Abraham Kuyper’s Christian science and empirical science – different yet similar: An investigation into epistemological structures
Abraham Kuyper wanted his fellow countrymen to accept biblically informed academic output as scientific and therefore authoritative. If Kuyper’s plans were to come to fruition, he would have to state the case for a Christian science in a way that made sense to an audience enamoured with empirical sc...
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| description | Abraham Kuyper wanted his fellow countrymen to accept biblically informed academic output as scientific and therefore authoritative. If Kuyper’s plans were to come to fruition, he would have to state the case for a Christian science in a way that made sense to an audience enamoured with empirical science. Kuyper did this when he adopted foundationalism as epistemological thought structure, just like empirical scientists did. He did also differ from empirical science in the sense that he took faith as the foundation for his epistemological thought structure. Although Kuyper’s choice for faith as foundation gave him the opportunity to introduce the Bible to scientific endeavour, his acceptance of foundationalism resulted in him dehumanising knowledge the same way empiricist scientist’s did.
Abraham Kuyper se Christelike en empiriese wetenskappe - verskillend, dog dieselfde:‘n Ondersoek na epistemologiede denkstrukture. Abraham Kuyper wou dat sy tydgenote bybels-gefundeerde akademiese arbeid as wetenskaplike arbeid aanvaar. Ten einde dit tebewerkstellig moes Kuyper sy saak vir ’n Christen-wetenskap so stel dat dit sin kon maak vir sy tydgenote wat sterk onder die invloed van die waarde van empiriese wetenskapsbeoefening was. Kuyper het dit gedoen deur, soos die empiriese wetenskapsbeoefening, ook van ’n foundationalist epistemologiese denkstruktuur gebruik te maak. Hy het wel van die empiriese wetenskapsbeoefening verskil deur geloof as fondasie vir sy epistemologiese denkstruktuurte neem. Hoewel Kuyper se aandrang op geloof as fondasie hom die geleentheid gegee het om die Bybel by wetenskapsbeoefening te betrek, het sy aanvaarding van foundationalism tot gevolg gehad dat hy kennis op dieselfde wyse as die empiriese wetenskapsbeoefening dehumaniseer.
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| spelling | doaj.art-c6ae9a5a944d40dcb6c9cc3190dd0fb52022-12-22T02:10:23ZafrAOSISIn die Skriflig1018-64412305-08532014-12-01481e1e810.4102/ids.v48i1.17861860Abraham Kuyper’s Christian science and empirical science – different yet similar: An investigation into epistemological structuresNicolaas J. Grönum0Fika Janse van Rensburg1University of Pretoria, Faculty of Theology, Department Science of Religion and MissiologyFaculty of Theology, North-West University, Potchefstroom CampusAbraham Kuyper wanted his fellow countrymen to accept biblically informed academic output as scientific and therefore authoritative. If Kuyper’s plans were to come to fruition, he would have to state the case for a Christian science in a way that made sense to an audience enamoured with empirical science. Kuyper did this when he adopted foundationalism as epistemological thought structure, just like empirical scientists did. He did also differ from empirical science in the sense that he took faith as the foundation for his epistemological thought structure. Although Kuyper’s choice for faith as foundation gave him the opportunity to introduce the Bible to scientific endeavour, his acceptance of foundationalism resulted in him dehumanising knowledge the same way empiricist scientist’s did. Abraham Kuyper se Christelike en empiriese wetenskappe - verskillend, dog dieselfde:‘n Ondersoek na epistemologiede denkstrukture. Abraham Kuyper wou dat sy tydgenote bybels-gefundeerde akademiese arbeid as wetenskaplike arbeid aanvaar. Ten einde dit tebewerkstellig moes Kuyper sy saak vir ’n Christen-wetenskap so stel dat dit sin kon maak vir sy tydgenote wat sterk onder die invloed van die waarde van empiriese wetenskapsbeoefening was. Kuyper het dit gedoen deur, soos die empiriese wetenskapsbeoefening, ook van ’n foundationalist epistemologiese denkstruktuur gebruik te maak. Hy het wel van die empiriese wetenskapsbeoefening verskil deur geloof as fondasie vir sy epistemologiese denkstruktuurte neem. Hoewel Kuyper se aandrang op geloof as fondasie hom die geleentheid gegee het om die Bybel by wetenskapsbeoefening te betrek, het sy aanvaarding van foundationalism tot gevolg gehad dat hy kennis op dieselfde wyse as die empiriese wetenskapsbeoefening dehumaniseer. [Full text article to follow]https://indieskriflig.org.za/index.php/skriflig/article/view/1786Worldview, Epistemology, Scientific method |
| spellingShingle | Nicolaas J. Grönum Fika Janse van Rensburg Abraham Kuyper’s Christian science and empirical science – different yet similar: An investigation into epistemological structures In die Skriflig Worldview, Epistemology, Scientific method |
| title | Abraham Kuyper’s Christian science and empirical science – different yet similar: An investigation into epistemological structures |
| title_full | Abraham Kuyper’s Christian science and empirical science – different yet similar: An investigation into epistemological structures |
| title_fullStr | Abraham Kuyper’s Christian science and empirical science – different yet similar: An investigation into epistemological structures |
| title_full_unstemmed | Abraham Kuyper’s Christian science and empirical science – different yet similar: An investigation into epistemological structures |
| title_short | Abraham Kuyper’s Christian science and empirical science – different yet similar: An investigation into epistemological structures |
| title_sort | abraham kuyper s christian science and empirical science different yet similar an investigation into epistemological structures |
| topic | Worldview, Epistemology, Scientific method |
| url | https://indieskriflig.org.za/index.php/skriflig/article/view/1786 |
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