Hendrik van der Breggen

Ph.D.

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Hendrik van der Breggen

Assistant Professor of Philosophy

Education

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"

M.A. (Philosophy), University of Windsor, 1994
Concentration areas: Informal Logic & Critical Thinking
Thesis: "Hume, Miracle Reports, and Credibility"

B.A. (Philosophy), University of Calgary, 1990

Contact Information

Teaching Fields

Courses:

Introduction to Philosophy
Critical Thinking
History of Philosophy
Ethics
Philosophy of Religion
Worldview Studies
Philosophy of Science 


Publications

Journal articles/reviews:

"Review of The God Delusion by Richard Dawkins," Journal of the International Society of Christian Apologetics, Volume 3, Number 1 (2010): 119-122.

"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 in The Carillon (a southeastern Manitoba newspaper). This column also appears on the Internet: Click here.

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 (Burlington, ON: Crown Publications, 1988).


Professional Associations And Roles

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 an interest in Providence College's Philosophy Foosball Club, the official blog of which is located here.  (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 (18). 


College Faculty

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