This article aim is concentrated on helping you
measure how hard the course, philosophy is in Nigerian universities.
What is man?
Is Heaven real? What are we doing here? How shall we survive? What is
right and what is wrong? All of these are philosophical questions.
This presents us with the question “what is
philosophy?”
What is Philosophy?
The original meaning of the term “philosophy” comes
for the Greek roots Philo- meaning “love” and Sophos- meaning wisdom.
This implies that philosophy is the love for wisdom.
It is the quest to gain an understanding of the meaning of life.
Philosophy seeks to study and understand general and
fundamental questions about existence, knowledge, values, reasons, mind, and
languages.
A degree in philosophy is, therefore, focused on
training human minds to reason deep into the reality of life. The study of
philosophy revolves around matters pertaining to reality, morality, and life in all
world civilizations.
To measure whether the philosophy is a hard course
or not in Nigeria, let’s get a glance of some of the courses offered in
philosophy.
1. Introduction
to Philosophy
2. Elementary
Ethics
3. Introduction
to Logic
4. History
of Ancient Philosophy
5. Introduction
to African philosophy
6. Introduction
to philosophical anthropology
7. Introduction
to metaphysics
8. Introduction
to epistemology
9. Philosophy
of Education
10. Philosophical
of the social sciences
11. Philosophy
of money.
Above are some of the courses gotten from UNIZIK.
Also, in the study of philosophy, areas influenced
includes;
·
Philosophy and Reason
·
Philosophy and Universality
·
Philosophy and Speculation
·
Philosophy and other Disciplines ‘
·
Philosophy and Science in general
·
Philosophy and Physical Sciences
·
Philosophy and Art
·
Philosophy and Religion
·
Philosophy and Social science
Is Philosophy a Hard Course in Nigeria? To answer
this question, take a look at all of the courses provided above. You would
notice a similarity between all of them.
They all preach the understanding of
life and things in it. Money, social sciences, education, metaphysics (the
study of abstract concepts like being, identity etc.), etc. are all things
pertinent to our being.
Is Philosophy a Hard Course in Nigeria?
Philosophy is a course that lays a strong emphasis on
reasoning. It is somewhat similar to sociology, psychology, and law, etc. but
with a much stronger relation of how concepts affect reality or life.
In Nigerian universities, students are often impelled
to use their imaginations and gift of reasoning to answer questions.
Philosophy would be a Hard Course for the following
Students
·
Students who rely so much on cramming
or memorizing to pass exams
·
Students who cannot think critically or
outside the box
·
Students who do not really pay attention
to the observation of life
·
Students who cannot present detailed
answers while attending to questions
·
Students who tell stories but make few
or no point in their attending to questions.
Most students who can employ their imaginations very
well, would likely find philosophy an easy course.
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