Egbert Schuurman
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Egbert Schuurman is a professor of philosophy
in the Netherlands
, whose teaching is most concerned with exploring and developing Reformational philosophy
and its organized expression, the Association for Reformational Philosophy. He studied under Hendrik Van Riessen
. Schuurman has three related appointments to External Professorial Chairs, an arrangement with the Dutch government, at the technical state universities of Delft
, Eindhoven, and Wageningen
(the latter in large part devoted to agriculture). From 1983 to 2011 he was also a member of the Dutch Senate, serving among others as the Caucus Chairman for the ChristianUnion
party caucus
and Senate group leader (succeeded by Roel Kuiper
).
He has published numerous books in both Dutch and English in his specialty of the philosophy of technology
; by which he means, consistent with Dutch and French conventions, the "science of techniques", as distinguished from what English speakers often refer to as "technology," which French and Dutch speakers would refer to as "technique".
Philosophy
Philosophy is the study of general and fundamental problems, such as those connected with existence, knowledge, values, reason, mind, and language. Philosophy is distinguished from other ways of addressing such problems by its critical, generally systematic approach and its reliance on rational...
in the Netherlands
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
, whose teaching is most concerned with exploring and developing Reformational philosophy
Reformational philosophy
Reformational philosophy is a Neo-Calvinistic movement pioneered by Herman Dooyeweerd and D. H. Th. Vollenhoven that seeks to develop philosophical thought in a radically Protestant Christian direction.- Historical overview :...
and its organized expression, the Association for Reformational Philosophy. He studied under Hendrik Van Riessen
Hendrik Van Riessen
Hendrik Van Riessen was one of the second generation of reformational philosophers arising from the Free University in Amsterdam, after the first generation of Herman Dooyeweerd and D. H. Th. Vollenhoven. Other second generationers were: K. J. Popma, S. U. Zuidema and J. P. A...
. Schuurman has three related appointments to External Professorial Chairs, an arrangement with the Dutch government, at the technical state universities of Delft
Delft
Delft is a city and municipality in the province of South Holland , the Netherlands. It is located between Rotterdam and The Hague....
, Eindhoven, and Wageningen
Wageningen
' is a municipality and a historical town in the central Netherlands, in the province of Gelderland. It is famous for Wageningen University, which specializes in life sciences. The city has 37,414 inhabitants , of which many thousands are students...
(the latter in large part devoted to agriculture). From 1983 to 2011 he was also a member of the Dutch Senate, serving among others as the Caucus Chairman for the ChristianUnion
ChristianUnion
The ChristianUnion , abbreviated to CU, is a Dutch Christian democratic political party. A centrist party, the CU's policies combine social conservatism and soft euroscepticism with more centre-left positions on economic, immigration, and environmental issues.Founded in 2000 as a merger of the...
party caucus
Caucus
A caucus is a meeting of supporters or members of a political party or movement, especially in the United States and Canada. As the use of the term has been expanded the exact definition has come to vary among political cultures.-Origin of the term:...
and Senate group leader (succeeded by Roel Kuiper
Roel Kuiper
Roelof Kuiper is a Dutch historian, philosopher, ideologue, politician and university professor. He is a member of the Dutch Senate, and is professor of Reformational philosophy at the Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam in the name of the Association for Reformational philosophy, teaching Society...
).
He has published numerous books in both Dutch and English in his specialty of the philosophy of technology
Philosophy of technology
The philosophy of technology is a philosophical field dedicated to studying the nature of technology and its social effects.- History :Considered under the rubric of the Greek term techne , the philosophy of technology goes to the very roots of Western philosophy.* In his Republic, Plato sees...
; by which he means, consistent with Dutch and French conventions, the "science of techniques", as distinguished from what English speakers often refer to as "technology," which French and Dutch speakers would refer to as "technique".
Publications in English
- Reflections on the technological society (1978)
- Modern technology in a Christian-philosophical perspective (1979)
- Faith and Hope in Technology (2003)
- Deliverance from the Technical World Pictures (2004)