Phila Msimang is a Lecturer in Philosophy at Stellenbosch University and a PhD candidate in Philosophy at Macquarie University. He is a founding member and the secretary of the Azanian Philosophical Society. He is presently engaged in projects looking at the use of race in the sciences and the problem of race in society more generally. His research interests are in the philosophy of race and minimal cognition with a focus on the metaphysics of race and degrees of intelligence in simple organisms.