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Dooyeweerd's philosophy entails no support for Apartheid whatsoever
(Vereniging vir Christelike Hoër Onderwys, 2015)
In an article on Afrikaner nationalism, apartheid and the perversion of critique, Rèné Eloff argues that E.A. Venter and H.J. Strauss drew upon the philosophy of Herman Dooyeweerd to justify separate development and that ...
Differensiasie: die basis van samelewingsvryhede
(Suid-Afrikaanse Akademie vir Wetenskap en Kuns, 2015)
Hierdie artikel verg enersyds begripsonderskeidinge en andersyds 'n oorsigtelike beeld van ongedifferensieerde en gedifferensieerde samelewings. Waar ding-begrippe in die Grieks-Middeleeuse intellektuele erfenis prominent ...
Die nuwe bedreiging van samelewingsvryhede: ’n Terugkeer tot Christen-vervolging?
(Suid-afrikaanse Akad vir Wetenskap En Kuns, Sekretaris, 2015)
Ten spyte van die ruimte wat deur verskillende Aktes van Menseregte vir persoonlike (en
kollektiewe) vryhede geskep is, insluitende persoonlike akademiese vryheid en geloofsvryheid,
het daar gedurende die afgelope paar ...
The historical roots of systematic distinctions
(Vereniging vir Christelike Hoër Onderwys, 2015)
My first explicit acquaintance with philosophy as a scholarly discipline followed from a question to my father about the slogan of the French Revolution - liberty, equality and fraternity. His answer and the books he advised ...
Between postmodernism, positivism and (new) atheism
(KOERS Society of South Africa, 2015)
The Renaissance introduced the autonomy of being human which in turn resulted in promoting
the position of human understanding as the formal law-giver of nature. Twentieth century
philosophy of science acknowledged the ...
The idea of a ‘Just State’ (Rechtsstaat) (with reference to a unique feature of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa)
(Taylor & Francis, 2015)
In South Africa the acquisition of full political and civil rights for all rectified the former political situation of apartheid South Africa. Against the background of key developments in the political legacy of the West, ...
Intelligent Design - a descendant of vitalism? (Modern biology wrestling with God's Law-Order)
(Vereniging vir Christelike Hoër Onderwys, 2015)
Can a historical perspective on the ID (Intelligent Design) movement
avoid noticing its links with the long-standing legacy of vitalism within
philosophy and biology? This question will be investigated below by taking
into ...
Assessing the historicalphilosophical background of the German Staatslehre in the light of the type law of the state
(Vereniging vir Christelike Hoër Onderwys, 2015)
In this article the contribution of the German Staatslehre towards an understanding of the type law of the state will be assessed in terms of various systematic distinctions and by taking into account significant historical ...