René van Woudenberg

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Education

 

23 May 1991

Ph.D. (cum laude) in philosophy. Supervisor: Prof. dr Nicholas Wolterstorff (Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA)

 

1977-1984

Study Philosophy and Literature & Linguistics, VU University, Amsterdam

 

1977

Diploma Atheneum B (De Populierschool, Den Haag)

 

 

Grants, Fellowships and Awards

 

September 2016

Templeton World Charity Foundation, mE 1,7 "The Epistemic Responsibilitie sof the University"

 

January 2013

Templeton World Charity Foundation, mE 2,4 “Science Beyond Scientism”

 

May 2010

NWO stipend for prof. David Widerker for work with him on free will and responsibility

 

June 2009

Pew Fellowship for work on Philosophy and Liturgy with Nicholas Wolterstorff and Terence Cuneo.

 

2007-2008

Plantinga Fellowship for a sabbatical at University of Notre Dame

 

2007

Elected as member of the Koninklijke Hollandse Maatschappij

der Wetenschappen.

 

2006

NWO Internationalization Grant `Knowledge, Belief, and Normativity` for work with Duncan Pritchard (Edinburgh) and Igor Douven (Louvain)

 

2004

Templeton Summer Fellowship for participation in seminar on “Nature in Belief” (with Jeff Schloss, Westmont and Alvin Plantinga, Notre Dame)

 

2001

Templeton Fellowship for a seminar on Evolutionary Psychology (with Phil Clayton, Claremont and Jeff Schloss, Westmont)

 

1999

Pew Fellowship for work with William P. Alston on Realism and Antirealism.

 

1992-1993

Fellowship Center for Philosophy of Religion at the University of Notre Dame (Indiana, USA), director: Alvin Plantinga.

 

1992-1997

Research Grant from the Royal Dutch Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW fellowship)

 

1991-1992

Grant for a book project from the Association for Calvinist Philosophy.

 

1989-1991

Research Grant Stipend from the Dutch Organization for Scientific Research (NWO).

 

1985-1989

Stipend VU University (BRO stipend)

 

 

Academic Positions

 

January 2013

Director of the Science Beyond Scientism Project

Director of the Abraham Kuyper Center for Science and the Big Questions

 

September 2008-December 2012

Dean of the Philosophy Department at VU University Amsterdam

 

August 2007-August 2008

Sabbatical at the University of Notre Dame

 

July 1, 2001

Tenured professor of philosophy for teaching and research in Epistemology and Ontology, VU University Amsterdam

 

1997

Tenured lecturer (UHD) in philosophy, VU University Amsterdam, Department of Philosophy.

 

1992-1997

Fellow Royal Dutch Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW), Amsterdam

 

1992-1993

Post-doctoral fellow University of Notre Dame

 

1991-1992

Post-doctoral position Catholic University Utrecht

 

1985-1991

Research assistant, Department of Philosophy, VU University Amsterdam