Browsing Masters Degrees (Philosophy) by Title
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"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 ... -
Can we be particularists about environmental ethics? : assessing the theory of moral particularism and its practical application in applied environmental ethics.
(2008)Moral judgments have tended to be made through the application of certain moral principles and it seems we think we need principles in order to make sound moral judgments. However, the theory of moral particularism, as put ... -
A critical examination of J.-P. Sartre's concept of freedom in the light of the relationship between en-soi and pour-soi.
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Deconstituting transition : law and justice in post-apartheid South Africa.
(2000)The aim of this study is to suggest, by selective example, a form of jurisprudence which relates to and may have a salutary effect upon law and justice in post-apartheid South Africa. I describe three ways in which South ... -
Defence of the primary quality view of colour.
(2001)The aim of this thesis is to defend what is known as the primary quality view of colour. It will do this by arguing that this view better meets our conceptual schema than either of its rivals the subjectivist view or the ... -
Defending Rawls on the self: a response to the communitarian critique.
(2005)This thesis aims at defending John Rawls from the communitarian critique by Michael Sandel and Alasdair Maclntyre. The main focus of the thesis is to investigate how cogent their criticism of Rawls's conception of the ... -
Development and preliminary application of an instrument to detect partial dissociation of emotional mental state knowledge and non-emotional mental state knowledge.
(2010)Theory of mind is the ability to have mental states about mental states. Among theories concerning the structure and role of theory of mind is the view that theory of mind is the cognitive component of empathy. It is ... -
Distributed cognition in interpersonal dialogue.
(2003)The study of cognition has suggested different views of what a system needs to perform computations. A strong computationalist approach aims at producing and preserving true statements through syntactic recombinations of ... -
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 ... -
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. ... -
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 ... -
Embodied minds: a critical response to McMahan on personal identity.
(2009)No abstract available. -
Environmental ethics : the adequacy and applicability of extensionist approaches.
(2001)No abstract available. -
Ethical correlates of Indian metaphysics with special emphasis on Samkhya, Advaita and Visistadvaita.
(1988)The work undertakes an examination of Indian metaphysical theories and their relationship to ethical ideas and moral conduct, as these operate in Indian thought. Special account is taken of the samkhya, advaita and ... -
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. ...