International Journal of Philosophy

Volume 2, Issue 1, February 2014

  • Nature of Human Existence in Kierkegaard’s Ethical Philosophy: A Step towards Self-Valuation and Transformation in Our Contemporary World

    Valentine Ehichioya Obinyan

    Issue: Volume 2, Issue 1, February 2014
    Pages: 1-14
    Received: 7 February 2014
    Accepted: 8 April 2014
    Published: 10 April 2014
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    Abstract: Man as an existent in the world, is an individual substance of a rational nature hence in his becomingness, his unique self-conscious actions are imperatives of what he becomes. Thus to take subjectivity from human nature and reduce it to abstract objectivity and systemization as Hegel did, is to relegate to a background the importance, uniqueness ... Show More
  • Is there Still a Role for Rationality in Human Affairs

    Samiul Parvez Ahmed, Mohammed Tanvir Zubair Ahmed

    Issue: Volume 2, Issue 1, February 2014
    Pages: 15-20
    Received: 26 March 2014
    Accepted: 9 April 2014
    Published: 20 April 2014
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    Abstract: In social science, the wider epistemological debates regarding polarizing perspectives of rationality (explanation through deterministic approach) and interpretive understanding (understanding through non-physical human mind) in explaining or making sense of lifeworld or social system have been critically examined in this paper. In doing so, this a... Show More