INTRODUCTION--Finding the Mind--Pedagogy for Self-Appropriation/Affirmation

11-18-12 UPDATE:  Finding the Mind: Pedagogy for Verifying Cognitional Theory, was published in May 2011. That work draws the verification procedures from the below work and is developed around what I call the shorter philosophical journey.  I have written two online introductions to that work: one for "newbies" to either Lonergan's work or to philosophical study in general and the other for those who have some experience with Lonergan's work. Those two introductions are linked below. Also linked below are the appendixes for that published work:

For those unfamiliar with Lonergan's work or with philosophical study:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1S9QV5Q1NZNjyVlQCHXnmq0M1rM1EmUlru2dbhznV-H0/edit?hl=en_US

 For those familiar with Lonergan's work and with philosophical study:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1mAmi7cjJW8mDAp4hdfVlUL_FmBjGqou0MVNHMibRqzE/edit?hl=en_US

Links for all appendixes to Finding the Mind: Pedagogy for Verifying Cognitional Theory (2011)

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1dpLN8xSbJy9cQTfvCYOHTVn9BdlAN-3aiF8UnVwCJRw/edit

NOTE to all Readers of below work as introduction to the longer philosophical journey: All 3 chapters are continued in the "Older Posts" section.

Introduction

“. . . so prolonged has been my search, so much of it has been a dark struggle with my own flight from understanding, so many have been the half-lights and detours in my slow development, . . .”
Bernard J.F. Lonergan (1958/xv, 2000/9)

"There is the first step in attending to the data of sense and of consciousness.”
Bernard J. F. Lonergan (1972/35)

We cannot know if we have inherited philosophical distortions unless and until we do some serious personal, cultural, and historical self-inspection. Hence, your commonsense getting-on-with-it, as good as it might be, will benefit from taking a backseat for awhile to your reflective thought, and to theory formation that just may chart a better course for qualified change in-for-and-from you. (From the Conclusion of this Introduction)