Cornelius Van Til

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Christian philosopher Reformed theologian apologist person

Cornelius Van Til was a 20th-century Reformed theologian and Christian philosopher best known for developing presuppositional apologetics within the Calvinist tradition.

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instanceOf Christian philosopher ⓘ
Reformed theologian ⓘ
apologist ⓘ
person ⓘ
academicDegree PhD ⓘ
apologeticMethod presuppositionalism ⓘ
birthDate 1895-05-03 ⓘ
birthPlace Grootegast, Netherlands ⓘ
citizenship United States of America ⓘ
coreIdea all reasoning is based on religious presuppositions ⓘ
the Christian worldview is the necessary precondition for intelligibility ⓘ
countryOfBirth Netherlands ⓘ
deathDate 1987-04-17 ⓘ
denomination Reformed ⓘ
education Calvin University ⓘ
surface form: Calvin College

Princeton Theological Seminary ⓘ
Princeton University ⓘ
employer Westminster Theological Seminary ⓘ
era 20th-century philosophy ⓘ
20th-century theology ⓘ
familyName Cornelius Van Til self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Van Til
fieldOfStudy apologetics ⓘ
philosophy ⓘ
theology ⓘ
fullName Cornelius Van Til self-link ⓘ
givenName Cornelius ⓘ
influenced Francis Schaeffer ⓘ
Greg L. Bahnsen ⓘ
John M. Frame ⓘ
K. Scott Oliphint ⓘ
Christian apologetics ⓘ
surface form: Presuppositional apologetics movement

R. J. Rushdoony ⓘ
influencedBy Abraham Kuyper ⓘ
Geerhardus Vos ⓘ
Herman Bavinck ⓘ
John Calvin ⓘ
knownFor Reformed epistemology (presuppositional variant) ⓘ
presuppositional apologetics ⓘ
transcendental argument for the existence of God ⓘ
language Dutch ⓘ
English ⓘ
laterAffiliation Orthodox Presbyterian Church ⓘ
notableWork A Christian Theory of Knowledge ⓘ
Christian apologetics ⓘ
surface form: Christian Apologetics

The Defense of the Faith ⓘ
The Doctrine of Scripture ⓘ
The New Modernism ⓘ
ordination Christian Reformed Church in North America ⓘ
positionHeld Professor of Apologetics ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
theologicalTradition Calvinism ⓘ
workLocation Philadelphia ⓘ
surface form: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

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Lectures on Calvinism → associatedWithPerson → Cornelius Van Til ⓘ
Cornelius Van Til → familyName → Cornelius Van Til self-linksurface differs ⓘ
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Cornelius Van Til → fullName → Cornelius Van Til self-link ⓘ
Abraham Kuyper → influenced → Cornelius Van Til ⓘ
Geerhardus Vos → influenced → Cornelius Van Til ⓘ