Greg Bahnsen
Gregory Lyle Bahnsen | |
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| Born | September 17, 1948 Auburn, Washington, U.S. |
| Died | December 11, 1995 (aged 47) |
| Children | David Bahnsen |
| Education | |
| Education | Westmont College (BA) Westminster Theological Seminary (MDiv, ThM) University of Southern California (PhD) |
| Thesis | A conditional resolution of the apparent paradox of self-deception (1978) |
| Doctoral advisor | Gordon H. Clark |
| Philosophical work | |
| Era | 20th-century philosophy |
| Region | Western philosophy |
| School | Presuppositionalism, Christian philosophy |
| Notable ideas | Presuppositional apologetics, postmillennialism, theonomy |
Greg Bahnsen (/ˈbɑːnsən/; September 17, 1948 – December 11, 1995) was an American Calvinist philosopher and Christian apologist. He was a minister in the Orthodox Presbyterian Church and a full-time Scholar in Residence for the Southern California Center for Christian Studies (SCCCS). He is also considered a contributor to the field of Christian apologetics, as he popularized the presuppositional method of Cornelius Van Til. He is the father of David Bahnsen, an American portfolio manager, author, and television commentator.