Research Papers/Topics in Philosophy

CONFLICT AND CONFLICT MANAGEMENT – A CASE STUDY OF NKONYA – ALAVANYO AREA IN GHANA

ABSTRACT There are different ways in which conflicts can be handled. For any conflict handling mechanisms to be successful, people’s attitudes, behaviour and root causes or contradictions have to be addressed in the light of genuine commitments of all parties engaged in the peace process. Absence of such genuine commitments can result in serious challenges. The study was undertaken to examine the management mechanisms of the Nkonya and Alavanyo conflict in the Volta Region of Ghana. The stu...

ECONOMIC EVALUATION AND POTENTIAL ASSESSMENT OF SOLAR WATER HEATERS IN URBAN GHANA A CONTRIBUTION TO AN ENVIRONMENTALLY SUSTAINABLE FRAMEWORK

ABSTRACT This project work describes the different methods of analyzing the economics of a solar water heating system to determine its economic viability and potential in Ghana. The economic variables in relation to cost that were considered in the analyses are the annual cost of owning the collector, storage unit and associated controls, the annualized life-cycle cost (ALCC) of operating the system, the yearly cost of maintenance, life-cycle savings (LCS), life-cycle cost (LCC), the payback ...

DOES RORTY A JAMESIAN? A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF WILLIAM JAMES AND RICHARD RORTY ON THE PRAGMATISTS

ABSTRACT This thesis is a comparative analysis of William James and Richard Rorty on the pragmatists‟ conception of truth. In this thesis, I argue that Rorty‟s notion of truth is similar to James‟s pragmatic notion of truth, contrary to the claims that it is not. Also, I argue that Rorty remains a Jamesian in respect of James‟s pragmatic notion of truth. Rorty agrees with James‟s position that truth is the expedient in the way of our thinking. However, Rorty argues for other positio...

IS RORTY A JAMESIAN? A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF WILLIAM JAMES AND RICHARD RORTY ON THE PRAGMATISTS‟ CONCEPTION OF TRUTH

ABSTRACT This thesis is a comparative analysis of William James and Richard Rorty on the pragmatists‟ conception of truth. In this thesis, I argue that Rorty‟s notion of truth is similar to James‟s pragmatic notion of truth, contrary to the claims that it is not. Also, I argue that Rorty remains a Jamesian in respect of James‟s pragmatic notion of truth. Rorty agrees with James‟s position that truth is the expedient in the way of our thinking. However, Rorty argues for other positio...

Thl and Th2 cytokine profiles in uncomplicated measles infection among a group of Ghanain children.

ABSTRACT Measles remains a major severe infectious disease causing deaths of many children in most countries including Ghana. The disorder is associated with prolonged immunosuppression resulting in complications and mortality in children. Although attempts have been made to identify the specific immune functions altered during measles, the exact immune changes have not been fully characterized. The pro and anti-inflammatory response balances (Thl/Th2) are important in determining the pathoge...

CONFLICTS AND HARMONIES IN LAND USE IN THE KOGYAE STRICT NATURE RESERVE

ABSTRACT This study was carried out in the Kogyare Strict Nature Reserve, an area considered as ecologically fragile because of its strategic position between the northern savanna and the tropical rainforest in the South. The objective was to examine the conflict that has tended to affect the effective management of the reserve as a Strict Nature Reserve. This was looked at within the framework of socio-economic factors such as increasing population, claims of ownership and the general method...

ASSESSMENT OF DESIGN AND SHIELDING IN SOME SELECTED CONVENTIONAL X-RAY AND COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY (CT) FACILITIES IN BURKINA FASO

ABSTRACT The main objective of this work is to assess the integrity of structural shielding to validate the protection of the staff and the public for two selected general radiography and CT facilities. The assessment for general radiography was based on 729 examinations for facility A and 706 examinations for facility B. For computed tomography (CT) rooms, a total of 293 body and 190 head procedures were used for facility A, and 195 body and 160 head procedures for facility B. For general ra...

EVALUATION OF THE LEVEL OF NORMS AND ASSOCIATED RADIOLOGICAL HAZARDS & RISKS FROM MINING ACTIVITIES OF KENTICHA TANTALUM MINES IN ETHIOPIA

ABSTRACT In this study radiological hazards to members of the public and workers from exposure to natural radioactivity as a result of mining activities from Kenticha Tantalum Mines in Ethiopia, have been studied through several exposure pathways using direct gamma spectrometry to determine 238U, 232Th, 40K, 226Ra and 222Rn in tantalum ore, soil, waste, waste tailing and water samples. Additionally, cancer risk assessment associated with NORM was estimated. The average activity concentrations...

DYNAMICS OF FOREST AND THICKET VEGETATION ON THE ACCRA PLAINS, GHANA

ABSTRACT Aspects of seasonal dynamics, population dynamics, and successional dynamics were investigated in three kinds of woody vegetation which occur on the Accra Plains: dry tropical forest, large thickets, and isolated clumps of thicket. Flowering, fruiting, foliage behaviour, and girth changes show a strong seasonal pattern in the study area; moisture deficits limit phenological activity within the community, although patterns vary among species. Synchrony was high within species in repro...

IS NON-REDUCTIVE PHYSICALISM A PLAUSIBLE THEORY OF CONSCIOUSNESS?

ABSTRACT According to the non-reductive physicalist, mental properties are not identical to physical properties. In order to distinguish non-reductive physicalism from epiphenomenalism, the non-reductive physicalist considers mental properties as not just a by-product of physical processes but posits that mental properties can cause physical events thereby violating the principle of the causal closure of the physical domain. The problem which this thesis seeks to investigate, therefore, is th...

DISCLOSURE, SELF-EFFICACY, PERSONALITY, AND MENTAL HEALTH: THE CASE OF HIV POSITIVE WOMEN IN THE ASHANTI REGION

ABSTRACT This study has investigated disclosure, self-efficacy, personality, and mental health: the case of HIV positive women in the Ashanti Region. A sequential transformative mixed methods design was used. Three theories served as the backbone of the study; The Rational Choice, Social Cognitive and The Big Five Theories. Using a total of 320 women living with HIV (WLHIV), a significant positive correlation exists between self-efficacy and mental health symptoms among WLHIV. Personality tra...

PUTATIVE, SECRETED OOKINETE PROTEIN (PSOP24) PEPTIDES AS A MARKER OF INFECTIOUS BITES AND MALARIA TRANSMISSION ASSESSMENT

ABSTRACT As reported malaria cases continue to decline, heterogeneity in transmission will become more pronounced and thus more sensitive tools would be required to identify micro-geographic areas of higher risk for targeted interventions. Sero-positivity against antigens expressed at different stages of the parasite life cycle and proteins in the mosquito saliva cocktail have gained relevance as transmission monitoring tool. However, the persistent nature of blood stage antigens and the...

A Philosophical Appraisal of Nonviolent Resistance Movement

ABSTRact Nonviolent resistance action has become a strong force against foreign rule, oppressive government, injustice, bad government policies and illegitimate regimes. It is in this regard that this work set out to address this issue by attempting some moral justifications for nonviolent resistance action. This work subjected the conceptions of nonviolence by some scholars to critical evaluations and conceptual analyses. These scholars include David Henry Thoreau who linked civil disobedien...

THE PHILOSOPHY OF POLITICAL LIBERALISM, THE GLOBAL ORDER AND THE QUESTION OF JUSTICE

ABSTRACT The issue of transnational justice was made popular in the 20th century by the American liberal philosopher, John Bordley Rawls, who tries to evolve a conception of justice that would be applicable at the transnational level. Unfortunately, his liberal prescription for transnational justice does not provide for any principle of redistributive justice that would be morally obligatory at the international level and, as such, fails to adequately address the question of justice at that ...

A DEFENCE OF A MINIMALIST ACCOUNT OF COSMOPOLITAN JUSTICE

ABSTRACT Cosmopolitan justice, the view that justice is a universal idea that should apply to all persons irrespective of nationality has generated a lot of debate among political philosophers. Earlier studies have conceived of justice either as a territorially-bounded concept or as a trans-territorial idea, which must apply globally but failed to provide a trans-culturally persuasive account of justice that would form the basis for regulating transnational relations. This study, therefore, ...


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