TABLE OF CONTENT Title page Certification Dedication Acknowledgement Table of content Abstract CHAPTER ONE GENERAL INTRODUCTION BACKGROUND OF STUDY 1.1 statement of problem 1.2 aims of study 1.3 limitations of study 1.4 scope of study 1.5 research methodology 1.6 clarification of... Continue Reading
CHAPTER ONE. INTRODUCTION. BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY. As an area of study, intergroup relations appears to be one of the recent themes in African historiography.1 Intergroup relations has been rationalised by behavioural scientists like M. Sherif and C. W. Sherif,... Continue Reading
AN EVALUATION OF KARL MARX’S IDEA OF CAPITALISM ABSTRACT The history of man shows that people came together at a point in time to form society. The reason for this is for human beings to have a peaceful co-existence, society therefore is a human creation. How can a society be adjudged as just? These are question yearning for answers and a great... Continue Reading
ABSRACT John Dewey is an American philosopher, an educator, social reformer, psychologist and a pragmatist who knew the importance of Education and the role it plays in the society. In John Dewey’s philosophy of education, he criticised the... Continue Reading
A CRITIQUE OF DAVID HUME’S EMPIRICISM ABSTRACT One of the never ending processes in life is the process of knowledge acquisition which to the lay man may not constitute any problem as regards how it is acquired. But to philosophers, from time past this has constituted serious debacles. However, in philosophy, it has become the special concern of... Continue Reading
A CRITICAL EVALUATION OF ARISTOTLE’S CONCEPTION OF CAUSALITY ABSTRACT Causality has been variously defined, and even given an empirical understanding. Causality is derived from the term “cause which means anything capable of changing something else or that which “produces something (makes something happen; bring about the occurrence of... Continue Reading
ABSTRACT The problem that C.A.C as a religious organization faces today is Division, schisms and dissensions. A Greek philosopher once said, let no one when young delay to study philosophy nor when he is old grow weary of this study for no one can come too early or... Continue Reading
ABSTRACT This study is intended to examine the high scale and increasing frequency of violence witnessed in Nigeria today. As a study in ethics, it is mainly concerned with examining how peoples of Nigeria evaluate the rightness and wrongness of violence. It will further determine if there are... Continue Reading
AN ASSESSMENT OF THE MARXIST DOCTRINE OF ALIENATION AND IT’S RELEVANCE TO THE NIGERIAN SOCIETY ABSTRACT One of the fundamental issues of most socio-political debate in recent years is ALIENATION, which means “estrangement”. This essay will elucidate the doctrine of alienation in its origin until the era of Karl Marx. Much attention will be... Continue Reading
THEISM AND THE PROBLEM OF EVIL: A CRITICAL STUDY ABSTRACT The presence of evil in a world said to be created by a “Being” who is not only omnipotent, omniscience and perfectly good is problematic. It is a problem that has perturbed man for ages and coupled with various natural disaster still make the concept problematic one. How can there be a... Continue Reading
CHAPTER ONE 1.1 INTRODUCTION There seems to be universal law of preservation and conservation in nature. Rock, seas, minerals, plants, animals and man; all endure because of this universal law of nature. For instance,... Continue Reading
HANNAH ARDENT ON VIOLENCE VIS-À-VIS THE QUEST FOR POLITICAL POWER THROUGH VIOLENCE IN NIGERIA CHAPTER ONE GENERAL INTRODUCTION 1.1 STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM While trying to echo Max Weber’s definition of state, C.W Mills categorically defined politics as a struggle for power and the ultimate form of power is violence.[1] This... Continue Reading
ABSTRACT Euthanasia can be defined as well or good death which was intentionally done in order to relieve pain or suffering. This project work is expository, scholars have written in favour of the practice of euthanasia, there are also arguments against euthanasia. Discussions on... Continue Reading
ABSTRACT I intended to expose the indepth meaning of reason and morality. Using man as the major point on this discussion, due to the higher rational faculty he possess over other creature. We shall also answer the question as: has reason any influence or part to play in... Continue Reading
Abstract According to Taiwo (1980:75), for sense of national unity , a country where people are different races, and each race tries to emphasize its own importance and there are social or tribal... Continue Reading
CHAPTER ONE VIEWS OF PHILOSOPHERS THROUGH THE AGES Perhaps what has become so dominant in the affairs and the nature of man, almost exclusively, is the need to be treated well. What seemed as latent but constantly boiling in every individual of all ages is a quest to get a fair... Continue Reading
ABSTRACT This study focuses on the principle of verification as A.J. Ayer posited it. Ayer had said that the meaning of a statement is the method of its verification. The study starts by researching into the Biography of Ayer and thus uncovering the factors that shaped Ayer.... Continue Reading
” ABSTRACT This work is an appraisal based on Edmund Gettier’s problem with the traditional account of knowledge which states that the basic conditions of knowledge is justification, truth and belief (JTB). This definition of knowledge is credited to Plato in... Continue Reading
CHAPTER ONE 1.0 GENERAL INTRODUCTION Quite a number of things are fanciful to human being; wealth, prestige, power, good health and host of others. However, all these things make more meaning only when shared with others. Therefore,... Continue Reading
T HE NOTION OF THE HUMAN PERSON IN KIERKEGAARD VIS-À-VIS AFRICAN INDIVIDUAL CHAPTER ONE 1.0 INTRODUCTION There are diverse understanding of the concept of the human person among thinkers and philosophers. In this regard, Arthur C. Danto affirms that “Neither in common usage, nor in philosophy has there been a univocal... Continue Reading
ABSTRACT The main aim of the research is to determine if the difference in belief is the major cause of church division, the study made use of primary data from the information obtained from the distribution of research questionnaire. The... Continue Reading
CHAPTER ONE 1.1 BACKGROUND OF HEGEL’S POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY. 1.1.1 . HISTORICAL SURVEY Every individual is a child of his time. It is not easy for one to escape the influence of his epoch or contemporary world. Hegel himself is not innocent of this. His historical judgments and... Continue Reading
ABSTRACT This work studies the discourse of political philosophy of Thomas Hobbes who committed Himself to the task of tracing the origin of the state. As a political entity in 1651 in his book titled ‘Leviathan’ This was necessitated by the fact in the 17th century; Europe experience a... Continue Reading