Journal of
Philosophy and Culture

OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE DEPARTMENT OF CLASSICS AND PHILOSOPHY, UNIVERSITY OF CAPE COAST
  • Abbreviation: J. Philos. Cult.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 0855-6660
  • DOI: 10.5897/JPC
  • Start Year: 2004
  • Published Articles: 59

Sophism and the origin of relativism, skepticism, and rhetoric: Exploring values that recur

July-December 2025 - Vol 12 Num. 2

It is common to hear people today asserting that everything is subjective and a matter of personal opinion. Ethics is increasingly viewed as relative to individual perspectives. In this context, the individual becomes the arbiter of reality. This article challenges this relativistic view of ethics, tracing its roots back...

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Sophism and the origin of relativism, skepticism, and rhetoric: Exploring values that recur

July-December 2025

Zechariah Manyok Biar

Satre’s philosophy of authenticity and intellectual development: Lesson for Africa

January-June 2025

Oyenuga Olukayode Felix, Surakat Ajibola Moruph, Adeferasin Victor Olusegun, Oladele Idowu Daniel and Godwin Okon Asuquo

Ethics interrogating the physical sciences in an insecure society

July-December 2023

Terfa Kahaga Anjov  

Religion, environment, and climate change in Kolo Creek Clan

July-December 2023

Azibalua Onyagholo  

The Quest for Self-reflective Knowledge and Practice: Is an Epistemological Blindness Relative to Time and Situation?

July-December 2023

Taye Birhanu Taressa  

March 2014

How to talk about physical reality? Other models, other questions

Benjamin B. Olshin

March 2014

The problem of destiny in Akan and Yoruba traditional thoughts: A comparative analysis of the works of Wiredu, Gyekye and Gbadegesin

H. M. Majeed

March 2014

Rape and adultery in ancient Greek and Yoruba societies

Olakunbi O. Olasope

March 2014

Why was carthage destroyed? A re-examination from an economic perspective

Goke Akinboye

December 2004

Debating the authentic: An outsider’s view of West African culture in Ghana

Benjamin B. Olshin

March 2014

How to talk about physical reality? Other models, other questions

Benjamin B. Olshin

March 2014

The problem of destiny in Akan and Yoruba traditional thoughts: A comparative analysis of the works of Wiredu, Gyekye and Gbadegesin

H. M. Majeed

March 2014

Rape and adultery in ancient Greek and Yoruba societies

Olakunbi O. Olasope

March 2014

Why was carthage destroyed? A re-examination from an economic perspective

Goke Akinboye

December 2004

Debating the authentic: An outsider’s view of West African culture in Ghana

Benjamin B. Olshin