Howard D. Roelofs

Howard Dykema Roelofs (7 April 1893 – 12 August 1974) was an American philosopher.

Career

Roelofs was born in Grand Rapids, Michigan. He was educated at Amherst College from 1911 to 1913 and at the University of Michigan where he obtained his BA in 1915 and MA in 1916. He earned his PhD in philosophy from Harvard University in 1925; his dissertation was on "The Nature and Function of Authority". He held these positions until his retirement in 1960. In 1949, he received an honorary LHD degree from Ripon College. Roelefs was an Aristotelian realist which he combined with Cartesian dualism. He was an opponent of materialism and pragmatism. His son Howard Mark Roelofs was professor emeritus of New York University.

Roelofs was a Christian was a member of the Guild of Scholars of the Episcopal Church. He died at his home Arden Farm, in East Aurora, New York.

Selected publications

Theology in Theory and Practice (1951) A Case for Dualism and Interactionism (1955)