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UCT RESEARCH REPORT 2012
Ancestral Whisperings: Choreographed by L. Wilson and
presented at Jomba! 14
th
Contemporary Dance Experience.
Elizabeth Sneddon Theatre. Durban. 29 August - 9
September 2012.
Roots Infinity: Choreographed by L. Wilson for the annual
UCT School of Dance production Dance UCT 2012:
Unknown Spaces. Baxter Concert Hall. Rosebank, Cape
Town. 8 - 10 November 2012.
Blood, Sweat & Tears: A collaborative contemporary dance
work co-choreographed by L. Wilson and K. Johnstone for
the annual UCT School of Dance production Dance UCT
2012: Unknown Spaces. Baxter Concert Hall. Rosebank,
Cape Town. 8 - 10 November 2012.
Movement Choirs: Site-specific movement compositions
co-directed by L. Wilson and M. Nyamza and performed
by first year students of the UCT School of Dance for
Dance UCT 2012: [Un]known Spaces. Baxter Theatre Foyer.
Rosebank, Cape Town. 8 - 10 November 2012.
Department of Philosophy
Research Report 2012
Head of Department: Professor David Benatar
Departmental Profile
The Department of Philosophy is established in the Faculty
of Humanities. The Department focuses on analytical
philosophy, offering courses in the Philosophy of Mind,
Moral and Political Philosophy, Philosophy of Language,
Epistemology, Logic, Aesthetics, Applied Ethics, Philosophy
of Science and Critical Thinking.
Departmental Statistics
Permanent and long-term contract staff
Professors
2
Senior lecturers
3
Lecturers
1
Administrative staff
2
Visiting lecturers
2
Total
10
Students
Doctoral
6
Master’s
11
Honours (course enrolments)
26
Undergraduate
2552
Total
2595
Research Fields and Staff
Permanent staff
Professor David Benatar
Moral philosophy; applied ethics; social philosophy
Dr Greg Fried
Aesthetics; philosophy of mathematics
Dr Elisa Galgut
Aesthetics; philosophy of literature; philosophy of
psychology; philosophy of psychoanalysis
Dr Jack Ritchie
Philosophy of science, naturalism, analytic metaphysics
Dr Jeremy Wanderer (leave of absence from
July 2012)
Epistemology; philosophy of mind; philosophy of language
Professor Bernhard Weiss
Realism and anti-realism; philosophies of language, logic
and mathematics; early analytical philosophy
Visiting Lecturers
Dr Laurence Bloom
Ancient Philosophy, Kant, History of Metaphysics, and
Ethical and Political Philosophy
Contact Details
Postal address: Department of Philosophy, University of
Cape Town, Private Bag X3, Rondebosch, 7701
Telephone: +27 21 650 3316
Fax: +27 21 650 5203
E-mail: philosophy@uct.ac.za
Web: http://www.philosophy.uct.ac.za
Research output
Authored books
Benatar, D. 2012. The Second Sexism. Malden US: Wiley-
Blackwell Publishing, Inc. 304pp. ISBN 9780470674512.
Articles in Peer-reviewed Journals
Benatar, D. 2012. Every conceivable harm: a further defence
of anti-natalism. South African Journal of Philosophy, 31(1):
128-164.
Benatar, D. 2012. How does anybody live in this strange
place? A reply to Samantha Vice. South African Journal of
Philosophy, 31(4): 619-631.