Masters Degrees (Philosophy)
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Ubuntu and modernity in Africa: a critical examination of Ubuntu and its challenges in modern philosophical discourses.
(2020)The debate between Bernard Matolino and Wenceslaus Kwindingwi’s ‘The end of ubuntu’ and Thaddeus Metz’s ‘Just the beginning for ubuntu [..]’ has been a major force to be reckoned with and a serious bone of ... -
Evo-existentialism: facing death.
(2021)Mortality awareness is a uniquely human phenomenon that the existentialists believed science was unable to explain. However, excluding the topic from scientific enquiry doesn’t make as much sense as it previously did. ... -
Inconsistencies in the adjudication of rights: an examination of three South African Constitutional Court decisions.
(2020)The Republic of South Africa has a constitution that is often lauded as among the best in the world. This can be attributed, at least partly, to the fact that at the heart of it lies transformative constitutionalism, which ... -
Masculinity and men’s reproductive health rights in the MCSA: a case of the Amadodana.
(2019)Masculinity and men’s sexual reproductive health rights have been a critical issue worldwide and particularly in Africa, especially in recent years. The health status of people is mostly affected because of their gender ... -
Early generation selection of bread wheat (triticum aestivum L.) genotypes for drought tolerance.
(2018)Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) is the third most important cereal crop after rice and maize globally. Dryland wheat production in South Africa is challenged by recurrent drought leading to low profitability for farmers. ... -
Rethinking communitarianism and personhood: a critical review of the metaphysical and moral commitments.
(2017)exists the notion in African philosophy that to be regarded as a person, an individual needs to be morally excellent, and the way to secure this moral excellence is through maintaining good relations with others, meaning ... -
The effects of citizen journalism on the ethics of journalism : the case of the Marikana Massacre and the #FeesMustFall movement.
(2019)Citizen journalism has for many years, been conceived as a new phenomenon of the twenty-first century, whereas, it has been around long before this period. Due to the creation of the internet and the readiness and accessibility ... -
How should biblically-based homophobic/hate speech be treated in South Africa, legally and socially?
(2019)In a country like South Africa where 80% of the population is Christian, many of them quite conservative, and where homophobia is common, it seems likely (given the common biblically-based belief that homosexuality is a ... -
Modal realism and acquaintance.
(2016)All propositions intelligible to us, whether or not they primarily concern things only known to us by description, are composed wholly of constituents with which we are acquainted, for a constituent with which we are not ... -
The influence of Christian values in post-1996 South Africa : a philosophical perspective.
(2017)One of the many attractions of South Africa post-1996 is its apparent ability to allow the coexistence of both religious and non-religious values in society. Among the many religions in South Africa, Christianity has always ... -
Rethinking the concept of race's conundrums in African philosophy.
(2015)The pattern of discourse in the history of African philosophy resulted from historic events such as slavery, colonialism, race and racism. Historically therefore, the concept of race played a significant part in the existence ... -
Drawing as thinking : an enquiry into the act of drawing as embodied extension of mind.
(2013)This thesis opposes the theory of ‘drawing as expression’ - the idea that a drawing is nothing but a post hoc exteriorisation of a prior mental process. A counter-hypothesis is investigated instead - that the physical ... -
"Aristotle's eudaimonia in Aquinas' moral philosophy : a critical study."
(2015)This thesis intends to explore the argument among scholars as to whether Aquinas merely Christianises (baptises) Aristotle’s concept of eudemonia in his moral philosophy or whether he substantially develops and transforms ... -
The re-invigoration of Pan-Africanism : a critique of Kwame Anthony Appiah's In my father's house.
(2014)Abstract not available.
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