Cornelius Van Til

Cornelius Van Til
Born	(1895-05-03)May 3, 1895 Grootegast, Groningen, Netherlands
Died	April 17, 1987(1987-04-17) (aged 91) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Era	Modern philosophy 20th-century philosophy
Region	Western philosophy American philosophy Dutch philosophy
School	Calvinism, presuppositionalism, Christian philosophy, new hermeneutic
Main interests	Epistemology, Christian apologetics, philosophy of religion, systematic theology
Notable ideas	Transcendental argument

Cornelius Van Til (May 3, 1895 – April 17, 1987) was a Dutch-American Reformed theologian, who is credited as being the originator of modern presuppositional apologetics.

A graduate of Calvin College, Van Til later received his PhD from Princeton University. After teaching at Princeton, he went on to help found Westminster Theological Seminary where he taught until his retirement.

Van Til and his work heavily influenced Reconstructionist theologians like Greg Bahnsen and R.J. Rushdoony.