» 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 exp…Continue Reading »
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» 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 children reflects different learning …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 ser…Continue Reading »
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» ABSTRACT J.S Mbiti contended that Africans perceive time composition of events which must be lived through. He contended further, that one can from such ontology, arrive at the understanding of African philosophical concepts. This essay attempted a critical examination of Mbiti's view on Africans' c…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…Continue Reading »
» CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY Philosophers such as Hegel, Fichte and Schelling development of metaphysical idealism were take n to be a great fault by Jacob Friedrich Fries. Fries opinion was that philosophical trend ought to have continued in the Kantian tradition. His s…Continue Reading »
» CHAPTER ONE 1.0 INTRODUCTION The prevalence nature of micro organisms caused the human body to develop a natural defense system against the adverse effects of these organisms (Pick et al, 2008). A complex network of specialized cells, glands, organs, specialized proteins and molecular messen…Continue Reading »
» CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION Robert Nozick (1938 2002) was an 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 …Continue Reading »
» CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY Soren Kierkegaard is regarded as the father of contemporary existentialism. Existentialism, according to J. I. Omoregbe (39) deals “with concrete existence as opposed to essence”. This means, for the existentialists, existence precede…Continue Reading »
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» CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY Soren Kierkegaard is regarded as the father of contemporary existentialism. Existentialism, according to J. I. Omoregbe (39) deals “with concrete existence as opposed to essence.” This means, for the existentialists, existence precede…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…Continue Reading »
» CHAPTER ONE 1.1 INTRODUCTION/BACKGROUND OF STUDY Falsification as a principle or theory which holds that for any hypothesis to be cognitively significant, true or scientific it must be inherently disprovable by experience before it can be accepted as a scientific hypothesis or theory. This principle…Continue Reading »
» GENERAL INTRODUCTION There are various and at times conflicting opinions on the role which Western culture played and is still playing in moulding the ethical structure of the present contemporary Yoruba society. This is a two sided sword which could be dually interpreted and the interpretation m…Continue Reading »
» Philosophical Evaluation Of Charles De Montesquieu’s Theory Of Separation Of Powers Vis A Vis The Practice Of Delegation Of Authority ABSTRACT The theory of separation of powers, according to Charles De Montesquieu, is founded on the desire for political liberty for the citizens in a state. Fo…Continue Reading »
» ABSTRACT Social and political Philosophy has been saddled with the problem of the relationship between the individual and the state. This research focuses on the Gandhian concept of the individual and the state using the method of analysis. baskets Asics Pre Galaxy Gandhi is of the view that…Continue Reading »
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» TABLE OF CONTENTS Title Page i Approval Page ii Certification iii Acknowledgements iv Dedication v Table of Contents vi Abstract ix CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background of Study 1 1.2 Statement of Problem 4 1.3 Purpose of Study 6 1.4 Scope of Stud…Continue Reading »
» 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 focused on the way Marx conceived alienation, …Continue Reading »
» 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 c…Continue Reading »
