M.Ph.
Seminar:
METHODS
OF INTERPRETING A PHILOSOPHICAL TEXT
Maria
Anthuvan, SDB
Divyadaan: Salesian Institute of Philosophy, Nashik
422 005
June
- October 2015
Text
to be interpreted:
Bernard Lonergan, Method in Theology, chapter 10: Dialectic
I would like to leave a note of
appreciation to Fr. Maria Anthuvan SDB, who has taken an extra mile to guide
and correct all the presentations of the 10 students. Here, I would like to
high-light two things that I learn from the seminar: i) the difficulty involved
in the research to really understand the mind of the author as close as
possible and ii) the many ways of investigation to arrive at the same.
After the course, I personally come
to know that it is not an easy task to interpret a philosophical text and also
any other reality be it literature, human life and situation. In order to arrive
at objectivity, one needs to do a lot of home-works. It also helps me to see
things from a broader perspective. At the end of the day, what I cherish most
is the experience of the whole process in trying to understand the mind of the
author and present it in the class.
