Abraham Kuyper's Christian science and empirical science - different yet similar : an investigation into epistemological structures

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dc.contributor.authorGrönum, Nicolaas J.
dc.contributor.authorVan Rensburg, Fika J. (Johan Jacob Janse)., 1951-
dc.contributor.emailnico.gronum@up.ac.zaen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2015-02-16T13:10:50Z
dc.date.available2015-02-16T13:10:50Z
dc.date.issued2014-12
dc.description.abstractAbraham 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.en_ZA
dc.description.abstractAbraham 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 te bewerkstellig 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 denkstruktuur te 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.en_ZA
dc.description.librarianhb2015en_ZA
dc.description.urihttp://www.indieskriflig.org.za/en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationGrönum, NJ & Janse van Rensburg, F 2014, 'Abraham Kuyper's Christian science and empirical science - different yet similar : An investigation into epistemological structures', In die Skriflig 48(1), Art. #1786, 8 pages. http://dx.doi.org/10.4102/ids.v48i1.1786.en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn1018-6441 (print)
dc.identifier.issn2305-0853 (online)
dc.identifier.other10.4102/ids.v48i1.1786
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/43662
dc.language.isoenen_ZA
dc.publisherAOSIS Open Journalsen_ZA
dc.rights© 2014. The Authors.Licensee: AOSISOpenJournals. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution License.en_ZA
dc.subjectEpistemological structuresen_ZA
dc.subjectAbraham Kuyper se Christelike wetenskappeen_ZA
dc.subjectAbraham Kuyper se empiriese wetenskappeen_ZA
dc.subjectAbraham Kuyper’s Christian scienceen_ZA
dc.subjectAbraham Kuyper’s empirical scienceen_ZA
dc.subjectEpistemologiede denkstruktureen_ZA
dc.titleAbraham Kuyper's Christian science and empirical science - different yet similar : an investigation into epistemological structuresen_ZA
dc.title.alternativeAbraham Kuyper se Christelike en empiriese wetenskappe - verskillend, dog dieselfde : ‘n ondersoek na epistemologiede denkstruktureen_ZA
dc.typeArticleen_ZA

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