Browsing by Subject "philosophy"
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Do many South Africans still believe today in the supernatural, bad magic, witchcraft, witches and evil demons?
(WordPress, 2016)Aims:The aim of the study is to determine if a significant number of South Africans believe in the supernatural. Method: The exploratory and descriptive method was used to research the belief system regarding the supernatural, ... -
Existential attitudes and eastern european adolescents' problem and health behaviors: highlighting the role of the search for meaning in life
(Springer Verlag, 2012)Although most of the attention paid to existential aspects of human life has focused on adults and the elderly, several recent arguments have been made for the centrality of existential issues in adolescents' lives (Burrow ... -
Hoe om die geskiedenis van die filosofie weer te gee: 'n verkenning van wysgerige historiografiese probleme en metodes
(Suid-Afrikaanse Akademie vir Wetenskap en Kuns, 2013)To design an appropriate methodology to study the approximate 2500years of Western philosophy, inclusive of many individual philosophers, constitutes a quite daunting challenge. Nevertheless, it is of vital importance that ... -
Mereological concepts for modelling parthood relations between אלהים and natural phenomena in the Hebrew Bible
(AOSIS, 2016)In the Hebrew Bible, some texts represent what we would call ‘natural’ phenomena as being in some way related to entities classed to be אלהים in some sense of the Hebrew term; that is, God, gods, divine, deity, etc. ... -
Onderweg na 'n Christelik-filosofiese analise van evolusie en evolusionisme: Die bydrae van 'n konsekwent probleem-historiese metode
(Suid-Afrikaanse Akademie vir Wetenskap en Kuns, 2016)This article intends to gain more clarity about the philosophical presuppositions underlying evolutionary theories and evolutionism as a worldview. In the light of the wide confusion and disagreement among Christians and ... -
Qohelet and the nature of morality: a meta-ethical framework for future research
(Institute for Afro-Hellenic studies, 2016)The book of Ecclesiastes (here 'Qohelet'), like many other books of the Hebrew Bible, is often discussed with reference to its supposed 'ethics'. Within biblical scholarship, such research is often characterized by a ... -
Revolusie of reformasie? Die moontlike betekenis van Guillaume Groen van Prinsterer (1801-1876) se besinning daaroor vir vandag
(Suid-Afrikaanse Akademie vir Wetenskap en Kuns, 2017)A new global spirit of radical, revolutionary change is characterizing our contemporary world. It is, for instance, evident in revolutionary wars against oppressive dictatorial governments, the attacks the world over by ...