Herman Dooyeweerd
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Herman Dooyeweerd was a Dutch Christian philosopher best known for developing a comprehensive Reformational philosophy that analyzes reality through multiple irreducible modal aspects.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Herman Dooyeweerd canonical | 13 |
| Dooyeweerd | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T469723 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Herman Dooyeweerd Context triple: [Abraham Kuyper, influenced, Herman Dooyeweerd]
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A.
Geerhardus Vos
Geerhardus Vos was a Dutch-American Reformed theologian renowned as a pioneer of biblical theology and a longtime professor at Princeton Theological Seminary.
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B.
Gerard Moerdijk
Gerard Moerdijk was a prominent South African architect best known for designing monumental public buildings that celebrated Afrikaner heritage.
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C.
Gerardus Petrus Wilhelmus Koop
Gerardus Petrus Wilhelmus Koop is an individual notable for bearing the Dutch surname "Koop," though specific widely recognized achievements or roles associated with him are not well documented.
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D.
H. A. Maaskant
H. A. Maaskant was a prominent Dutch architect and structural engineer known for his large-scale postwar modernist designs.
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E.
Gustaf Aulén
Gustaf Aulén was a Swedish Lutheran theologian and bishop best known for reviving and systematizing the classic “Christus Victor” understanding of Christ’s atonement in 20th-century theology.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Herman Dooyeweerd Target entity description: Herman Dooyeweerd was a Dutch Christian philosopher best known for developing a comprehensive Reformational philosophy that analyzes reality through multiple irreducible modal aspects.
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A.
Geerhardus Vos
Geerhardus Vos was a Dutch-American Reformed theologian renowned as a pioneer of biblical theology and a longtime professor at Princeton Theological Seminary.
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B.
Gerard Moerdijk
Gerard Moerdijk was a prominent South African architect best known for designing monumental public buildings that celebrated Afrikaner heritage.
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C.
Gerardus Petrus Wilhelmus Koop
Gerardus Petrus Wilhelmus Koop is an individual notable for bearing the Dutch surname "Koop," though specific widely recognized achievements or roles associated with him are not well documented.
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D.
H. A. Maaskant
H. A. Maaskant was a prominent Dutch architect and structural engineer known for his large-scale postwar modernist designs.
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E.
Gustaf Aulén
Gustaf Aulén was a Swedish Lutheran theologian and bishop best known for reviving and systematizing the classic “Christus Victor” understanding of Christ’s atonement in 20th-century theology.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Christian philosopher
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Dutch person ⓘ Reformational philosopher ⓘ philosopher ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1894-10-07 ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
Amsterdam
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surface form:
Amsterdam, Netherlands
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| citizenship | Netherlands ⓘ |
| coreConcept |
creation–fall–redemption ground-motive
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law-spheres (wetskringen) ⓘ religious ground-motive ⓘ sphere sovereignty (in philosophical form) ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1977-02-12 ⓘ |
| deathPlace |
Amsterdam
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surface form:
Amsterdam, Netherlands
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| denomination | Reformed ⓘ |
| developed |
Reformational critique of humanism
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multi-aspectual ontology of reality ⓘ |
| educatedAt | Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam ⓘ |
| employer | Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam ⓘ |
| era | 20th-century philosophy ⓘ |
| familyName |
Herman Dooyeweerd
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Dooyeweerd
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| fieldOfWork |
Christian philosophy
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legal philosophy ⓘ philosophy ⓘ social philosophy ⓘ |
| fullName | Herman Dooyeweerd self-link ⓘ |
| givenName | Herman ⓘ |
| influenced |
Alvin Plantinga
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D. H. Th. Vollenhoven ⓘ Nicholas Wolterstorff ⓘ Reformational philosophy ⓘ
surface form:
Reformational philosophers
Reformational worldview thinking ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Abraham Kuyper
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Calvinism ⓘ Reformational philosophy ⓘ
surface form:
Dutch Neo-Calvinism
Herman Bavinck ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Reformational philosophy
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critique of theoretical thought ⓘ philosophy of the cosmonomic idea ⓘ theory of modal aspects ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName |
Dutch
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English ⓘ |
| movement |
Calvinism
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surface form:
Neo-Calvinism
Reformational philosophy ⓘ |
| notableWork |
A New Critique of Theoretical Thought
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De Wijsbegeerte der Wetsidee ⓘ In the Twilight of Western Thought ⓘ Roots of Western Culture ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Professor of legal philosophy
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Professor of philosophy ⓘ |
| religion | Christianity ⓘ |
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Subject: Herman Dooyeweerd Description of subject: Herman Dooyeweerd was a Dutch Christian philosopher best known for developing a comprehensive Reformational philosophy that analyzes reality through multiple irreducible modal aspects.
Referenced by (14)
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Dooyeweerd