Course Description

1) The Introduction of Research in Philosophy.
2) Reading Classical and Non-classical Works in Philosophy.
3) Understanding the background to the works of each author.
4) Detailed reading of the works of a major philosopher, such as Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, Hume, Russell, Kant, Marx, Husserl, Heideggar, Sarttre, Merleau-Ponty, Ricoeur, Gadamer, Wittgenstein, Whitehead, McTaggart, Ryle, Austine, Ayer, Quine, Davidson, Nagel, Strawson, Dummett, Putnam, Kripke, Rorty, Augustine, Amo, Bodunrin, Sodipo, Du Bois, Garvey, Oruka, Hountondji, C.L.R. James, Wiredu, Van Sertima, Diop, Mazurui, etc.

5) Writing a research paper under supervision of the lecturer for the course as the culmination of the work in the research course.

At the end of this course students should be able to:

xii) Identify issues in philosophy and/or themes in the works of a major philosophical figure;
xiii) Critically analyze the issues and/or theme of interest to him/herself;
xiv) Comment on the issues and/or theme and its validity and/or applicability to contemporary experience; and
xv) Show ability to carefully present research with proper documentation of sources

1) Two (2) extended essays of at least 2500 words each: One in Semester I … 20%
One in Semester II … 20%
2) Final Research Paper … … … … … … … … _60%
100%