External Profile
Degrees Held
- PhD, University of KwaZulu-Natal, 2020
- UPGDE, University of KwaZulu-Natal, 2004
- MA, University of Natal Durban, 2002
- BA (Hons), University of Durban-Westville, 1995
Research Interests
- Philosophical Counselling
- Philosophical Practice
- Philosophy as a way of life
Teaching Interests
- Aesthetics
- Critical Thinking
- Death
- Environmental Philosophy
- Existentialism
- Formal Logic
- Moral Psychology
- Practical and Applied Philosophy
- Philosophy of Mind
Selected Publication
Journal Articles
Chapters in the Book
Journal Articles
- Sivil, R., Swer, G. & Govender, N. 2024. “The Authoritarian Character Revisited: Genesis and Key Concepts”, in Symposium 11(2): 213-238
- Sivil, R. 2023. “Philosophical Counselling: Some Methodological Concerns”, in Philosophical Practice 18(1): 3054 – 3063.
- Sivil, R. & Clare, J. 2018. “Towards a Taxonomy of Philosophical Counselling”, in South African Journal of Philosophy 37(2): 131-142.
- Clare, J. & Sivil, R. 2014. “Philosophical Counselling, Professionalization and Professionalism: A South African Perspective”, in International Journal of Applied Philosophy 28(2): 311-324
- Clare, J. & Sivil, R. 2014. “Autonomy Lost: the Bureaucratization of Higher Education”, in South African Journal of Higher Education. 28 (1)
- Sivil, R. 2010. “Epimelia Heautou as Philosophical Counselling”, in South African Journal of Philosophy 29(2): 140-155
- Sivil, R. 2009. “Understanding Philosophical Counselling”, in South African Journal of Philosophy 28(2): 199-209
- Sivil, R & Yurkivska, O. 2009. “University on the Market: commitments, discourse, values and discontent”, in Journal of Education, Number 46.
- R. 2008. “Why we need a new ethic for the environment”, in Cultural Heritage and Contemporary Change, Series II, Africa, 7
Chapters in the Book
- Sivil, R. 2024. “Ubuntu: An Afro-communitarian approach to philosophical counselling and health” pp131 – 143. in de Miradna (ed) Philosophical Health: Thinking as a Way of Healing, Bloomsbury Academic. London
Student Supervision
Honours
Masters
Honours
- Ayanda Mazibuko (2021) “Can science answer moral questions: a critical assessment of Sam Harris’ argument”
- Akira Lakhan (2022) “Exploring the Relevance of Foucault’s Panopticonism in the Digital Age”
- Robyn Pietersen (2020) “Capitalism, 3rd wave agendas and the New diversity trope: Is the representation of black female aesthetics a black feminist, liberatory triumph or simply the progression of gendered commodification?”
- Liam Hurley (2016) “Heidegger’s Authenticity: A Philosophical Way of Being?”
Masters
- Banele Shoba (2024 – in progress) “Ubuntu’s contribution to the problem of National Identity”
- Nathisvaran Govender (2020 – 2022) “The Authoritarian Character: Revisited” (co-supervisor Prof Greg Swer)