Insight Course

Instructions for Viewing

The lectures and PowerPoint (PPT) slides from the course are being made available online for anyone interested in Lonergan’s thought through a video platform called Panopto^©, which recreates the original lecture and class discussion. This format makes it possible to watch the video of the class session and also simultaneously view the PPT slides used to illustrate it. Each class session has been divided into two (2) parts. There is a separate link for each part of each class session.

We have also provided outlines of the main topics covered during each class session. Times for key points are also included in the outline, so that you can scroll ahead to that topic if you so desire. The link to the outline for each session is located alongside the corresponding link to the Panopto recording for that session.

In addition, Dr. Timothy J. Lynch, Lecturer emeritus in the School of Philosophical Studies at The Queen’s University of Belfast, has been preparing transcriptions of the class lectures. Links to the transcripts that have been completed are also provided, along with links to the video recordings of the sessions and the outlines.

Entering Panopto

When you click on the link to a class session, you will first see a screen like this:

The class session video is in the upper left corner, and the corresponding PPT slides to the right. This initial view is the standard view.

There are other options. You can also expand either the video or the PPT slide to fill the entire screen.

You can also click anywhere on the scroll bar to advance. Times from the beginning of the video will appear, and you can scroll to the time in the class session that you desire.

Insight and Beyond, Part 1 Classes

Syllabus

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Class 1

Part 1: Introduction to Lonergan’s Thought

Part 2: Introduction & Preface; Exercise in Self-Appropriation

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Class 2

Part 1: Self-Appropriation; Preface & Introduction

Part 2 (CH 1 §§1&2): Overview of Chapter 1; Dramatic Instance & Definition

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Class 3

Part 1 (CH 1 §2): Definitions

Part 2 (CH 1, §§2-5): Definitions, Inverse Insight, Higher Viewpoint, Empirical Residue

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Class 4

Part 1 (CH 2 §1): Why Does Lonergan Begin with Science? Math & Science Compared

Part 2 (CH 2 §§2&3): Classical Heuristic Structure; Inferences from Classical Laws

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Class 5

Part 1 (CH 2 §3): Systematic and Non-Systematic Processes

Part 2 (CH 2 §§3&4): Non-systematic Processes & Statistical Heuristic Structures

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Class 6

Part 1 (CH 2 §4 and CH 3 §§1-5): Non-Systematic Processes, Co-Incidental Manifolds & Statistical Methods; Canons of Empirical Method

Part 2 (CH 3 §6 and CH 4 §§1&2): Canons of Statistical Residues; Complementarity of Classical and Statistical Investigations

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Class 7

Part 1 (CH 4 §2): Complementarity in the Known: Emergent Probability

Part 2 (CH 4 §2 and CH 5 §§1&2): Emergent Probability (continued); Space and Time

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Class 8

Part 1 (CH 5 §2): Human Space and Time

Part 2 (CH 5 §§1-5): From Human Space and Time to that of the Science of Physics

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Class 9

Part 1 (CH 5 §§1, 3 & 4): Explanatory Space & Time: Special Reference Frames

Part 2 (CH 6 §1): Common Sense as Intellectual

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Class 10

Part 1 (6 §§2.1-2.4): Patterns of Experience

Part 2 (CH 6 §§2.5-2.7): Dramatic Pattern and Dramatic Bias

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Class 11

1 Part Only (CH 6 §2.3 & Topics in Education, CH 9): Aesthetic and Artistic Patterns of Experience

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Class 12

Part 1 (CH 7 & Topics in Education CHs 2&3): Common Sense as Object & The Good as Developing Object

Part 2 (CH 7 & Topics in Education CHs 2&3): Common Sense as Object & The Good as Developing Object

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Class 13

Part 1 (CH 7 §8): The Longer Cycle and Cosmopolis

Part 2 (CH 8): Bodies, Things, and the Real

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Class 14

Part 1 (CH 9): Judging

Part 2 (CH 10): Reflective Understanding

Insight and Beyond, Part 2 Classes

Syllabus

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Class 15

Part 1 (CH 11): Affirming and Characterizing One’s Self

Part 2: Self-Affirmation and Consciousness

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Class 16

Part 1 (CHs 12 & 13 and Cognitional Structure): Why is Doing That Knowing?

Part 2 (CH 12 and Cognitional Structure): The ‘Epistemological Theorem’ and the Unrestricted Notion of Being

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Class 17

Part 1 (CH 13): Tripartite Objectivity

Part 2 (CH 13): Principal Objectivity and Subject-as-Subject

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Class 18

Part 1 (CH 14): The Method of Metaphysics

Part 2 (CH 14): Metaphysics as Dialectical

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Class 19

Part 1 (CH 15): The Integral Heuristic Structure of Proportionate Being: What is it?

Part 2 (CH 15): Finality

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Class 20

Part 1 (CH 15): Isomorphism of Human Knowing & Proportionate Being

Part 2 (CH 14): Potency, Form, Act—and Development

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Class 21

Part 1 (CH 16 §4.1): Metaphysics as Science: Unity of the Universe

Part 2 (CH 14): Metaphysics as Science: Unity of the Human

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Class 22

Part 1 (CH 16 §4.3; CH 15 §7.4): Intrinsic Intelligibility of Being; Humans as Spiritual

Part 2 (CH 17 §1): Material vs. Spiritual; Meaning of Religious Symbolism

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Class 23

Part 1 (CH 17 §1): Mystery, Myth & Metaphysics

Part 2 (Method in Theology CH 4; Lonergan’s Universalist View of Religion): Religious Experience & Religious Expression

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Class 24

Part 1 (CH 17 §§2&3): From Below Upwards & Above Downwards; Interpretation

Part 2 (CH 17 §3): Expression & Interpretation

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Class 25

Part 1 (CH 17 §3): Interpretation: Universal Viewpoint & Functional Specialty

Part 2 (CH 18 §2): The Notion of Freedom

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Class 26

Part 1 (CH 18 §2): The Structure of Knowing and Doing

Part 2 (CH 18 §1): Method in Ethics & Ontology of the Good

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Class 27

Part 1 (CH 19 §§1-5): Conceiving Transcendence: Idea and Understanding

Part 2 (CH 19 §§6-1): Affirming Transcendence: God’s Existence

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Class 28

Part 1 (CH 19 §10): The Argument for the Existence of God

Part 2 (CH 18 §3 & CH 20 §1): Problem of Liberation and the Problem of Evil

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Class 29

Part 1 (CH 19 §§10-11): Reconsideration of the Argument for the Existence of God; Structure of Collaboration against Evil

Part 2: Student Questions in Preparation for Final Exam

Media Downloads

Below you will find download links for audio and PowerPoint files. These zipped files allow for a one-time download of the entire course in bulk. If you would like to download only a particular audio or PowerPoint file, please use the links provided in Classes section corresponding to the appropriate class.

Note: At this time, video files are not available for download. It is recommended that you view video files through the Panopto streaming links provided in the Classes sections. If your bandwidth restrictions prevent you from streaming, please contact us and we may be able to mail you a flash drive or DVD with the lectures.

Audio

PowerPoints