PS Dreyer: Bakens op die pad van die wetenskap

PS Dreyer: Beacons on the path of scienceProfessor PS Dreyer is an academic who has shovsm insight and vision into several problems of the human sciences since 1951. He has identified problems, but also contributed solutions to them. In this respect his philosophy on causality and freedom is of utmost importance. The same applies to his investigations into the relationship history-Christianity as well as the unity of sciences and how the concepts scientific, unscientic and nonscientific are related to one another. His contribution to the understanding of Greek philosophy should be of significance for time to come. Two milestones could be distinguished: Dreyer's particular solution to the problem of the criterion on truth, viz meaningfulness and his notionof the knowledge of values in ethics by valuation in contradistinction to knowledge through feeling, reason and will

Risk tolerance: A perspective on entrepreneurship education

The field of entrepreneurship in South Africa has certain uniquealthough limiting characteristics, including an unconvincing enablingenvironment, a weak entrepreneurial culture and an emergent, andtherefore limited, body of knowledge surrounding the topic ofentrepreneurship. Consequently, entrepreneurship in South Africadoes not hold a strong position in terms of entrepreneurial activityand, in fact, is generally approached with a degree of scepticism. Atthe same time, Maas & Herrington in the Global EntrepreneurshipMonitor (GEM) (Maas & Herrington 2006: 12) indicate categoricallythat an increase in entrepreneurial activity is highly dependent oneffective entrepreneurship education. This study confirmed the factthat education per se may increase the current Total EntrepreneurialActivity rate of 5.29% in South Africa, as compared with 14.8% inother developing countries. An aspect of entrepreneurship that is currently not adequately addressed in entrepreneurship education and training literature is that of risk tolerance and risk-taking of the entrepreneur. Debate on whether entrepreneurs exhibit higher risk tolerance than othermanagers and full-time employed individuals is ongoing andraises the question of whether risk tolerance should be included inentrepreneurship curricula. This study seeks to elaborate on thisdebate