D. F. M. Strauss

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D. F. M. Strauss is a well-known philosopher, and the world's leading expert on the theory of modal aspects modal-scale theory, one of the core features of the thought of Dutch philosopher, Herman Dooyeweerd, and the entire worldwide movement for Reformational philosophy.

Danie, to use this scholar's nickname, studied under an adherent of Dooyeweerd's philosophy, Henk Van Riessen and attended some lectures of Dooyeweerd's brother-in-law, D. H. Th. Vollenhoven, professor of philosophy at the Free University in Amsterdam. Since that time Strauss has written voluminously in both Afrikaans and English on numerous contemporary philosophical themes.

Professor Strauss teaches at the University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, Republic of South Africa. He served for two-and-a-half years at the Dooyeweerd Centre at Redeemer University College, Ancaster, Ontario, Canada; he maintains a strong relation with the Centre and serves as General Editor of the Collected Works of Herman Dooyeweerd, published by the Edwin Mellen Press (Lewiston, N.Y.).