CPHM Executive Committe

Rudi Hayward, Chair
Steve Bishop, Webmaster and Website Proprietor
Paul Robinson, University Student Representative
Albert Gedraitis, Work-Community Advisor

As of Saturday, 12 March, there are a total of 8-9 members.

The purpose of the CPHM is:

(1) help editors of the Vollenhoven Newsletter which has seen only one issue so far;

(2) publicise the publication of four new books on Vollenhoven and CPHM anticipated in 2005;

(3) networking and running a table at the Reformational Philosophy Ethics Conference, Hoeven, the Netherlands, 15-18 July 2005;

(4) utilisation of talents of non-ExecCom CPHM workgroup members; and

(5) preparation for formal launch of first CPHM-sponsored study group.


Presocratics Study Group
On-line start-up planned for  1st October 2005

Language of participation: English
Original language: Presocratic Greek

Resources

Textbook
The Presocratic Philosophers by Kirk, Raven and  Schofield (Cambridge: CUP, 1983) (2nd edn)     amazon.co uk    amazon.com     abebooks      campusi

This is a bilingual edition in Presocratic Greek for students to pick out  words and phrases from the original Presocratic textual fragments.

Digital font

Students should have the True Type font PSIonic (it's free, get it here, try it out, and report any compatiblity problems in your computer can't use it). This font will be handy for using Presocratic Greek words and phrases in emails to the study group.

Online access to:

• Wolters article on Vollenhoven's Problem-Historical Method
• Runner's translation of Vollenhoven's History of Philosophy, Vol I (The Presocratics) forthcoming
• Wikipedia links:  Vollenhoven, Wolters, Runner

Four new books due to be published

John H Kok (ed.).  A Vollenhoven Reader, Dordt College Press.

D.H.Th. Vollenhoven. The Problem-Historical Method and the History of Philosophy, ed. Kornelis Bril. Dordt College Press, early 2005.

Kornelis Bril.  Vollenhoven's Problem-Historical Method: Introduction and Explorations, Dordt College Press, early 2005.

 D.H.Th. Vollenhoven. Isogoge Philosophia/Introduction to  Philosophy--A Parallel Dutch/English text, Dordt College Press, late 2005.

For further information on the CPHM Workgroup please contact
cphm.exec at gmail.com