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Browsing Theses and Dissertations (Philosophy) by Title
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Gama, Lindokuhle Bagezile
(University of Pretoria, 2023-10-23)
Blackwomxn exist in an unbearable social condition. They are more vulnerable to sexual and physical violence, femicide and child marriages. In many nations, they are not equal under the law evinced by differential property ...
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Smit, Stéfan Renier
(University of Pretoria, 2014)
This dissertation investigates the philosophical question of human freedom. Broadly
speaking, ‘freedom’ is one of the most exhaustively treated questions in Western intellectual
history, and also one of the most ...
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Tomoka, Grace
(University of Pretoria, 2012-08-01)
This project is a critical evaluation of the relevance of Hannah Arendt’s concept of freedom to African political thought. Freedom is one of the most perplexing aspects of human life, and to determine precisely what freedom ...
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Knauff, Fritz Theo
(University of Pretoria, 2016)
This dissertation aims to revitalise and revalue a currently disregarded conceptual field of tolerance, and explores the prospect of it - and its respective practice (toleration) - satisfying Nietzsche"s criteria of ...
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Maiyane, Karabo Samuel
(University of Pretoria, 2024-04)
One of the criticisms raised against using technologies powered with artificial intelligence (AI) is that some of their uses would undermine human dignity. This argument is prevalent in healthcare and military robotics, ...
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Mabaso, Bongani Andy
(University of Pretoria, 2020-08)
As increasingly intelligent and autonomous robots continue to proliferate into every area of modern life, there is no doubt that society has to think deeply about the potential impact, whether negative or positive, that ...
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Mulamula, Xitshembhiso Russel
(University of Pretoria, 2024-02-15)
This interdisciplinary study enriches academic discourse by merging corporate governance and AI ethics insights, offering a comprehensive perspective on the ethical issues surrounding AI development, deployment, and ...
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Van Berkel, David W.K.
(University of Pretoria, 2014)
This study is an application of the political theory of Michael Oakeshott aimed at
enhancing understanding of the South African state. Oakeshott posits that the modern
state is comprised of two separate modes of association, ...
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Pauwels, Matthias Frans André
(University of Pretoria, 2015)
This study aims to determine what is left of the philosophical belief in art’s
potential to bring about social emancipation and change early in the 21st
century. It does so by critically assessing one of the most elaborate, ...
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Kourie, Mark
(University of Pretoria, 2012)
This dissertation exposes the status of eros in the works of Levinas, Irigaray, and, Nancy. I begin by evaluating Levinas’s phenomenological analyses of eros in Time and the Other and Totality and Infinity. In order to ...
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Schoeman, Werner
(University of Pretoria, 2007-06-19)
Contemporary debates in ethics are characterised by opposing views that appear to be irreconcilable. Rational debates seem to be making no headway due to the fact that the incompatibilities of the different views seem to ...
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Barnard, David
(University of Pretoria, 2019)
A consideration of homophobia could encompass both an investigation into the individual psychology and group factors which play a role in the constitution of homophobia. Yet the link between individual-psychological ...
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Coombs, Wehan Murray
(University of Pretoria, 2016)
The notion of harmony between the philosophies of Plato and Aristotle is one of the most this modernity, e in Western philosophical exegesis. In nduringly controversial topicscontroversy has been blunted by twin assumptions; ...
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Benton, Paige
(University of Pretoria, 2018)
This dissertation offers a critical discussion of the prioritisation of ‘the right’ in John Rawls’s theory of justice. Rawls’s theory of justice – ‘justice as fairness’ – is arguably one of the best illustrations of the ...
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Scott, C.D.
(University of Pretoria, 2014)
This study sets out to reclaim the ontological epistemology of Saint Thomas Aquinas which serves as a unifier of knowledge in being, within the philosophical milieu of being’s forgottenness. Post-Humean and Kantian thought ...
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Spangenberg, Yolanda
(University of Pretoria, 2007)
This dissertation explores the problem regarding the objectification of language and the split between thought and poetry. The problem is examined from both a philosophical and a psychoanalytical perspective. The split ...
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Bothma, Rachel
(University of Pretoria, 2014)
Hierdie studie, wat handel oor die Griekse tragedieskrywers en die deugde-etiek, val in vier hoofdele uiteen. In die eerste plek (afdeling 2) begin dit met ’n bespreking van die werk van die drie belangrikste tragedieskrywers ...
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Mkrola, Bongekile
(University of Pretoria, 2023-11-03)
The food discourse is shaped by cultural norms and standards that dictate what foods are deemed valuable and acceptable. However, these standards are predominantly rooted in Eurocentric food culture making it the standard ...
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Thobakgale, Raphehli Michael
(University of Pretoria, 2012-11-05)
In this dissertation, the art of the short story as practised by S.N. Nkadimeng (Mmantshaotlogele) is investigated in accordance with the narratological descriptive model. According to this approach the literary work is ...
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Ingram, Riaan
(University of Pretoria, 2010-10-13)
Meister Eckhart understands that human beings are thrown into meaning, that we live out our lives in meaning and that the source of this meaning is beyond our understanding. We always have an understanding of the world in ...