Die ingeborenheid-hipotese van die TGG en Dooyeweerd se filosofie

Abstract

In this article certain presuppositions of the innateness hypothesis of the TGG are judged by comparing it to aspects from the philosophy of Dooyeweerd. It is indicated that: (i) the TGG as well as Dooyeweerd postulates a radical structural distinction between man and animal but on different grounds; (ii) the intertwined unity of human nature is not fully recognised by the TGG; (iii) the complementary role o f man and reality in determining the structure of knowledge is acknowledged by both the TGG and Dooyeweerd. On these grounds it is stated that the TGG can not uncritically be accommodated into Dooyeweerd's philosophical framework.