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The Polymorphism of Human Consciousness and the Prospects for a Lonerganian History of Philosophy

Mark D. Morelli

International Philosophical Quarterly 1995 DOI: 10.5840/ipq199535447 (opens in new tab)

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Key points Argues that Lonergan's philosophy, built on the idea of the "polymorphism of consciousness," answers the Hegelian request for a philosophy of philosophies by reconstructing contradictory philosophical viewpoints within a genetico-dialectical analysis.

Abstract

L'A. etudie la reponse que donne B. Lonergan a la requete hegelienne d'une philosophie des philosophies rendant compte de la meme rationalite des differentes positions philosophiques. Fondee sur l'idee centrale du polymorphisme de la conscience, la philosophie de Lonergan propose une reconstruction des points de vue philosophiques contradictoires dans le cadre d'une analyse genetico-dialectique