De ministerraad in het Nederlandsche staatsrecht

Thesis--Amsterdam, 1917.Includes bibliographical references.Mode of access: Internet

De strijd om het souvereiniteitsbegrip in de moderne rechts- en staatsleer

Rectorale oratie Vrije Universiteit 195

Laws in ecology: diverse modes of explanation for a holistic science?

Ecology’s reputation as a holistic and soft science is partly due to widespread misconceptions of its nature as well as shortcomings in its methodology. We show how the pursuit of empirical laws of ecology can foster the emergence of a more unified and predictive ecology based on complementary modes of explanation. Numerical analyses of population dynamics have a distinguished pedigree, spatial analyses successfully generate predictive laws for macroecology and physical analyses are tyically pursued by the ecosystem approach. The most characteristically ecological laws, however, are found in biotic analyses within the ‘functional trait’ paradigm. Holistic credentials for ecology may thus be restored on two bases: its accommodating complementary modes of analysis and explanation, and its having some laws within the least reductionistic mode consistent with its subject matter. These claims, grounded in the aspectual theory of Herman Dooyeweerd, lead to some suggestions for enhancing the versatility and usefulness of ecology – and other sciences – by balancing different research paradigms under a holistic vision

Knowledge, values, and beliefs in the South African context since 1948: An overview

In this contribution, an overview of the distinct waysin which the interplay between knowledge, values, and beliefs tookshape in the South African context since 1948 is offered. This is framedagainst the background of the paleontological significance of SouthAfrica and an appreciation of indigenous knowledge systems, but alsoof the ideological distortion of knowledge and education during theapartheid era through the legacy of neo-Calvinism. The overviewincludes references to discourse on human rationality (as an implicitcritique against ideology), on the use of social sciences in theologicalreflection, on the teaching of evolution in public schools, on scienceand religion, and on religion and ecology. The essay concludes witha survey of some of the major voices regarding the interface betweenreligion and science in South Africa

The theory of analogy in thomistic philosophy and in the philosophy of the cosmonomic idea

Translation of “De leer der analogie in de thomistische wijsbegeerte en in de wijsbegeerte der wetsidee” by Herman Dooyeweerd (1942), Philosophia Reformata 7 (1-2), pp. 47-57

The Significance of the Philosophy of the Law Idea for the Theory of Human Society

Translation of "De beteekenis van de wijsbegeerte der wetsidee voor de theorie der menschelijke samenleving"by Herman Dooyeweerd (1937), Philosophia Reformata 2 (2), pp. 99-116