Reformed Philosophy

Nicholas Wolterstorff, eminent Christian philosopher and one of the adorners of this website’s header, will be giving a series of lectures at the Free University of Amsterdam on the theme of justice from May 31^st through June 2^nd. More information can be found here – though you may need to translate the page.

Today is the last day to register for the Dooyeweerd Research Seminar being held in Cambridge’s’ Tyndale House on February 6th. The provisional schedule is:

9:15 – Coffee and muffins

9.45 – Welcome and introductions

10:00 – Session 1:

• Jonathan Chaplin: Dooyeweerd on the State (‘Public Justice as a Critical Political Norm’, Philosophia Reformata 72.2 [2007])
• David McIlroy, Dooyeweerd on Law (in preparation)
• Response (tbc)

11.15 – Coffee

11:45 – Session 2:

• Jeremy Ive: ‘The diversity of experience and reflection: a comparative response to Vollenhoven and Dooyweerd’s philosophical systems’ (in preparation).
• Response (tbc)

1.00 – Lunch (BYO or order in advance)

2:00 – Session 3:

• Andrew Basden, A Dooyeweerdian approach to Information Systems, (‘Engaging with and Enriching Humanist Thought: The Case of Information Systems,’ Philosophia Reformata 73.2 [2008])
• Response: Rudi Hayward

3.15 – Tea

3:45 – Session 4:

• Arthur Jones, ‘A Response to Recent Reformational Thinking on Evolution’ (in preparation)
• Response: Henk Geertsema

5.00 – Close

6.00 – For those who can, stay on for meal in local pub (at own expense)

More information can be found here: here. Needless to say, this looks like a very interesting seminar. Anyone interested in Dutch-Reformed philosophy who can be in Cambridge on the 6^th should certainly try to attend.

That said, I need to go see how expensive train tickets are…