Most Relevant Philosophy Project Topics and Materials (Page 4)

ABSTRACT Hart’s The Concept of Law (1961) argues for a complex legal positivism which finds the source of legal authority in the acceptance by a community of a system of rules which is grounded in a fundamental rule of recognition that determines what is to be included among the legal rules. This sought to offer an alternative explanation to the... Continue Reading

ABSTRACT Marxism has for more than two centuries been identified not only as a philosophy that tend to promote change among men but an ideology of social consciousness that warms the soup of hope for the common masses, most especially the working people.... Continue Reading

MARXISM AS A HUMANISM : AN EXPOSE ABSTRACT Humanism is any outlook or way of life centred on human need and interest. It is a rational outlook or system of thought attaching prime importance to human (well-being) rather than divine or supernatural matters. It is also a philosophy that usually rejects supernaturalism and stresses on individuals... Continue Reading

ABSTRACT Various dimensions have been the anchor point to the understanding of humanism. Hence, we can think of violence or non-violence. African philosophers like Frantz Fanon, Nelson Mandela and others are proponents of this philosophy. In contemporary time, various violent... Continue Reading

CHAPTER ONE GENERAL INTRODUCTION 1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY From time immemorial, the fundamental question of whether life ends at death has been a major pre-occupation for both philosophers and religious thinkers., although different quarters of intellectual opinion have acknowledged the inevitability of death... Continue Reading

GENERAL INTRODUCTION INTRODUCTION In the history of philosophy, it is believed that the ultimate end of man is happiness and the only way that leads to (through which one achieves) such goal is by living a moral or virtuous life. Living a virtuous life implies exhibiting and behaving morally right. Consequently, man employs laws of which its... Continue Reading

ABSTRACT         This work takes a critical look at the term “Feminist epistemology” as well as their evaluation of the “epistemic terms”         Feminist who are trying arguing that the quest for knowledge, which epistemology is centred on, should not be male oriented only, but that the female gender should be given an... Continue Reading

ABSTRACT Cultural diversity is increasingly becoming an inevitable feature of most modern states. This is because trade, tourism, international dialogue amongst scholars, scientists and artists and the movement of skilled labour as well as migration have ensured that few countries do not contain within them significant numbers of peoples from... Continue Reading

ABSTRACT George Edward Moore, in his quest to establish a direct realist account of cognition and to refute skepticism and absolute idealism, which is a brand of metaphysical monism, argued that at least some of our beliefs about the world are absolutely certain. Moore argues that these beliefs are ‘commonsense’. All the arguments put forth by... Continue Reading

ABSTRACT There is no doubt that there is an urgent need to imagine another world in the face of the fall outs of the current world order. The urgency of this need for ‘another world’ or ‘a world in which all worlds fit’ is the primary motivation for this research. In line with this motivation, this work is aimed at examining the concept of... Continue Reading

ABSTRACT Rousseau’s ideas of law and civil state are his efforts to improve the government processes in France during the 18th century enlightenment era. The situation of France at this time was not palatable as there were social injustices and inequalities which characterized the state of nature on ground. Among the three social classes that... Continue Reading

TABLE OF CONTENTS Title Page Certification Dedication  Acknowledgements  Table of contents  CHAPTER ONE  INTRODUCTION  Background of the study  The statement of the problem  Purpose of the study  Significance of the study  Scope of the study  Methodology  Literature... Continue Reading

ABSTRACT I intend 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 creatures. We shall also answer the question as: has reason any influence or party to play in morality? Or put simply, is reason necessarily required for man to be moral?... Continue Reading

TABLE CONTENTS Title Page---------ii Certification---------iii Dedication---------iv Acknowledgement--------v Table of Content--------vi Abstract---------vii CHAPTR ONE General Introduction------1 1.1Statement of Problem------1 1.2Clarification of Terms------2... Continue Reading

OSU IN A CONTEMPORARY IGBO SOCIETY: A CHRISTIAN THEOLOGICAL EVALUATION  TABLE OF CONTENTS  Title Page --------- i Certification --------- ii Dedication --------- iii Acknowledgements -------- iv Table of Contents -------- v Abstract --------- vii CHAPTER ONE Background of the Study------ 1 Introduction -------- 1 Aims and Objectives ------- 1... Continue Reading

THE ROLE OF RELIGION IN THE POLITICS OF DELTA STATE  CHAPTERIZATION  Title Page --------- ii Certification -------- iii Dedication ---------iv Acknowledgements -------v Chapterization --------vii Abstract ---------x CHAPTER ONE: Introduction  General Introduction ------1 Background to the Study-----2 Aims and Objectives of the Study----3... Continue Reading

ABSTRACT  Medical health practice is one of religious practice in African Tradition. It is a means of securing the lives of the individuals. Among all communities in Africa, life is regarded as sacred. Each individual’s life is seen as a gift... Continue Reading

ABSTRACT This essay is a critical study of Ludwig Wittgenstein Language theory. Before we give a through explanation of the entire “essay,” an introduction is being made where the language is going to be linked to philosophy, and not just philosophy, but how also it concerns the linguistic... Continue Reading

ABSTRACT Religion can serve as a strong tool in fostering development in any country, but when not properly managed it can also mar same. In this case, the negative effect comes when   man fails to assert himself existentially but depends absolutely on religion to do everything for him. More often than not, he resorts to seeking for spiritual... Continue Reading

ABSTRACT Globalization and economic development in Nigeria is one of the results of colonialism. It widens the gap between the rich and the poor; hence it is force of inequality which enslave the African nations and it economy. Globalization is not a course in totality but it is relative on the impact it has for each economy, whether developed or... Continue Reading

A CRITIQUE OF DAVID HUME’S EMPIRICISM CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1. BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY The search for knowledge that is both absolute and certain has been continuous. However, since at least the time of Aristotle, there has been a strong epistemological tradition based mainly on human experience, which is not directed towards the... Continue Reading

THE ROLE OF SEX HORMONES  During childhood, the capacity of sexual response and the experience of sexual pleasure as well as the potential for orgasm exists at least in a proportion of children whether this apparently variable potential among childrenreflects different learning experiences during childhood, different opportunities for realizing... Continue Reading

THEORETICAL FRAME WORK USES AND GRATIFICATION THEORY:  (Lazaisfeld and Stanbon (1944) Uses and gratification theory has provided a frame work for examining the satisfaction of needs and interests through different forms of communications media (Kartz, Blumler and Gvievitch, 1974). If two media serve similar needs then they can act as functional... Continue Reading

INTRODUCTION BACKGROUND  OF THE STUDY Aesthetics is a subset of philosophy that looks at the nature of art and our experience of it. It appeared in the course of the eighteen century in Europe and advanced in England as philosophers grouped together such fields as poetry, sculpture, music, and dance. They classified all the arts into one category... Continue Reading

CHAPTER ONE 1.1    INTRODUCTION Robert Nozick (1938-2002) was American philosopher, best known for his rigorous defense of libertarianism in his first major work,  Anarchy, State,   and Utopia  (1974). During his high school and college years, Nozick was a member of the student new left and an enthusiastic socialist. At Columbia, he helped... Continue Reading