Descartes Foundationalism: An Answer to the Skeptics’ or A Way Out?

The phenomenon of knowledge is a fundamental issue in epistemology as a main branch of philosophy concerned with knowledge related problems. Over time, epistemologists attempted to give us or provide clues as to what reality actually is, that is the question of the certainty of knowledge has always been topical in any epistemic enterprise. The search for knowledge becomes more cumbersome when one considers the challenge of the skeptics and sophists about the ability of man knowing anything for certain. To some philosophers, the emergence of the skeptics’ challenge is seen as an attempt to bring this noble enterprise into a quagmire. However, the introduction of Descartes foundationalism opens a new chapter and a serious challenge to the skeptics' position on the certainty of knowledge. Consequently, many have asked the question: is Descartes foundationalism merely an answer to the skeptic's challenge or a way forward for epistemology? This paper examines this question with a view to asserting a position regarding the issue, which is that it is both a response and a way forward for epistemology

Management of Stress: From the Perspectives of the Natural Theory Philosophers

The phenomenon of stress among humans, has become a disturbing one and a source of worry and sorrow for millions of people all over the world. This, in most cases, has resulted in deaths, strokes and paralysis, and if these occur with individuals that are bread winners in families, the consequences could be devastating as members of such families who are dependent on the bread winners would be put into untold hardship which could result in further stress related problems. One important cause of this phenomenon is poor management of stress and the lack of a suitable stress management strategy. This paper examines this phenomenon and argues that the natural theorist approach could be therapeutic. The method adopted is expository and content analysis

THE NIGER DELTA PHENOMENON FROM THE PERSPECTIVES OF SARTRE’S EXISTENTIALISM AND SOCIAL POSITIVISM

To some, existentialism and positivism in bipolar thinking, are dichotomies, others view them as related concepts in philosophy. It is a considered view of this paper that these two schools of thought are related, complementary and have a relationship that is useful in conflict resolution. This assertion is examined in this analysis vis-à-vis the Niger Delta, is the trust of this paper

Going Back To the Stream: An Existential and Integrative Imperative

“Going back to the stream” is a coined term from an expression “KENWERE É KOTSE YAN KOBUE KETSE” gotten from the Boki heuristic beliefs system.   It connotes an existential command that injects consciousness in an individual and a guiding device in conflict resolution, and is integrative since it embraces a wide spectrum of issues and meanings in African philosophy.  In this paper we would look at this term with a view to exposing it as an existential and integrative tool for explaining Jean Paul Sartre’s existentialism and also for resolving human problems.   Keywords: Boki, Sartre, Existentialism, Conflict Resolution,Iintegrative

Authentic living and resource control in Africa: the experience of the Niger delta region of Nigeria

ABSTRACT The people of the Niger Delta have been in turmoil over the years, since the discovery of oil in that area in 1956. And since the indigenous government took over the oil rich land through its foreign agents the multinational companies, there has been serious agitations by the civil right and environmental activists against this occupation that has caused untold hardship to the people through the degradation of the environment in terms of oil spillages and pollution. Consequently, the non-challant posture of the Nigerian federal government over this situation had driven most people into inauthentic existence, hence the issue of militancy in the region arose from here. This paper examines these issues while submitting that authentic living as an existential imperative could be a solution to the lingering crisis in the Niger Delta, and the thrust of this paper is that Jean Paul Sartre's existentialism becomes the panacea to authentic existence