Philosophy Project Topics and Materials (Page 3)

A CRITIQUE ON PIAGETIAN  THEORIES OF COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT   TABLE OF CONTENTS   TITLE……………………………………………………………...i    CERTIFICATION………………………………………………..ii DEDICATION ………………………………………….………..iii... Continue Reading

JUST STATE IN PLATO (A CRITICAL EXPOSITION) CHAPTER ONE BACK GROUND OF THE STUDY.  1.1 S tatement of the Problem The inability of man to satisfy his limitless needs arising from his self-insufficiency drives him to seek the service of others in the society. Hence, the origin of the state is traceable to the fact that man naturally is a social... Continue Reading

CHAPTER ONE GENERAL INTRODUCTION 1.1            STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM Today in Nigeria, leadership in all facets of our life - government, industry, education, church and what have you - has come to be the hub of the country’s problem. Chinua Achebe summarized... Continue Reading

CHAPTER ONE THE BACKGROUND TO THE PHILOSOPHY OF DETRIBALISM 1.1            Tribalism And Nigerian Political Development   Ever since the marriage between the Northern and Southern Nigeria became a reality, Nigerians have made several attempts to... Continue Reading

THE IMPLICATION OF DAVID HUME’S PHILOSOPHY OF IMPRESSIONS AND IDEAS   CHAPTER ONE 1.0     Introduction Are we not often at times shocked by the discovery that what we thought was certain is later proved dubious and false? If this be a regular occurrence, is it not the case that we may become suspicious of all claims to certainty? But then,... 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

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

THE EGO AND THE ID IN SIGMUND FREUD: A PHILOSOPHICAL EXAMINATION CHAPTER ONE GENERAL INTRODUCTION In the anal of history, quest for meaning as a quest for knowledge   has remained an existential fact in every human endeavour. Hence, it propelled man’s meaning-attaching trait which satisfies his concept of existence. Philosophy as it were has... Continue Reading

CHAPTER ONE 1.0            GENERAL INTRODUCTION The problem of good and evil in the world of ours has become questionable. Good and evil without doubt have constituted lots of discomfort, havoc and other problems in human life. Consequently, so many... Continue Reading

CHAPTER ONE 1.0     GENERAL INTRODUCTION It is undeniably clear that coming across any written work with this kind of topic stirs up numerous varied notions in people’s minds. The views of an Igbo man who comes across this topic is bound to be different from that of a European.... Continue Reading

CHAPTER ONE   GENERAL IDEA OF A SOCIAL CONTRACT The social contract theory, nearly as old as philosophy itself, is the view that person’s moral or political obligations are dependent upon a contract or agreement between them to form a society.1 On the mention of the term contract, then,... Continue Reading

CHAPTER ONE 1.1 . GENERAL INTRODUCTION With the Becconian dictum ‘knowledge is power”, scientist have gone the extra mile on how to improve the environmental condition and then revamp the quality of human life. Now, we witness a great and extraordinary progress in... Continue Reading

CHAPTER ONE   GENERAL INTRODUCTION     1.1       INTRODUCTION   Aristotle in the commencement of his “Metaphysics” wrote: “pantes anthropoi tou eidenai oregontai phuse”[1] (all men by nature desire to know). This existential passion or desire is quite innate and... Continue Reading

GENERAL INTRODUCTION Man by nature it has been said is an insatiable being. He is never satisfied and fulfilled within any particular state. He wants always to move beyond his present condition and consequently realize himself in the... Continue Reading

CHAPTER ONE 1.0            THE GENERAL NOTION OF FREEDOM The concept of freedom is an analogous one, predicated in different ways to beings of very different types. The various forms of attribution depend, to a certain extent, not by defining the same specific content, but by indicating... Continue Reading

PLATONIC-ARISTOTELIAN NOTION OF MAN [A Comparative Analysis] CHAPTER ONE EXPLICATION OF TERMS   1.1     The concept “Man” Man by his very nature is an inquisitive being. The innate desire, says Aristotle, is both for pragmatic motives and for the sake of knowing. Man wants to know and conquer the realities around him and beyond him. But... Continue Reading

  CHAPTER ONE 1.0 GENERAL INTRODUCTION Since time immemorial, people have held the view that men are superior to women. This vision of male supremacy is clearly reflected in all traditional families and societies to an extent that even women were made to accept that they are inferior nature. Over... Continue Reading

Table of Contents CHAPTER ONE 1.1 General Introduction. … … … 1.2 Statement of Problem. … … 1.3 Purpose of Study. … … … 1.4 Scope of Study. … … 1.5 Methodology. … … … 1.6 Division of Work. … … CHAPTER TWO 2.1 Rousseau on Social Contract.... Continue Reading

(A Dialectical Inquiry)   TABLE OF CONTENT Title page………………………………………………………………………. Certification…………………………………………………………………….... Continue Reading

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A CRITIQUE OF THE MORAL AND RELIGIOUS NIHILISM IN THE PHILOSOPHY OF FREIDRICH NIETZSCHE   TABLE OF CONTENT TITLE PAGE       …      …      …      …      …      …      …      …      i CERTIFICATION         …      …      …      …      …     ... Continue Reading

CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF HEGELIAN IDEALISM AND ITS  IMPLICATIONS FOR THE INDIVIDUAL HUMAN PERSON TABLE OF CONTENT TITLE PAGE                       ..          ..          ..          ..          ..          ..          ..          i... Continue Reading

THE BINDING FORCE OF CONSCIENCE IN  ST. THOMAS AQUINAS         TABLE OF CONTENTS Title …    …    …    …     …    …    …    …    …    …    …     …   …     … ... Continue Reading

CHAPTER ONE 1.1  Self: An Existential Approach. Existentialism is better seen as a style of philosophizing rather than a philosophy. Thus, the existentialists have some patterns of thought following their existential traits. Hence, they deny that reality can be neatly packaged in concept or presented as... Continue Reading