TRANSCENDENTAL NATURALISM IS SUPERNATURALISM IN DISGUISE: A RESPONSE TO COLIN MCGINN Christian Nnabuike Onoja Department of Philosophy, University of Nigeria, Nsukka Email: christian.onoja@unn.edu.ng Abstract In this paper, an attempt shall be made to outline some arguments that render Colin McGinn’s transcendental naturalism as a solution to the problem of consciousness untenable. McGinn argues that naturalism of […]

CREATIVITY AND THE SUPERNATURAL IN THE COSTUME OF AKAKUM PERFORMANCE OF NTO USOH PEOPLE IN AKWA IBOM STATE Stephen Umoh ¹ Sandra Ekpo 2 Department of Performing Arts, Akwa Ibom State University 1 & 2 Corresponding Email: stephenumoh001@gmail.com 1 Abstract The controversy over indigenous creativity and the context of spirituality in indigenous masquerades has led to many people, especially the […]

DEMOCRACY AND BENEVOLENT DICTATORSHIP GOVERNANCE SYSTEMS: WHICH SHOULD NIGERIA ADOPT? By Christopher Nyong Ekong  Department of Economics, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Uyo, Nigeria Email: chrisnekong@gmail.com Abstract Democracy has been majorly orchestrated as the best governance system in the world. It has been described as a governance system which ensures freedom, equality and democratic […]

HISTORICISING AFRICAN AMERICAN LITERATURE IN OCTAVIA BUTLER’S KINDRED AND FLEDGLING By Imoh Abang Emenyi & Aniebiet Ibanga Enoidem Department of English and Literary Studies University of Uyo, Nigeria Abstract The people of African descent in the United States have a traumatic history, which this work sets out to interrogate through Octavia Butler’s Kindred and Fledgling. It […]

GODFATHERISM IN NIGERIAN POLITICS AND THE IDEALS OF MERITOCRACY FOR NATION BULIDING By Barnabas Ekiegini  Izegede Department of Philosophy University of Delta, Agbor, Nigeria Abstract Politics in Nigeria over the years have suffered from meritocracy especially at the level of appointments due to personal interest and other forms of affiliations.  This paper will therefore examine […]

THEOLOGY OF CREATION AND DEVELOPMENT: RELIGIOUS INSIGHTS ON ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION By Cyprian Obiora Alokwu Department of Religion and Human Relations Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Nigeria Abstract  The connection between religious viewpoints and environmental preservation has grown in importance in the current discourse on sustainability. Numerous theological traditions, which place a strong emphasis on stewardship, ecological harmony, […]

A CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF HUME’S NOTION OF POLYGAMY By Jeremiah Chukwu Ogugua Department of Educational Foundations Federal College of Educatuion Technical, Omoku, Rivers State, Nigeria Bernard Nnamdi Elechi Department of Philosophy University of Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria Uche Samuel Anusiem Department of Educational Foundations Alvan Ikoku Federal University of Educations, Owerri, Nigeria Abstract Polygamy is a form of […]

AN APPRAISAL OF KWASI WIREDU’S PHILOSOPHY OF CULTURE By Elijah Okon John & Samuel Eno Inyang Department of Philosophy University of Uyo, Nigeria Abstract This  study critically analyzed Kwasi Wiredu’s philosophy of culture, for its uniqueness in dealing with the interplay between tradition and modernization. Wiredu stresses that it is important to critically analyze traditional African cultural […]

HEIDEGGARIAN INTERSUBJECTIVITY AS A FRAMEWORK FOR CONFLICT RESOLUTION IN THE NIGER DELTA By Icomewell  Ukpong Joseph Department of Philosophy University of Lagos, Nigeria AbstractPrompting this work is the crisis in the Niger Delta part of Nigeria which is seemingly unabated and unnecessarily prolonged. It is on this basis that the work embarks on the analysis […]