Bibliography Related to Dooyeweerdian Thinking

Books

Books containing writings by Herman Dooyeweerd

Dooyeweerd H, (1935-36) De Wijsbegeerte der Wetsidee, Three volumes.
The first version of Dooyeweerd's magnum opus, only in Dutch. It contains, among other things, Dooyeweerd's First Way of Critique of philosophical thought. It was critique of this First Way that led Dooyeweerd to seek a Second Way of Critique, which is found in NC above alongside the First Way.

Dooyeweerd H, (1975), In the twilight of Western thought.
Two editions: The first edition is the hardbound edition, published by the Presbyterian and Reformed Publishing Company, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1960. It carries the Library of Congress CCN of LC 60-6645. The second edition most probably only exists in paperback published by The Craig Press, Nutley, New Jersey, 1980. This also carries the Library of Congress CCN of LC 60-6645, and additionally an ISBN of 0-934532-09-5.

Dooyeweerd H, (1979), Roots of Western culture; Pagan, Secular and Christian options, Wedge Publishing Company, Toronto, Canada. A good exposition of the ground motives.

Dooyeweerd H, (1986) A Christian Theory of Social Institutions, tr. Verbrugge M, The Herman Dooyeweerd Foundation, La Jolla, California, USA. An interesting attempt to account for the differences between various types of social institution by means of the aspects.

Dooyeweerd H, (1996) Christian Philosophy and the Meaning of History, Lewiston NY USA: Edwin Mellen Press. A collection of four essays by Dooyeweerd that outlines his theory of history, which include:

• "Christian Philosophy: An Exploration" (first appeared in Scientia, 1956:127-59)
• "The Meaning of History" (first appeared 1942 in De Zin der Geschiedenis:17-27)
• "The Criteria of Progressive and Reactionary Tendencies in History" (first delivered in 1958 to the Dutch Royal Academy of Sciences and Humanities.)
• "The dangers of the intellectual disarmament of Christianity in Science" (first published in 1957, in Geestelijk Weerloos of Weerbaar?:1q53-212.)

Dooyeweerd H (1942). De leer van de mens in de Wijsbegeerte der Wetsidee (The Doctrine of Man in the philosophy of the Cosmonomic Idea). Sola Fide, 7(2), 1954 [?? - this is from Kalsbeek, p 288, 304].

Dooyeweerd's last article, written in 1975, translated by Dr. Friesen. In this article, Dooyeweerd discusses the interpretation of the Gegenstand relationship by D.F.M. Strauss. See also Strauss' reply below. .

Books by Other Authors

tv Walsh B J, Middleton J R, (1984), The Transforming Vision; Shaping a Christian World View, IVP, Downer's Grove, Illinois. ISBN 0-87784-973-0. Based of Dooyeweerdian thinking, this book is a call for Christians to come out of 'religious' thinking and to see all of life as relevant to God.

Clouser R, (2005, 1991), The Myth of Religious Neutrality; An Essay on the Hidden Role of Religious Belief in Theories, University of Notre Dame Press. An excellent introduction to Dooyeweerd's aspects and how they form the basis of the relationship between theory and practice, science and everyday thinking. Then, as the title suggests, showing how our basic presuppositions to which we commit ourselves affect even our so-called objective scientific thinking.

de Raadt J D R, (1991), Information and Managerial Wisdom, Pocatello, Idaho, Paradigm. An application of a slightly maverick version of some Dooyeweerdian ideas to management.

Hart H. (1984), Understanding Our World; An Integral Ontology, University Press of America. A thorough exposition of Dooyeweerdian ideas from the standpoint of wider movements in philosophy. Slow reading, but excellent.

Henderson R D, (1994), Illuminating Law; the construction of Herman Dooyeweerd's philosophy, Free University, Amsterdam. The story of the development of Dooyeweerd's own thinking.

Kalsbeek (1975), Contours of a Christian Philsophy, Wedge Publishing Company, Toronto, Canada. The standard overview-summary of Dooyeweerd's thought. A bit dated now, and some find it rather dogmatic. But very useful because it's almost the only broad overview available. Not too academic.

Marshall P, (1984) Thine is the Kingdom, Marshalls. Based on Dooyeweerdian thinking, this is a reasoned call for Christians to get involved in politics of neither left nor right, but to forge a truly 'Christian' politics.

McIntire CT (1985) The Legacy of Herman Dooyeweerd: Reflections on critical philosophy in the Christian Tradition, University Press of America. A collection of papers that explore, critique and comment on various parts of Dooyeweerd's thought; excellent reading if you can get it. The papers include:

• Wolters AM "The intellectual milieu of Herman Dooyeweerd"
• Olthius JM "Dooyeweerd on religion and faith"
• Seerveld CG "Dooyeweerd's legacy for aesthetics"
• McIntire CT "Dooyeweerd's philosophy of history"
• Marshall P "Dooyeweerd's empirical theory of rights"
• Hart H "Dooyeweerd's Gegenstand theory of theory"

Schuurman E, (1980), Technology and the Future: A Philosophical Challenge, Wedge Publishing, Toronto. Basis of a Dooyeweerdian approach to technology. Needs updating but still useful.

Seerveld C, (1980), Rainbows for the Fallen World: Aesthetic Life and Artistic Task, Toronto Tuppence Press. Exploring the aesthetic aspect and showing that it covers not just art but also fun.

Stafleu M D, (1987), Theories at Work - On the Structure and Functioning of Theories in Science, In Particular During the Copernican Revolution, University Press of America. Explores what theories are and what the process of making and using theories is.

Pete Steen (ca. 1983) The Structure Of Herman Dooyeweerd's Thought, Toronto: Wedge Press, ISBN ISBN 0-88906-016-9. Pete Steen's PhD Thesis. Apparently available price $9.95 from http://www.dordt.edu/services/bookstore/ .

Strauss DFM, Botting M (eds.) (2000) Contemporary Reflections on the Philosophy of Herman Dooyeweerd, The Edwin Mellen Press.
A useful set of papers from current thinkers.

• "The order of modal aspects", by DFM Strauss.
• "Of webs and whirlwinds; me, myself and I", by J Olthuis.
• "Metaphor and analogy revisited", by E Botha.
• "Dooyeweerd's transcendental critique: transforming it hermeneutically", by HG Geertsema.
• "A critique of historicism", by R Clouser.
• "Notes on Dooyeweerd, reason and order", by H Hart.
• "Modal order and natural kinds", by AG de la Sienra.
• "Ground Motifs - a modest revision", by RW Vunderink.
• "The actor in the interaction of science and religion", by JM van der Meer.
• "Implications of Dooyeweerd's encyclopedia of legal science", by AC Cameron.
• "What is a science?", by MA Rice Jr.
• "The religious foundation of Dooyeweerd's transcendental method", by RD Knudsen.

Strauss, D.F.M. (2006). Reintegrating Social Theory. Peter Lang. An excellent discussion of social theory, with broad coverage of many flows of thinking in that field. It applies Dooyeweerdian critique to extant thinking, and shows how Dooyeweerd's ideas can bring about a reintegration of the field.

Strijbos S, Basden A (2006) Towards an Integrative Vision of Technology, Kluwer, New York. Expected to be published in December 2005. A collection of chapters based on papers published by participants in the Centre for Philosophy, Technology and Social Systems, that applies Dooyeweerdian thought and Systems Thinking to a number of areas from the design of information technology through the usage of I.T. artifacts to the technological society. It is notable in that each chapter makes use of a different portion of Dooyeweerd's thinking and in a different manner, and so this work contains an interesting study of how Dooyeweerd's thought might be applied. The individual chapters include:

• Ch. 1: S Strijbos, A. Basden, Introduction: In Search of an Integrative Vision of Technology
• Ch. 2: A. Basden, Knowledge representation informed by aspects of everyday life
• Ch. 3: B. Bergvall-Kåreborn, Reflecting on the use of the concept of qualifying function in systems design
• Ch. 4: M. Winfield and A. Basden, Elicitation of highly interdisciplinary knowledge
• Ch. 5: A. Mirijamdotter and B. Bergvall-Kåreborn, An appreciative critique and refinement of Checkland's Soft Systems Methodology
• Ch. 6: S. Strijbos, The systems character of modern technology
• Ch. 7: J. van der Stoep, Communication without bounds?
• Ch. 8: J. van der Stoep, Norms of communication and the rise of the network society
• Ch. 9: A. Vlug and J. van der Lei, Evaluation of human practices
• Ch. 10: D.M. Eriksson, Multi-modal investigation of technology-aided human practice in business operations
• Ch. 11: A. Basden, Towards an understanding of human practice involving information technology
• Ch. 12: S. Strijbos, The idea of a systems ethics
• Ch. 13: D.M. Eriksson, Normative sources of systems thinking: an inquiry into religious ground-motives of systems thinking paradigms
• Ch. 14: S. Strijbos, TOWARDS A 'Disclosive systems thinking'
• Ch. 15: G. Midgley, Reflections on the CPTS model of interdisciplinarity

Zuidervaart L (2004) "The great turning point: religion and rationality in Dooyeweerd's transcendental critique" Faith and Philosophy, January 2004.

Basden, A. (2008). Philosophical Frameworks for Understanding Information Systems. IGI Global, Hershey, PA, USA. ISBN 978-1-59904-036-3 (hard), 978-1-59904-038-7 (ebook).

An attempt to apply Dooyeweerd's ideas to the formulation of five strategic frameworks by which five major areas of research and practice in information technology and information systems could be understood (chapters IV to VIII). Chapters II and III are an extensive, systematic summary of Dooyeweerd's thought aimed at providing academic writers with sufficient breadth and depth of understanding to be able to use Dooyeweerd in their own fields and use this text in references.