On the Manifold Meanings of Aesthetic Experience: Lonergan and Chrétien on Art
The Heythrop Journal 2026 Gregory P. Floyd
Abstract I argue that Jean‐Louis Chrétien’s account of beauty and Bernard Lonergan’s account of art and aesthetic experience complement one another and, when taken together, offer an illuminating philosophical account of the ontological, ethical, intellectual, and transcendent aspects of art and aesthetic experience. Chrétien draws out with particular perspicacity the ontological dimension of...