PHILOSOPHY PROJECT TOPICS

Kant’s Criticism Of Metaphysics Review Of Its Implication For Metaphysics In Igbo Thought ABSTRACT Metaphysics can be defined as that branch of philosophy that studies reality in its most comprehensive scope and fundamental principles. Air Max 2015 Zwart Wit Goedkoop It is…

MACHIAVELLISM IN OBASANJO’S POLITICAL DISPENSATION: A PHILOSOPHICAL EVALUATION Abstract Machiavelli is one of the political philosophers who contributed immensely in the discourse of governance in our contemporary society. In The Prince he says that “he who builds on people builds…

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…

THE QUEST FOR POLITICAL POWER THROUGH VIOLENCE 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…

FRIENDSHIP OF UNEQUALS IN ARISTOTLE’S NICHOMACHEAN ETHICS VIS-A-VIS GODFATHERISM IN NIGERIAN POLITICS CHAPTER ONE GENERAL INTRODUCTION Since inception of the current administration in Nigeria in 1999, a major political problem that has plagued the country and has become a socio-political…

THE MORAL DECADENCE IN NIETZSCHE’S PHILOSOPHICAL WRITINGS. CHAPTER ONE THE NOTION OF MORALITY 1.1     The Exact Definition of Morality In making moral choices, the morality of one’s actions does not depend entirely on the sincerity of the intention or the…

JUSTICE AND ITS PRIMACY IN THE POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY OF ARISTOTLE GENERAL INTRODUCTION The problem of the origin and harmonious organization of the state has been an age long problem for philosophers. They have varied opinions as regards the solution to…

THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE ALIENATION OF LABOUR IN KARL MARX  (It’s Implications to the Condition of the Nigerian Workers) 1.0 INTRODUCTION The 17th century philosophy, the enlightenment period, is significant for so many reasons. Not only did it witness the emergence…

A PHILOSOPHICAL APPRAISAL ON THE IGBO TRADITIONAL SYSTEM OF CHILD UPBRINGING, VIS-À-VIS THE CONTEMPORARY SYSTEM 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…

A PHILOSOPHICAL EXAMINATION OF THE NIGERIAN RELIGIOUS EXPERIENCE IN THE LIGHT OF ANDRE GODIN’S IDEAS CHAPTER ONE 1.0     INTRODUCTION Majority of the humans in the world are born into one religion or the other.[1]The environment in which we live is…

MACHIAVELLIANISM AND DEMOCRACY. (NIGERIA AS A CASE STUDY) CHAPTER ONE GENERAL INTRODUCTION 1.1  Introduction Machiavelli has gained the world popularity because of the way he conceived and understood politics. Today “Machiavellism” is used to describe a political situation characterized by tyranny, despotism,…

A PHILOSOPHICAL APPRAISAL OF JOSEPH FLETCHER’S NEW MORALITY CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.0      STATEMENT OF PROBLEM The problem to be treated is about moral decision-making. How is one to act when faced with a moral decisive situation? Life presents us with…

FRIENDSHIP IN ARISTOTLE VIS-À-VIS MODERN DAY CONCEPTION OF FRIENDSHIP 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…

THE 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…

A CRITIQUE OF POPPER’S STRATEGY FOR THE GROWTH OF SCIENCE CHAPTER ONE 1.0  TOWARDS ESTABLISHING THE BACKGROUND OF   POPPERIAN PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE. 1.1 CAN FACTS CONSTITUTE THETERMINUS A QUO OF    SCIENCE? (THE PROBLEM OF INDUCTION)    It is one of the fundamental canons…

PANACEA TO NIGERIAN PREDICAMENTS IN THE LIGHT OF SOREN KIERKEGAARD’S AUTHENTIC EXISTENCE CHAPTER ONE PROBLEM AND BACKGROUND  1.1 PURPOSE OF THE STUDY It was Martin Heidegger in his Being and Time, who changed the course of study laid down by his predecessors…

A CRITIQUE OF DETERMINISM IN THE LIGHT OF IMMANUEL KANT CHAPTER ONE GENERAL INTRODUCTION AND THE CLARIFICATION OF TERMS Human beings live in a world that is laden with many possibilities. As a being with the capacity to choose between…

PSYCHOLOGY OF GENIUS IN ARTHUR SCHOPENHAUER CHAPTER ONE 1.0       GENERAL INTRODUCTION 1.1     INTRODUCTION In the evolutionary system, advancement in the human world was as a result of the urge to satisfy the immediate needs of man and even more. Every…