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Introduction To Epistemology

Author: Adekunle Ibrahim

School: National Open University of Nigeria

Department: Arts and Humanities

Course Code: PHL203

Topics: Epistemology, History of Epistemology, Trends in Epistemology, Human Existence, knowledge, Conditions of Knowledge, Knowledge Situation, Types of Knowledge, Sources of Knowledge, Problems of Knowledge, Epistemological Theories, Rationalism, Empiricism, Constructivism, Pragmatism, Major theories of Truth, Notion of Truth, Types of Truth, Skepticism, beliefs, Arguments for skepticism, Arguments against Skepticism, Value of Skepticism, psychology, metaphysics, logic, Evolutionary Epistemology, Genetic Epistemology, Feminist Epistemology, Humanizing Epistemology, Social Epistemology, Naturalizing Epistemology, Integrative Epistemology, Empirical knowledge, Rational knowledge, Intuitive knowledge, Revealed knowledge, Authoritative knowledge, Perception, Memory, Abstraction

Epistemology

Author: Nicholas Rescher

School: National Open University of Nigeria

Department: Arts and Humanities

Course Code: PHL203

Topics: Epistemology, modes of knowledge, fallibilism, truth estimation, preface paradox, Dialllus, Skepticism, certainty, certainty of logic, certainty of life, pragmatic inconsistency, skepticism, risk, rationality, cognitive risk, economic dimension, Epistemic Justification, Plausibility, Presumption, probability, Foundationalism, Coherentism, rational inquiry, cyclic systemization, Coherentist Criteriology, Cognitive Relativism, Contexualism, cognitive progress, scientific progress, Law of Logarithmic Returns, Natural Science Complexification, Imperfectability of Knowledge, pragmatic completeness, predictive completeness, temporal finality, ignorance, Insolubilia, Limits of Knowledge, erotetic incapacity, cognitive incapacity, identifying insolubillia, Cognitive Realism, existence, cognitive dynamics

The Theory of Socialism and Capitalism

Author: Hans-Hermann Hoppe

School: National Open University of Nigeria

Department: Arts and Humanities

Course Code: PHL202

Topics: Socialism Theory, Capitalism Theory, property, contract, aggression, socialism Russian style, Socialism Social-democratic Style, conservatism socialism, social engineering socialism, capitalist production, problem of monopoly, problem of public goods

Socialism

Author: Michael Newman

School: National Open University of Nigeria

Department: Arts and Humanities

Course Code: PHL202

Topics: Socialism, Cuban communism, Swedish social democracy, Socialist traditions, Socialism today, socialism tomorrow

Political Ideologies An Introduction

Author: Andrew Heywood

School: National Open University of Nigeria

Department: Arts and Humanities

Course Code: PHL202

Topics: Political Ideologies, liberalism, conservatism, socialism, anarchism, nationalism, fascism, populism, ecologism, multiculturalism, fundamentalism, individualism, freedom, reason, justice, toleration, classical liberalism, modern liberalism, liberal democracy, tradition, human imperfection, organic society, hierarchy, authority, property, Libertarian conservatism, authoritarian conservatism, paternalistic conservatism, Christian democracy, community, cooperation, equality, class politics, common ownership, communism, social democracy, anti-statism, natural order, anti-clericalism, economic freedom, Collectivist anarchism, Individualist anarchism, Liberal nationalism, Conservative nationalism, Expansionist nationalism, Anti-colonial postcolonial, postcolonial nationalism, Anti-rationalism, leadership, elitism, Ultranationalism, Patriarchy, Traditional feminist theories, Systems thinking, Environmental ethics, Reformist ecology, Ecosocialism, Eco-anarchism, Ecofeminism, deep ecology, Liberal multiculturalism, Pluralist multiculturalism, Cosmopolitan multiculturalism, Anti-modernism, Militancy, essential truths, Islamism, Christian fundamentalism

Introduction to Political Theory

Author: John Hoffman, Paul Graham

School: National Open University of Nigeria

Department: Arts and Humanities

Course Code: PHL202

Topics: Political Theory, power, state, freedom, equality, justice, democracy, citizenship, punishment, liberalism, conservatism, socialism, anarchism, nationalism, fascism, feminism, multiculturalism, ecologism, fundamentalism, human rights, civil disobedience, difference, global justice

Fundamentals of Marxism

Author: Adeolu Oluwaseyi Oyekan

School: National Open University of Nigeria

Department: Arts and Humanities

Course Code: PHL202

Topics: Marxism, socialism, scientific socialism, Karl Marx‘s scientific socialism, Marx on Human Nature, Theses on Feuerbach, Dialectical Materialism, Understanding Historical Materialism, Labor, Alienation, Commodity Fetishism, Surplus Value, Revolution, Marx’s Scientific Socialism critical examination, Hayek Critical Objections, Karl Popper‘s Criticism, Friedman Milton Detractions, Utopian Socialism, Democratic socialism, Hegel‘s idealism, Hegel‘s dialectical method, Hegel‘s conception of history, capitalist world system, History of capitalism

Engineering ethics

Author: Fleddermann, Fleddermann Charles Byrns

School: National Open University of Nigeria

Department: Arts and Humanities

Course Code: PHL242

Topics: Engineering ethics, personal ethics, professional ethics, codes of ethics, ethical theories, Non-Western Ethical Thinking, Ethical Problem-Solving Techniques, line drawing, flow charting, conflict problems, risk, safety, accidents, professional responsibilities, professional rights, Whistle-Blowing, environmental ethics, computer ethics, doing the right thing

A Companion to Marx’s Capital

Author: David Harvey

School: National Open University of Nigeria

Department: Arts and Humanities

Course Code: PHL202

Topics: commodities, exchange, capital, labor power, labor process, working day, Relative Surplus-Value, Capitalist Accumulation, circuits of capital, fixed capital, Merchant's capital, Interest, credit, finance, credit system, banking system, capital reproduction

The Rightly Guided Caliphs and the Umayyads

Author: Muhibbudin Yusuf

School: National Open University of Nigeria

Department: Arts and Humanities

Course Code: ISL271

Topics: Rightly Guided Caliphs, Umayyads, Caliph Abu Bakr, Death of Prophet Muhammad, Death of Khilāfah, Death of Shūrā, Caliph ‘Uthmān bn ‘Affān, Caliph ‘Alī bn Abī Ţālib, Umayyad Dynasty

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