Major Ideas and Developments in Thought
John Kok's dissertation appeared in 1992, entitled Vollenhoven: His Early Development. His analysis focused on Vollenhoven's approach to mathematics from a "theistic standpoint" (in 1918) and how that developed to a epistemological/ontological framework defined by the foundational nature of the L/logos for creation. In Kok's Patterns of the Western Mind (1998), which began as a text for his general education philosophy students at Dordt College, he lays the foundation for his own original contribution in the use of Vollenhoven's thetical-critical method as well as his Consequent Problem-Historical Method. Kok continues his project of translating a number of Vollenhoven's essays, articles, and excerpts that will compose the volume, A Vollenhoven Reader (Dordt College Press, 2012 forthcoming). In the meantime, he has edited a number of volumes and has produced thematic papers on numerous topics, including shifts in ecological thought. Kok is most recently busy editing a six-volume publication of essays and lectures by his mentor Calvin Seerveld.
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