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"If God is sovereign, then his lordship must extend over all of life, and it cannot be restricted to the walls of the church or within the Christian orbit." Abraham Kuyper Common Grace 1.1.

Sunday, 8 November 2015

Herman Dooyeweerd's Philosophy by Danie Strauss


Danie Strauss has produced a new introduction to Dooyeweerd's philosophy. It is available on the all of life redeemed website 


Contents

WESTERN PHILOSOPHY ............................................................................................................4
ULTIMATE COMMITMENTS......................................................................................................5
  THEORETICAL AND SUPRA-THEORETICAL ASSUMPTIONS .......................................... 6
GROUND-MOTIVES ..................................................................................................................8
  THE GREEK GROUND-MOTIVE OF MATTER AND FORM................................................. 8
  THE BIBLICAL GROUND-MOTIVE..........................................................................................10
  THE SCHOLASTIC MOTIVE OF NATURE AND GRACE...................................................... 11
  THE HUMANISTIC GROUND-MOTIVE OF NATURE AND FREEDOM ............................. 12
  DOOYEWEERD AND KANT...................................................................................................... 14
  POST-KANTIAN PHILOSOPHY ................................................................................................ 17
THE BASIC CONTOURS OF DOOYEWEERD'S PHILOSOPHY .......................................18
THE THEORY OF MODAL LAW-SPHERES...........................................................................19
  SUBJECT FUNCTIONS AND OBJECT FUNCTIONS................................................................. 19
  THE MULTI-ASPECTUAL NATURE OF HUMAN BEINGS ..................................................... 20
  RETROCIPATIONS AND ANTICIPATIONS ON THE LAW SIDE AND FACTUAL SIDE..... 20
  PRIMITIVE TERMS...................................................................................................................... 23
  THE ELEMENTARY BASIC CONCEPTS OF THE ACADEMIC DISCIPLINES ..................... 24
  THE COMPOUND BASIC CONCEPTS OF THE ACADEMIC DISCIPLINES........................... 26
  DISCLOSURE AS A DEEPENING OF MEANING....................................................................... 29
  CONTRADICTION AND ANTINOMY......................................................................................... 32
THE DIMENSION OF ONTIC TIME .........................................................................................35
  DO WE LIVE IN A “SPACE-TIME CONTINUUM”?.................................................................. 36
  TIME AND THE IMPASSE OF POSITIVISM.............................................................................. 37
THE DIMENSION OF (NATURAL AND SOCIETAL) ENTITIES ........................................42
  UNDIFFERENTIATED SOCIETIES.............................................................................................. 45
  THE STATE WITHIN A DIFFERENTIATED SOCIETY............................................................. 47
THE LEGACY OF REFORMATIONAL PHILOSOPHY............................................................51


1 comment:

Mark Roques said...

Thanks Steve for sharing this resource. I've had a look and it will be very useful.