Masters Degrees (Philosophy)
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African metaphysics: recovery towards an alternative modernity?
(University of the Free State, 2021-03)In this thesis, it is argued that the age of modernity, which was initially a Western development, has not only found its way to the global stage and reached its climax, but that there now exists a dire need for an alternative ... -
Conceptual deep structures and the hermeneutics of Hans-Georg Gadamer
(University of the Free State, 2000-08)The purpose of this study is to explain the notion of conceptual deep structures as a philosophical construct and to investigate such structures in the hermeneutics of Hans- Georg Gadamer. Conceptual deep structures ... -
Key structures in philosophical discourse: a universal semantics of kernel phrases
(University of the Free State, 2013-02)English: Key theory, or Logosemantics, was formulated by Johann Visagie as part of a larger project known as Discourse Archaeology (DA) which is an interlocking set of sub-theories designed to investigate the structures, ... -
Attitudes of the elderly towards euthanasia: a cross-cultural study
(University of the Free State, 2004-12)The purpose of this study was to determine attitudes of the elderly towards euthanasia. The aims of this research study were achieved by gathering data from a number of elderly respondents aged 65 and older at several old ... -
Key structures in philosophical discourse : a universal semantics of kernel phrases
(University of the Free State, 2013-02-01)English: Key theory, or Logosemantics, was formulated by Johann Visagie as part of a larger project known as Discourse Archaeology (DA) which is an interlocking set of sub-theories designed to investigate the structures, ... -
Discursive deep structure and philosophy of mind: a critique of Patricia Churchland's neurophilosophy
(University of the Free State, 2006)Patricia Churchland is a professor at the University of California and is a philosopher and cognitive scientist with special knowledge of the neurosciences. Neuroscience in her opinion is relevant to solving the problems ... -
The meeting of film and philosophy: a 'deep-structure' perspective
(University of the Free State, 2011)Over the past two decades the field of ‘philosophy of film’ has become increasingly concerned with the self-reflective question of what constitutes the relationship between film and philosophy itself. This study proposes ... -
Cartesianism and reformed scholastic theology: a comparative study of the controversy between Christoph Wittich and Petrus van Mastricht
(University of the Free State, 2013-07)English: The significance of the dispute between the two 17th century Dutch Reformed Scholastics, Christoph Wittich and Petrus van Mastricht, within the theological and philosophical context of Post-Reformation ...