Postgraduate Students

Jane Anderson

Year: D. Litt et Phil (1st year)

Supervisor: Alex Broadbent

Thesis topic: The Unconscious basis of selfhood - the Freudian Unconscious and the brainstem

Research interests: Philosophy of Mind, The Self, Personal Identity, Neuroscience, The Psychodynamic (Freudian) self

Previous studies: BA Psychology and Philosophy (Rhodes), Psychology Honours (UKZN), Philosophy Masters (UKZN)

Munamato Chemhuru

Year: D. Litt et Phil (3rd year)

Supervisor: T. Metz

Thesis topic: The Import of African Ontology for Environmental Ethics.

Research interests: Environmental Ethics, African Philosophy and

Political Philosophy

Previous studies: M.A (Philosophy) U.Z., B.A. Hons (Philosophy)

U.Z., B.A Gen (Philosophy & Geography) U.Z.

Yolandi Coetser

Year: D. Litt et Phil (1st year)

Supervisor: Prof HPP Lotter

Thesis Topic: Redefining Human/Animal Relationships - A new animal ethics

Research interests: Ethics, Applied Ethics, Animal Cognition, Environmental Philosophy, Political Philosophy.

Previous studies: BA Journalism (UJ), BA Philosophy Hons (UJ), MA Philosophy (UJ)

Thabang Dladla

Year: Coursework MA (1st year)

Thesis topic: Fanon and the Question of Liberation.

Research Interests: Philosophy of Liberation, Decolonial Thinking, Social and Political Philosophy, African Political Philosophy

Previous studies: BA Politics, Philosophy and Economics, BA (Hons) Philosophy

Zinhle Mncube

Year: Research MA (2nd year)

Supervisor: Prof Alex Broadbent

Thesis topic: A Philosophical Study of Heritability

Research interests: General philosophy of science, philosophy of biology, philosophy of race

Previous studies: BA Journalism (UJ); BA (Hons) Philosophy, cum laude (UJ)

Devon Petersen

Year: Research MA (2nd year)

Supervisor: Professor Catherine Botha.
Thesis topic: The Perception of Dance: Considering Phenomenology and Neuroscience.
Research interests: Philosophy of Art, Aesthetics and Philosophy of Mind.
Previous studies: BA Humanities (UJ), BA Hons Philosophy (UJ)

David Scholtz

Year: Research MA (2nd year)

Supervisor: Thad Metz

Dissertation topic: A Study of Allison and Guyer on Kant's Transcendental Idealism

Research interests: Epistemology, history of philosophy (especially phenomenology and German idealism), metaphysics

Previous studies: BA Politics, Philosophy and Economics (UJ) and BA Hons Philosophy cum laude (UJ)