Dr. J. Glenn Friesen

Studies relating to
Herman Dooyeweerd

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De Wijsbegeerte der Wetsidee Volume I
Foreword
Introduction
Ground-Idea
Foundation
Law-Idea
Prism of Cosmic Time
Law and Subject
Philosophy/Worldview

De Wijsbegeerte der Wetsidee Volume II
The Gegenstand
Dis-stasis/ Synthesis
Intuition and Time
Conceptual Limits
Horizon and Levels
God, Self and Cosmos

© J. Glenn Friesen 2003-2007

Linked Glossary of Terms
(references to De Wijsbegeerte der Wetsidee, unless indicated.See concordance for correlation with pages in the New Critique. The concordance is in pdf format.)

rational  
rationality  
rationalism  
rationalistic

II, 497

NC I, 13 (rationalistic-metaphysical way)

supra-rational

“Het dilemma voor het christelijk wijsgeerig denken en het critisch karakter van de Wijsbegeerte der Wetsidee,” Philosophia Reformata 1 (1936), 1-16 [“Dilemma”] at 15.Refers to 'boven-redelijk.'

Rationality is related to our logical analytical function. Rationalism is the absolutization of this aspect. Irrationalism is the absolutization of other non-rational aspects, such as feeling.

Revised Sept 25/07