Hendrik G. Stoker
Hendrik G. Stoker | |
|---|---|
| Born | Hendrik Gerhardus Stoker 4 April 1899 |
| Died | 16 May 1993 (aged 94) Potchefstroom, South Africa |
| Occupations | |
| Spouse |
Miriam Francoise du Plessis
(m. 1925) |
| Children | 4 |
| Awards | President's Decoration for Distinguished Service, 1987 |
| Academic background | |
| Education | |
| Thesis | Das Gewissen: Erscheinungsformen und Theorien (English: Nature and the forms of conscience) (1925) |
| Doctoral advisor | Max Scheler |
| Influences | Herman Bavinck |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Philosophy |
| School or tradition | Reformational philosophy |
| Institutions | Potchefstroom University for Christian Higher Education Rand Afrikaans University |
| Doctoral students | Johan Heyns |
| Notable works | Wysbegeerte van die skeppingsidee |
| Influenced | Cornelius Van Til |
Hendrik G. Stoker (1899–1993) was a South African Neo-Calvinist philosopher in the Afrikaner Calvinist tradition, academic, Afrikaner nationalist and supporter of Apartheid, known during his lifetime for the development of the "Philosophy of the creation-idea".