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Showing posts with label Vollenhoven. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Vollenhoven. Show all posts

Tuesday, 23 March 2021

You should know Vollenhoven

 Laymen's Lounge have posted my piece introducing the Dutch Christian philosopher D.H.Th. Vollenhoven - check it out here



Sunday, 15 September 2019

Portrait of D. H. Th. Vollenhoven


This portrait of the Reformational philosopher D.H.Th. Vollenhoven hangs in the VU, University. It is one of the portraits of VU lecturers that can be accessed here: http://imagebase.ubvu.vu.nl/cdm/


Friday, 16 January 2015

Vollenhoven Foundation Website

The Vollenhoven Foundation has a webiste: http://www.christelijkefilosofie.nl/stichtingvollenhoven/ 

On it there is information about Rob Nijhof's recently defended PhD thesis on "The logos philosophy Jan Woltjer" and an English translation by Harry van Dyke of a memoriam to Tony Tol.






Tuesday, 7 October 2014

By Vollenhoven in English

A full bibliography of work by Vollenhoven up to 1982 appeared in 
Kok, J.H. 1992. Vollenhoven: His Early Development. Sioux Center: Dordt College Press. pp. 363-382.


See also:
Bril, K.A. 1973. A Selected and Annotated Bibliography of D H Th Vollenhoven. Philosophia Reformata 38:212-222



1931-32
The significance of Calvinism for the reformation of philosophy. Evangelical Quarterly 3(4) Oct 1931; vol 4(2) April 1932; vol 4 (4) Oct 1932.

1933
The groundmotives of biblical philosophy. From: Het Calvinische en de Reformatie van de Wijsbegeerte . Amsterdam: H.J.Paris. Ch 2: 22-48 (in English).

1934
The foundations of Calvinist thought . Lecture delivered in 1934 at Dusseldorf

1948
The Course of Plato's Development. In Library of the 10th International Congress of Philosophy, Vol. 2: Philosophical Essays. Amsterdam: Veen Vol. 2: 1-16.

1950 
Faith: its Nature and Structure, and its Significance for Science. Toronto: Tomorrow's Book Club. 

1953
Divergentierapport I [Report of Divergences I], written in 1953. Available on Glenn Friesen's site Vollenhoven studies

1958-59
'Lecture notes on Kant' from the syllabus 1958-59; translated by Bill Rowe (1977)

The History of Ancient Philosophy  a partial translation by H. Evan Runner of Vollenhoven's Geshiedenis der wijsbegeerte I. Grand Rapids: Calvin College. 

1963
 De Problemen rondom de tijd [Problems about time], lectures given in 1963.Glenn Friesen's site Vollenhoven studies

1968
Problemen van de tijd in onze kring [Problems about time in our group], a lecture given in 1968. Glenn Friesen's site Vollenhoven studies

1979
Ancient philosophical conceptions in problem-historical lay-out, 6th century BC to 6th AD. (Edited with an introduction by A. Tol.) Amsterdam: Filosofisch Instituut, VU.

2005
The problem-historical method and the history of philosophy. (Edited by K.A. Bril. Transl. by De Kievit, J., Francke, J., Friesen, J.G. & Sweetman, R.)  Amstelveen:  De Zaak Haes.
Isagôge philosophiae/Introduction to philosophy.  (Edited by Kok, J. & Tol, A. with the Dutch original.) Sioux Center, Iowa:  Dordt College Press.

The problem-historical method and the history of philosophy. (Ed. K.A. Bril.) Amstelveen: De Zaak Haes.

Isagôgè philosophiae; introduction to philosophy. (Eds. J.H. Kok & A. Tol). Sioux Center, Iowa: Dordt College Press.

Isagôgè philosophiae; introduction to philosophy. (Bilingual edition). (Eds. J.H. Kok & J. Tol). Sioux Center, Iowa: Dordt College Press.

2013
Reformed Epistemology; the relation of logos and ratio in the history of Western epistemology.  (Transl. by A. Tol.) Sioux Center, Iowa:  Dordt College Press.

Sphere sovereignty for Kuyper and for us. In Bishop, S. and Kok, J.H. (editors) On Kuyper; a collection of readings on the life, work and legacy of Abraham Kuyper. Sioux Center, Iowa:  Dordt College Press.

undated
The foundations of Calvinist thought. (Translated by J.J. Venter in English)

Scripture use and philosophy.  (Translated by J.J. Venter from the Dutch version published in Mededelingen van de Vereniging voor Calvinistische Wijsbegeerte, Sept. 1953:6-9.)

Kok, J. H. (ed.) Forthcoming A Vollenhoven Reader. Sioux Center: Dordt College Press.
Provisional contents:

Foreword                 (by Calvin Seerveld)
1.   Reforming Philosophy
       Calvinism and the Reformation of Philosophy          
2.   Believing Faith
       Faith: Its Nature, Structure, and Significance for Science
3.   Social Spheres and Law Spheres                                                                  
        Sphere Sovereignty for Kuyper and for Us                         
4.   Discerning Laws and Pitfalls
        Norm and Law of Nature                                                     
5.   Using and Abusing Scripture
        Scripture Use and Philosophy                                           
6.   Differing with Dooyeweerd
        Divergences: Report I                                                        
7.   Traces of the Trinity
       The Unity of Life                                                                  
8.   Introducing Philosophy

        Introduction to Philosophy  
Vollenhoven Foundation Newsletters

Vollenhoven foundation newsletter No 1

Tuesday, 30 September 2014

On Vollenhoven: a bibliography

A list of books and articles on D. H. Th. Vollenhoven 




A more up-to-date version is available here.

Bril, K.A., H. Hart, J. Klapwijk (eds.). 1973. The Idea of a Christian Philosophy: Essays in Honour of D. H. Th. Vollenhoven. Wedge: Toronto.

Bril, K.A. 1973. A selected and annotated bibliography of D. H. Th. Vollenhoven. Philosophia Reformata 38: 212-222.

Bril, K.A. 1995. A comparison between Dooyeweerd and Vollenhoven on the historiography of philosophy. Philosophia Reformata 60:2.

Bril, K.A. 2005. Vollenhoven’s problem-historical method; introduction and explorations. (Transl. by Vulderink, R.W.) Sioux Center, Iowa: Dordt College Press.

Friesen, J.G. 'Monism, dualism, nondualism: a problem with Vollenhoven's problem-historical method'.

Griffioen, S. 2013. Treasure hunting in Vollenhoven. Paper delivered at the School of Philosophy, Potchefstroom Campus, North-West University on 24 August 2013.


Ive, Jeremy 2023. “Dooyeweerd and Vollenhoven: What They Share, How They Differ, and How They Complement One Another,” in Discovering Dooyeweerd ed. D.F.M. Strauss (Jordan Station, Ont: Paideia Press), 501–511.


Kampof, E.J. The triunity of life: on the unity of the Vollenhovian project. ICS, Toronto MPhil.

Kok, J.H. 1988. Vollenhoven and scriptural philosophy. Philosophia Reformata 53(2): 101-142.

Kok, J.H. 1992. Vollenhoven: his early development. Sioux Center, Iowa: Dordt College Press.

Runner, H. Evan.  1972. Abraham Kuyper’s influence on Dr Vollenhoven. Perspective Newsletter 6: 7-10.

Runner, H. Evan. 1972. Vollenhoven celebrates his eightieth birthday. Perspective Newsletter (Dec).

Seerveld, C.G. 1973. Biblical wisdom underneath Vollenhoven’s categories for philosophical historiography. Philosophia Reformata, 38:127-143.

Seerveld, C.G. 1975. The pedagogical strength of a Christian methodology in philosophical historiography. Koers 40:4-6.

Seerveld, C. 1980. Towards a cartographic methodology for art historiography. Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism 39:2.

Seerveld, C.G. 1993. Vollenhoven’s legacy for art historiography. Philosophia Reformata, 58:49-79.

Taljaard, J.A.L. 1978. In memoriam prof. D.H.Th Vollenhoven: 01/11/1892-06/06/1978. Perspectief, 17(3 & 4):1-4, Sept.

Tol, A. 1978. In memoriam: Dirk Hendrik Theodor Vollenhoven. Philosophia Reformata, 43:93-100.

Tol, A. 1979. ‘Foreword’ in D.H.Th. Vollenhoven: Ancient philosophical conceptions in problem-historical lay-out, 6th Century B.C. – 6th Century A.D. Amsterdam: Filosofisch Instituut, Vrije Universiteit.

Tol, A. 1995. Time and change in Vollenhoven. Philosophia Reformata 60:99-120.

Tol, A. 2007. Vollenhoven on Early Classical Antiquity. In Sweetman, R. (ed.). In the Phrygian Mode; Neo-Calvinism. Antiquity and the lamentations of Reformational Philosophy. Toronto: ICS/ Lanham: Univ. Press of America, pp. 127-160.

Tol, A. 2010. Philosophy in the making; D.H.Th. Vollenhoven and the emergence of Reformed Philosophy. Sioux Center, Iowa: Dordt College Press.

Tol, A. 2011. Reformational philosophy in the making. Philosophia Reformata, 76:187-214.

Tol, A. 2011. Vollenhoven and Dooyeweerd: their emerging difference. Unpublished paper delivered at the International Symposium of the Association for Christian Philosophy, Amsterdam, 16-19 August 2011.

Tol, A. 2012. Vollenhoven on philosophy, worldview and religion. Philosophia Reformata, 77:

Tol, A. 2013. Vollenhoven, Dirk Hendrik Theodoor. Wikipedia http://en/Wikipedia.org/wiki/D.H.Th.Vollenhoven

van der Walt. B.J. 1978. Historiography of philosophy: the consistent problem-historic method. In Heartbeat. Potchefstroom: IRS.

van der Walt, B.J. 1982-83. The consistent problem-historical method of philosophical historiography. Anakainosis, 5 (2 and 3): 1-21.

van der Walt, B.J. 2006. The philosophy of D. H. Th. Vollenhoven (1892-1978), with special reference to his historiography of philosophy. Tydskrif vir Christelike Wetenskap 42(1-2): 35-39.

van der walt, B.J. 2014. At the cradle of a Christian philosophy. Potchefstroom: ICCA.

van der walt, B.J. 2014. Constancy and Change: historical types and trends in the passion of the western mind. Potchefstroom: ICCA.

Wolters, A.M. 1979. On Vollenhoven’s problem-historical method. In Kraay, J. & Tol, A. (eds.). Hearing and doing; philosophical essays dedicated to H.Evan Runner. Toronto: Wedge Pub. Foundation. pp. 231-262.