By David Fleischacker, PhD First Draft Metaphysics as a science seeks to build a comprehensive and generic viewpoint of the universe that is thus far […]
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Judgment and the Recovery of Being
by Dr. David Fleischacker Lonergan’s explanatory formulation of the interior structure of judgment dismantles one of the great culprits of the modern world that has […]
From David Fleischacker
Just a quick note. I will be publishing a reflection every Friday at 3 pm. Most of these will be short pointers and thoughts about […]
Trinitarian Reflections: The Transcentdental Notions and God, blog 1
by David Fleischacker About two years ago, I started a new notebook on linking together the University and its life with that of the Holy […]
Feeding the thirst of Jesus Christ
Why does Jesus need or want us to feed him? It would seem that the only appropriate relation to him is to allow him to […]
Higher Viewpoints: Part Two From Algebra to Calculus: The Emergence of the Power Rule
[This is a reprint of a 1997 posting] Higher Viewpoints: Part Two From Algebra to Calculus:The Emergence of the Power Rule A Thought Experiment […]
Part 8: Love in Finality, Love, and Marriage
by David Fleischacker Further, love is the act of a subject (principium quod), and as such it is the principle of union between different subjects. […]
Higher Viewpoints: Part One, from arithmetic to algebra, the transition
This is a repost of a 1997 essay written for a seminar on Insight. Higher Viewpoints: Part One From Arithmetic to Algebra: the transition by […]
Part 7: Finality, Final Cause, and the Good in “Finality, Love, and Marriage”
by David Fleischacker “For the final cause is the cuius gratia, and its specific or formal constituent is the good as cause.” (Finality, Love, Marriage, […]
Part 6: Horizontal and Vertical Finality in Marriage, Love, and Finality
By David Fleischacker Four ideas about the generic relationship of horizontal and vertical finality stand out in Lonergan’s 1943 essay – “Finality, Love, and Marriage.” […]