In the Twilight of Western Thought

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book philosophical work

In the Twilight of Western Thought is a philosophical work by Herman Dooyeweerd that critically analyzes the foundations and limitations of Western rationalist and humanist thought from a Christian philosophical perspective.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf book ⓘ
philosophical work ⓘ
aimsTo analyze the foundations of Western thought ⓘ
develop a Christian philosophical alternative to humanism ⓘ
expose the limitations of autonomous reason ⓘ
author Herman Dooyeweerd ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Netherlands ⓘ
criticizes Western rationalism ⓘ
autonomous human reason ⓘ
humanist philosophy ⓘ
immanence philosophy ⓘ
nature–grace dualism ⓘ
scholastic philosophy ⓘ
emphasizes religious presuppositions of theoretical thought ⓘ
the dependence of philosophy on ground motives ⓘ
the religious root of theoretical thought ⓘ
genre Christian philosophy ⓘ
philosophy of religion ⓘ
hasAuthor Herman Dooyeweerd ⓘ
hasKeyConcept creation–fall–redemption motive ⓘ
immanence versus transcendence standpoint ⓘ
law–subject relation in reality ⓘ
modal aspects of reality ⓘ
religious ground motive ⓘ
hasPhilosophicalApproach Christian philosophical apologetics ⓘ
transcendental critique ⓘ
influencedBy Abraham Kuyper ⓘ
Calvinism ⓘ
Neo-Calvinism ⓘ
surface form: Dutch Neo-Calvinism

Herman Bavinck ⓘ
language English ⓘ
mainSubject Christian philosophy ⓘ
Western philosophy ⓘ
humanism ⓘ
philosophical foundations of Western thought ⓘ
rationalism ⓘ
notableFor development of Reformational philosophy in the English-speaking world ⓘ
systematic critique of Western humanism from a Christian standpoint ⓘ
perspective Reformational philosophy ⓘ
philosophicalPosition Christian transcendental critique of theoretical thought ⓘ
philosophicalTradition Reformational philosophy ⓘ
relatedWork A New Critique of Theoretical Thought ⓘ
religiousPerspective Calvinist ⓘ
Christian ⓘ
targetAudience Christian scholars ⓘ
philosophers ⓘ
theologians ⓘ

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Herman Dooyeweerd → notableWork → In the Twilight of Western Thought ⓘ
A New Critique of Theoretical Thought → relatedWork → In the Twilight of Western Thought ⓘ
A New Critique of Theoretical Thought → relatedWork → In the Twilight of Western Thought ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Twilight of Western Thought