Hendrik Hart Explained

Hendrik Hart
Birth Date:	14 December 1935
Birth Place:	Netherlands
Other Names:	Henk Hart
Alma Mater:	Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Thesis Title:	Communal Certainty and Authorized Truth^[1]
Thesis Year:	1966
School Tradition:	Reformational philosophy
Doctoral Advisor:	S. U. Zuidema
Discipline:	Philosophy
Doctoral Students:	Ronald A. Kuipers
Main Interests:	Systematic philosophy
Notable Works:	Understanding Our World (1984)

Hendrik Hart (December 14, 1935 – March 15, 2021), often known as Henk Hart, was a Dutch-Canadian philosopher based in Toronto.^{[2] [3] [4]}

History

Hendrik Hart taught systematic philosophy at the Institute for Christian Studies, Toronto, since its founding in 1967 until his retirement in 2001.^[5] Prior to that he was head of the philosophical Institute of the Free University in Amsterdam, where he studied under D. H. Th. Vollenhoven. His doctoral dissertation was written on the topic of John Dewey's theory of verification and was supervised by Dutch philosopher S. U. Zuidema.

Hendrik Hart was an emeritus professor at the Institute for Christian Studies.^[6] He died on March 15, 2021.^[7]

Bibliography

• Hart, Hendrik; K. A. Bril; and Jacob Klapwijk (editors) The Idea of a Christian philosophy: Essays in Honour of D H Th Vollenhoven (Toronto: Wedge, 1973)
• Hart, Hendrik. Setting our sights by the Morning Star (1989)
• Hart, Hendrik. Understanding Our World (Lanham, Maryland, USA: University Press of America, 1984; 2002).
• Hart, Hendrik; Johan Van Der Hoeven; and Nicolas Wolterstorff (editors) Rationality in the Calvinian Tradition (University Press of America, 1984)
• Hart, Hendrik; and Kai Nielsen. The Search for Community in a Withering Tradition (1991)
• Hart, Hendrik. "Foreword" (pages vii-xxi) in Against Nature? Types of Moral Argumentation regarding Homosexuality Pim Pronk (Translated from the Dutch by John Vriend), Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 1993,
• Hart, Hendrik; and others (editors) Walking the Tightrope of Faith (Rodopi,1999)
• Hart, Hendrik; and others (editor) An Ethos of Compassion and the Integrity of Creation (University Press of America, 1995)
• Hart, Hendrik; and William Sweet. Responses to the Enlightenment: An Exchange on Foundations, Faith, and Community (Brill, 2012).

External links

• Faculty page

Notes and References

1. Hart . Hendrik . 1966 . Communal Certainty and Authorized Truth: An Examination of John Dewey's Philosophy of Verification . dissertation . 1069393151.
2. Olthuis. James. James Olthuis. 2002. Introduction. Philosophy as Responsibility: A Celebration of Hendrik Hart's Contribution to the Discipline. x-xxiii.
3. News: Arnold. Gordon. Radical Christian Institute 'Shakes Up Social Traditions. March 28, 1970. The Calgary Herald. 20.
4. Web site: ICS News: In Memoriam: Hendrik Hart.
5. News: Scientific Dogma' Assailed By Religious Philosopher. August 26, 1968. The Calgary Herald. 22 September 2011.
6. Web site: Our Story - Institute for Christian Studies Official Website. www.icscanada.edu. 2020-03-18.
7. Web site: ICS News: In Memoriam: Hendrik Hart.