Egbert Schuurman

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Egbert Schuurman (1937- ) is a professor of philosophy in the Netherlands, whose teaching is most concerned with exploring and developing Reformational philosophy and its organized expression, the Association for Reformational Philosophy [1]. He studied under Hendrik Van Riessen. Schuurman has three related appointments to External Professorial Chairs, an arrangement with the Dutch government, at the technical state universities of Delft, Eindhoven, and Wageningen (the latter in large part devoted to agriculture), He is also a member of the First Chamber of the Dutch Parliament[2], serving currently as the Caucus Chairman for the ChristenUnie (Christians United)[3] party caucus.

He has published numerous books in both Dutch and English in his specialty of the philosophy of technology; by which he means, consistent with Dutch and French conventions, to mean the "science of techniques", as distinguished from what English speakers often refer to as "technology," which French and Dutch speakers would refer to as "technique". Among his works are the following titles, some in Dutch and some in English:

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Techniek en Toekomst. Confrontatie met wijsgerige beschouwingen (dissertatie, 1972) [Technique and the Future: Confrontation between philosophical concerns (dissertation, 1972)]

Evolutie en geloof (1977) [Evolution and Faith]
Reflections on the technological society (1978)
Modern technology in a christian-philosophical perspective (1979)
Techniek: middel of Moloch? (1980) [Technique: Means or Moloch?]
Technology and the future (1980)
Christenen in Babel (1983) [Christians in Babylon]
Tussen technische overmacht en menselijke onmacht. Verantwoordelijkheid in een technische maatschappij (1985) [Between technical supremacy and human impotence. Responsibility in a technical society]
Crisis in de Landbouw (1987) [Crisis in Agriculture]
Het Technische Paradijs (1989) [The Technical Paradise]
Filosofie van de Technische Wetenschappen (1990) [Philosophy of the Technical Sciences]
Reformatorische cultuurkritiek (1993) [Reformational Culture-Criticism]
Geloven in wetenschap en techniek-hoop voor de toekomst (1998) [Belief in science and techniek - our hope for the future?]
Faith and Hope in Technology (2003)
Deliverance from the Technical World Pictures (2004)