral dissertation.”
And in “Reality, Myth, Symbol” (in Alan Olson, ed., Myth, Symbol and Reality, Notre Dame 1980, p. 37):
"With me (Doran) would ask: ’Why?’ ’Is that so?’ ’Is it worthwhile?’ But to these three he would add a fourth. It is Heidegger’s Befindlichkeit taken as the existential question: ’How do I feel?’ It is not just the question but also each one’s intelligent answer, reasonable judgment, responsible acceptance. And on that response I can do no better than refer the reader to Professor Doran’s current writing."
Robert Doran, S.J., formerly Professor of Systematic Theology, Regis College, University of Toronto, is Director of the Lonergan Research Institute, Toronto, & Professor of Systematic Theology at Marquette University.
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