Bernard Lonergan
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Bernard Lonergan was a Canadian Jesuit philosopher and theologian best known for his work on theological method and the philosophy of cognition, especially in his major work "Insight."
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How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4011190 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Bernard Lonergan Context triple: [Karl Rahner, influenced, Bernard Lonergan]
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Lonergan
Lonergan is a surname most notably associated with American playwright and filmmaker Kenneth Lonergan, known for works such as "Manchester by the Sea."
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B.
Reinhold Niebuhr
Reinhold Niebuhr was a prominent 20th-century American theologian, ethicist, and public intellectual best known for his work on Christian realism and the authorship of the Serenity Prayer.
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C.
Stanley Hauerwas
Stanley Hauerwas is an influential American theologian and ethicist known for his work on virtue ethics, the role of the church as an alternative community, and the critique of liberalism within Christian moral theology.
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D.
Étienne Gilson
Étienne Gilson was a prominent 20th-century French philosopher and historian of medieval thought, renowned as a leading neo-Thomist and scholar of Christian philosophy.
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E.
Nicholas Wolterstorff
Nicholas Wolterstorff is an American philosopher renowned for his work in analytic philosophy of religion, political philosophy, and aesthetics, and as a leading figure in Reformed epistemology.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Bernard Lonergan Target entity description: Bernard Lonergan was a Canadian Jesuit philosopher and theologian best known for his work on theological method and the philosophy of cognition, especially in his major work "Insight."
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A.
Lonergan
Lonergan is a surname most notably associated with American playwright and filmmaker Kenneth Lonergan, known for works such as "Manchester by the Sea."
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B.
Reinhold Niebuhr
Reinhold Niebuhr was a prominent 20th-century American theologian, ethicist, and public intellectual best known for his work on Christian realism and the authorship of the Serenity Prayer.
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C.
Stanley Hauerwas
Stanley Hauerwas is an influential American theologian and ethicist known for his work on virtue ethics, the role of the church as an alternative community, and the critique of liberalism within Christian moral theology.
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D.
Étienne Gilson
Étienne Gilson was a prominent 20th-century French philosopher and historian of medieval thought, renowned as a leading neo-Thomist and scholar of Christian philosophy.
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E.
Nicholas Wolterstorff
Nicholas Wolterstorff is an American philosopher renowned for his work in analytic philosophy of religion, political philosophy, and aesthetics, and as a leading figure in Reformed epistemology.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (53)
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Instruction
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Subject: Bernard Lonergan Description of subject: Bernard Lonergan was a Canadian Jesuit philosopher and theologian best known for his work on theological method and the philosophy of cognition, especially in his major work "Insight."
Referenced by (4)
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Transcendental Thomism
subject surface form:
Transcendental Thomism