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The Significance Of John S. Mbiti's Works In The Study Of Pan-African Literature, Babacar Mbaye Sep 2018

The Significance Of John S. Mbiti's Works In The Study Of Pan-African Literature, Babacar Mbaye

Babacar Mbaye

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At The Intersection Of Philosophy, Literature, And Ethics: Axiology Through The Genre Of Literary Fiction, James Magrini Nov 2009

At The Intersection Of Philosophy, Literature, And Ethics: Axiology Through The Genre Of Literary Fiction, James Magrini

James M Magrini

This paper focuses on three interrelated topics: (1) Literature as an art form that is philosophical by nature; (2) Literature as an art form that reveals truth in the form of perceptual knowledge, which is autonomous (sensuous) knowledge, likened to “cognitive emotionality,”and (3) Literature as philosophically inspiring our effective and legitimate thinking on moral issues. I attempt to show that engaging literature as a philosophical endeavor can prove more rewarding from the perspective of moral discourse than the traditional modes of philosophical speculation found in formal treatises on morals. These forms of discourse, functioning deductively (e.g., the moral philosophy of …


Pornography, The Theory: What Utilitarianism Did To Action, By Frances Ferguson, Samantha Brennan Dec 2005

Pornography, The Theory: What Utilitarianism Did To Action, By Frances Ferguson, Samantha Brennan

Samantha Brennan

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'That Sweet And So On': Peter Handke's Yugoslavia Work, Scott Abbott Dec 2004

'That Sweet And So On': Peter Handke's Yugoslavia Work, Scott Abbott

Scott Abbott

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