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  • Gadigbe, Francis Ababio (University of Cape Coast, 2008-06)
    In this work, I argued that the atmosphere that pervades today's Africa is that of uncertainty and despair. Pessimism now takes the place of the euphoria of the post-independence era. Old regimes are challenged and sometimes ...
  • Amissah, Frank (University of Cape Coast, 2010-05)
    The study attempts to create a synthesis between two seemingly opposing ethical theories. The theories are Kant’s deontology and utilitarianism. Kant’s deontology urges that moral actions be assessed from the motive. In ...
  • Inusah, Husein (University of Cape Coast, 2010-06)
    This thesis examines Rorty’s pragmatic approach to epistemology. Rorty criticizes foundationalism for relying on the optical metaphor that sees knowledge as grounded in the given of sense impression. He also criticizes the ...
  • Antwiwaa, Stella (university of cape coast, 2013-05)
    The works of Aristophanes have caused some modern writers to refer to Euripides as a misogynist and, at the same time, Aristophanes has not been taken seriously when it comes to the presentation of women in a misogynistic ...
  • Awuni, Inusah (university of cape coast, 2013-06)
    Since Plato, political philosophy has been regarded as man's attempt to prescribe the ideal solution to the problems of governance, in order to bring the ideal state into being. In post-colonial Africa, several post-independence ...
  • Abbew, Collins Aberkah (University of Cape Coast, 2015-03)
    One of the highlights of the twentieth century was the promulgation of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) by the newly formed United Nations in 1948. Since this step was taken, however, the concept of human ...
  • Teiko, Emmanuel (University of Cape Coast, 2017-06)
    Cicero is unique among the great men of Rome in antiquity because through him we gain an enormous reflection of the ancient Roman world, more especially the last century of the Roman Republic. The research seeks to ...
  • TEIKO, EMMANUEL (University of Cape Coast, 2017-06)
    Cicero is unique among the great men of Rome in antiquity because through him we gain an enormous reflection of the ancient Roman world, more especially the last century of the Roman Republic. The research seeks to ...
  • Omaboe, Maxwell (University of Cape Coast, 2018-07)
    This study is an examination of the scientific status of Marxism. I argue that Marxism is scientific as far as Popper’s falsificationism is taken as a serious methodology of science. The method of establishing this ...
  • Womber, Peter Kwame (University of Cape Coast, 2019-07)
    The main thesis of this research has been that historiographical methods and techniques are not synonymous to accuracy of account. There has been series of criticisms and investigations concerning ancient Greek historiography ...
  • Akpah, Gabriel Kofi (University of Cape Coast, 2019-07)
    This dissertation seeks to critically examine the moral justification for war in order to have a deeper understanding of justice and morality of war. Unlike natural disasters, war is traditionally viewed as an extreme activity ...
  • Avornyo, Peace Yawa (University of Cape Coast, 2019-10)
    This thesis is an examination of epistemic injustice and how it legitimizes feminist epistemology. The argument is that the prevalence of epistemic injustice in mainstream epistemology has a positive implication for the ...
  • Adegah, Wisdom Kodzo (University of Cape Coast, 2020-01)
    Egoism has been considered by several scholars as a theory that presents a multiplicity of problems. It is argued on several occasions that a theory that proposes selfishness as the sole criterion for assessing the ...
  • Mensah, Jahaziel Osei (University of Cape Coast, 2020-07)
    Consciousness is a mysterious phenomenon that has perplexed the field of philosophy, psychology and neuroscience. Due to the subjective and intrinsic nature of consciousness, it has been challenging to establish an objective ...
  • Koomson, Emmanuel (University of Cape Coast, 2020-08)
    Rhetoric in the last century of Republican Rome was so much entrenched in the fabrics of the Roman political society in such a way that, politicians who lacked the ability to speak persuasively denied themselves the ...
  • Fosu-Blankson, Ferdinad (University of Cape Coast, 2021-04)
    The conventional notion of free will does not possess formidable counter arguments to modern neurobiological investigations proving the implausibility of free will. The pool of evidence gathered by cognitive neuroscientists ...
  • Fosu-blankson, Ferdinard (University of Cape Coast, 2021-04)
    The conventional notion of free will does not possess formidable counter arguments to modern neurobiological investigations, proving the implausibility of free will. The pool of evidence gathered by cognitive neuroscientists ...
  • Ahiaveh, David Korbla (University of Cape Coast, 2021-06)
    This thesis explores the normative merits of Kwesi Wiredu's consensual democracy. This theory, as presented by Wiredu, embodies arguments that reject the party system as an appropriate mode for governance in Africa. By ...
  • Andoh, Christian Nana (University of Cape Coast, 2022-07)
    The strategies of imperialism used by both Romans and British are very fascinating. However, these events happened in different eras, which have led Brunt (1965) and Miles (1990) to conclude that these strategies used by ...

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