Howdy Moqers: Here's a little bit of Wiki, just so you know what Jon is selling here. Following Abraham Kuyper, and other, earlier Neo-Calvinists, Dooyeweerd attempted to describe reality as a creation of God, which has its meaning from God. This God-given meaning is displayed in all of the aspects of temporal reality, which has implications for science. ... He argued that this showed the need for a consistent and radically Christian philosophy which he sought to provide. Furthermore, he attempted to show that, even the imaginations of men are part of that same created reality, and even if false they cannot escape being subject to the rule of God exposed by the Christian revelation. Dooyeweerd self-consciously allowed his Christian perspective to guide his understanding, but in a philosophical rather than a theological mode of thought. He believed that this permitted the philosopher to gain insight into the principle by which diversity of meaning is held together as a unity, as he directs his thought toward the origin of things, which is God, and God's purpose for making things, which is found in Christ. This basic religious orientation...
Jon said: > This site, and this artilce, gives a good intro to some basics of DW's > position on the necessary presuppositions of philosophic thought. It may > illuminate, or by contrast help define, moq. > > http://www.members.shaw.ca/jgfriesen/Mainheadings/Prolegomena2.html > _________________________________________________________________ The New Busy is not the too busy. Combine all your e-mail accounts with Hotmail. http://www.windowslive.com/campaign/thenewbusy?tile=multiaccount&ocid=PID28326::T:WLMTAGL:ON:WL:en-US:WM_HMP:042010_4 Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org/md/archives.html
