Cornelius Van Til
Cornelius Van Til | |
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| Born | May 3, 1895 |
| Died | April 17, 1987 (aged 91) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Philosophical work | |
| Era | Modern philosophy |
| Region | Western philosophy |
| School | Calvinism, presuppositionalism, Christian philosophy, new hermeneutic |
| Main interests | Epistemology, Christian apologetics, philosophy of religion, systematic theology |
| Notable ideas | Transcendental argument |
| Ecclesiastical career | |
| Religion | Christianity (Protestant) |
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Cornelius Van Til (May 3, 1895 – April 17, 1987) was a Dutch-American Reformed theologian, who is credited as being the originator of modern presuppositional apologetics. Van Til and his work heavily influenced Christian reconstructionist theologians like Greg Bahnsen and R.J. Rushdoony.
He graduated from Calvin College and received his PhD from Princeton University, where he taught before co-founding and teaching at Westminster Theological Seminary until his retirement.