The Stellenbosch Department of Philosophy is one of the foremost in Africa and offers an excellent education from undergraduate to PhD level. Our staff are all internationally recognised researchers with expertise in a wide range of fields, including moral philosophy, philosophy of science, philosophy of mind and cognition, metaphysics, philosophy of language, African philosophy, phenomenology, political philosophy, feminist theory, critical legal theory and critical social theory. We also have a renowned Centre for Applied Ethics, with research units devoted to bioethics, business ethics, environmental ethics, and social and political ethics. For more information on specific programmes or initiatives, please click on the links below.
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Can you really do more than what duty requires?
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Accepting low moral standards that we can easily exceed has caused a great deal ...A Philosophers' Manifesto: Will Kymlicka on Membership Rights for Animals
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A Philosophers’ Manifesto: Ideas and Arguments to Change the World. The cause ...BIG READ: Why we should not let Mother Nature run its course
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Traditional conservationists say we should let nature be free, but if we truly c...Reflections on AI: Q&A with Manuel García Herranz
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AI, Manuel Garcia Herranz, TUM, IEAI, Speaker Series, Reflections on AI, Ethics,...Is this the best of all possible worlds?
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Leibniz’s claim that God created the optimal world fails to explain the intrac...