Discipline of Philosophy
Ms S Ndlovu
| College of Human Sciences | |
|---|---|
| School of Humanities | |
| Department: Philosophy, Practical and Systematic Theology | |
| Junior Lecturer | |
| E-mail: | ndlovsp@unisa.ac.za |
Qualifications
- Master of Arts Philosophy University of the Western Cape (2021)
- Bachelor of Arts Honours Philosophy Cum Laude University of the Western Cape (2019)
Currently teaching
- Political Philosophy: PLS3705
Field of Specialisation
- African philosophy
- Philosophy of Artificial Intelligence
- Ethics
- Political Philosophy
Journal articles
- Ndlovu, S.P. (2023). Rethinking the Relationship between the Individual and the Community: Personhood as an Epistemological Question. Theoria A Journal of Social and Political Theory. https://www.berghahnjournals.com/view/journals/theoria/70/175/th7017504.xml
- Ndlovu, S. P. (2018). Personal identity: John Locke, the self and social relations. The Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship Journal 2018, 80-84. https://uraf.harvard.edu/files/uraf/files/pdf_of_mmuf_journal_2018.pdf
Paper presentations
Ndlovu S.P. (2023). A Philosophical Investigation into African Conceptions of personhood in the Fourth Industrial Revolution. University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
Ndlovu S.P (2023). African Personhood and Community: AI and Smart Cities a Threat or Savior? University of Cape Town, South Africa.
Ndlovu, S.P. (2022). Empirical Links Between Self and Social Structure: Personhood as Relationality. Complutense University of Madrid, Spain.
Ndlovu, S. P. (2022). Rethinking the relationship between the individual and communitarian values. Institute of Philosophy Maria Curie-Skłodowska University, Lublin.
Ndlovu, S. P. (2021). Universal rationality in a world of cultural and historical diversity. Institute of Philosophy Maria Curie-Skłodowska University, Lublin.
Ndlovu, S.P. (2021). A critical exploration of the ideas of person and community in traditional Zulu thought. 4th African Philosophy World Conference. Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Nigeria.
Ndlovu, S. P. (2020). Invisibility of women in the apartheid liberation: Re-imagining South Africa’s history. Robben Island Museum, South Africa.
Ndlovu, S. P. (2019). Menkiti Type Account of Personal Identity. Philosophical Society of Southern Africa Conference. University of Pretoria.
Ndlovu, S. P. (2018). Emmanuel Chukwudi Eze on universal reason and ordinary reason. Social Science Research Council Conference. Sandton.
Ndlovu, S. P. (2018). The Universalist versus the particularist debate on the existence of African epistemology. Emory University. Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
Professional positions, fellowships & awards
- Institute for Humanities in Africa (HUMA), 2021- 2022
- Center for Humanities Research Flagship Fellowship, 2018 - 2020
- Mellon Mays Fellowship, 2017 - 2018
Projects
- Registered for PhD at the University of Cape Town