Lonergan and the Fourth Level of Intentionality

Epistemological Foundations for A Theology of Sin

“…At the end of the second sentence of this quotation, which deals with judgements of fact and speaks of the sufficiency of evidence, Lonergan provides a reference to chapters ten and eleven of Insight which discuss the notion of the virtually unconditioned. Lonergan proceeds in the next sentence to speak of success or failure in moral self‐transcendence leading to a happy or an unhappy conscience, which seems to offer completely different criteria for ascertaining the truth or falsity of a judgement of value.A study of this problem by Terry Tekippe and Louis Roy may be useful at this point . They suggest that the judgement of value be placed on the third level of consciousness, with the fourth level restricted to the decisional elements.…”

“…A study of this problem by Terry Tekippe and Louis Roy may be useful at this point . They suggest that the judgement of value be placed on the third level of consciousness, with the fourth level restricted to the decisional elements.…”

What ‘Will’ Won't Do: Faculty Psychology, Intentionality Analysis, and the Metaphysics of Interiority

“…That chapter has been described as an 'uneasy amalgam of faculty psychology, metaphysics and intentionality analysis'. 49 In fact, not only the language but also some of the ambiguity of faculty psychology remains in his treatment there of the 'will'.…”