Assistant Professor of Philosophy
Education
B.A. (Philosophy), University of Calgary, 1990
M.A. (Philosophy), University of Windsor, 1994
Areas of interest/concentration: Informal Logic & Critical Thinking
Thesis: "Hume, Miracle Reports, and Credibility"
Ph.D. (Philosophy), University of Waterloo, 2004
Qualification areas: Ethics, Metaphysics, Philosophy of Science, Philosophy of Religion
Dissertation: "Miracle Reports, Moral Philosophy, and Contemporary Science"
Teaching Fields
Courses:
Introduction to Philosophy
Critical Thinking
History of Philosophy
Ethics
Philosophy of Religion
Worldview Studies
Philosophy of Science
Publications
Journal articles/reviews:
"Dawkins' Logico-Philosophical Blunder: A Reply to a Dawkins Apologist," Journal of the International Society of Christian Apologetics, Volume 2, Number 1 (2009): 41-48.
"Review of Philosophy of Science by Samir Okasha," Philosophia Christi, Volume 5, Number 1 (2003): 314-318.
"Hume's Scale: How Hume Counts a Miracle's Improbability Twice," Philosophia Christi, Volume 4, Number 2 (2002): 443-453.
Magazine articles:
"Awakening from the Nightmare: A Critical Overview of Friedrich Nietzsche's Philosophy," Christian Research Journal (forthcoming).
"Reasonable Skepticism about Radical Skepticism," Christian Research Journal, Volume 31, Number 5 (September/October 2008): 30-38.
"The Seeds of Their Own Destruction: David Hume's Fatally Flawed Arguments against Miracle Reports," Christian Research Journal, Volume 30, Number 1 (January/February 2007): 30-38.
Newspaper column:
“Apologia” -- This column appears every other week or so in The Carillon (a southeastern Manitoba newspaper). This column also appears on the Internet: http://apologiabyhendrikvanderbreggen.blogspot.com/
Newspaper articles:
"Don't reject Intelligent Design without exploring evidence," The Record, 14 November 2005.
"There's an intelligent defence for intelligent design," The Record, 23 August 2005.
"Did the Easter miracle happen?" The Record, 10 April 2004.
"Miracles can and do happen," The Record, 24 December 2001.
Presentations:
Review of Richard Dawkins' The God Delusion, Faculty Forum, Providence College, 7 February 2008.
Commentary on Travis Dumsday's "Locke on Competing Miracles," Meeting of Canadian Society of Christian Philosophers, Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Saskatchewan, 30 May 2007.
Letters:
"Is There a God?" Philosophy Now, Issue 67: May/June 2008, 32.
"Miracle, Probability and Law," Philosophy Now, Issue 54: February/March 2006, 39-40.
Books:
An Enquiry Concerning Human Abortion (Crown Publications, 1988).
Professional Associations And Roles
Canadian Philosophical Association (member)
Canadian Society of Christian Philosophers (member)
Discovery Institute (member)
Evangelical Philosophical Society (member)
International Society for the Study of Argumentation (member)
International Society of Christian Apologetics (member)
Employment
Pre-academic:
Soldier, waiter, youth worker
Academic:
Logic tutor, University of Calgary, 1990-1991
Teaching assistant, University of Windsor, 1991-1994
Teaching assistant, University of Waterloo, 1994-1995
Adjunct philosophy instructor, Emmanuel Bible College, 1996-2006
Adjunct philosophy instructor, Heritage College, 1999-2004
Sessional philosophy lecturer, St. Jerome's University, 2006
Assistant professor of philosophy, Providence College, 2006-present
Hobbies
Hanging out with my wife and sons; thinking, reading, watching movies, walking, drinking coffee, hoping (i.e., hoping one day to beat my sons in the video game Halo).
I also have a growing interest in Providence College's Philosophy Foosball Club, the official blog of which is located at http://philosophyfoosball.blogspot.com/. (And, yes, I hope one day to beat some students at foosball.)
Personal Data
Married to Carla (for 24 years); we have two sons, Brahm (20) and Thomas (17).College Faculty
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