Date: 18 March
Time: 9:30 to 14:40 
Venue: HB 20-14

They will be attending the Post-graduate Philosophy Association's (PPA) annual conference at the University of Kwazulu-Natal this weekend (20-21 March 2010). In order to present quality papers, they are staging a practice session this Thursday where any feedback from the audience may be used constructively. You are not obliged to attend the entire event and may leave after any session. Comments or questions during the alloted discussion times are encouraged. We look forward to seeing you there.

9h30-9h55 Perspectives on the notion of Enlightenment in advaita vedAnta.
Lukas Nowak

9h55-10h05 Discussion

10h10-10h35 Talking to the Wall: a relationship between the self and social networking.
Rudi van Rensburg

10h35-10h45 Discussion

10h50-11h15 Mirror, Mirror on the wall: a critique of Rorty through metaphor.
Stephan de Jager

11h15-11h25 Discussion

11h30-11h55 A critique of Scientific Relativism.
Grace Tomoka

11h55-12h05 Discussion

12h10-13h15 LUNCH BREAK

13h20-13h45 The feminine construct in Gulliver’s Travels.
Lilia Angelova

13h45-13h55 Discussion

14h00-14h25 The experience of Art.
Cristina Torralbas-Florez

14h25-14h35 Discussion

For their abstracts click here.

For enquiries, contact the administrators; Lukas Nowak, Mark Kourie, Pite Raubenheimer or Stefan Smit on: [email protected]


[1] “The safest general characterization of the European philosophical tradition is that it consists of a series of footnotes to Plato.”
Alfred North Whitehead, Process and Reality

*The group holds weekly meetings where these topics are discussed and elaborated upon. Apart from the frequent smaller informal discussions by post-graduate students on topics of particular interest to them, Footnotes organises meetings in which more topical, controversial and hopefully fun discussions take place. Other events, such as the screening of philosophical films, are also organised by Footnotes. If you are a student of philosophy, or just have a general interest in philosophy, you are welcome to join our group and the discussions that it facilitates. Philosophy is first and foremost a discursive matter, so join us in bringing philosophy to life by participating in the discussions.