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    The contractual foundation of justice and democracy as an imperative for social development in Africa
    (Uludağ Üniversitesi, 2010) Offor, Francis
    In this paper, attempt is made not only to establish the inextricable link between social contract and the notion of justice but to emphasise their imperativeness to democracy as a means of achieving the goals of development in Africa. In examining the relationship between social contract and justice, the paper asserts that our every day dealing with others at various layers of existence is underpinned by the notion of a contract, whether explicit or implicit and that such dealings are meant primarily to facilitate some measure of justice and to foster development in human society. While accepting democracy as the best means for achieving the goals of development, the paper concludes that the reason most African states have not made giant developmental strides, despite their practice of democracy, is because their leaders are yet to accept democracy as a form of contract that carries with it, serious implications bordering on the question of justice, whenever the terms of the contract (represented by the principles of democracy) are not strictly adhered to.
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    Divine foreknowledge and human freedom in Leibniz philosophy
    (Uludağ Üniversitesi, 2010) Çetin, İsmail; Uludağ Üniversitesi/İlahiyat Fakültesi.
    Philosophers and theologians wrestled with issues concerning free will and determinism, and they exercised a considerable skill and imagination in attempting to resolve them. They not only discussed, with great insight, the problems of causal determinism and the difficulties in ascribing truth value to sentences about the future, but, in addition, they pondered yet another form of determinism: Whether God’s foreknowledge determines all events in the World. Although contemporary philosophers have addressed this issue, the attention given it between the fourth and the seventeenth centuries remains unequalled. This article aims to investigate seventeenth century philosopher Gottfried W. Leibniz’s discussion of divine foreknowledge and human freedom.
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    On Hegel’s concept of the absolute
    (Uludağ Üniversitesi, 2010) Orman, Enver
    The concept of absolute is one of the key concepts in order to understand Hegel’s philosophical system. In the context of Hegelian dialectics the absolute is absolute only if manifests itself in the form of relative and contingent beings. This article discusses Hegel’s conception of the absolute in connection with his Phenomenology of Spirit and Science of Logic.
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    The problem of nihilism in modern political philosophy: A Nietzschean discussion
    (Uludağ Üniversitesi, 2010) Küçükalp, Derda; Uludağ Üniversitesi/İktisadi ve İdari Bilimler Fakültesi/Kamu Yönetimi Bölümü.
    This study defends the thesis that nihilism is a central problem of contemporary political philosophy and that in order to overcome this problem, Nietzschean thought can provide significant leverage. We address our study in a Nietzschean manner because Nietzsche considers the problem of modernism as a problem of nihilism, and accordingly, he regards “the modern era” as an era in which nihilism appears. On the other hand, Nietzsche’s philosophical thoughts, which suggest a chance to overcome nihilism, are significant for understanding problems of contemporary political philosophy.
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    Reading the logic of sense as a psychological novel: Gilles Deleuze's adventure with Lewis Carroll
    (Uludağ Üniversitesi, 2010) Atay, Hivren Demir
    The French philosopher Gilles Deleuze's intense engagement with Lacanian psychoanalysis in The Logic of Sense is frequently problematized as an inconsistent phase in his thought. This article argues that the relationship between the series and the events that Deleuze builds in this book highlights it as a coherent part of his philosophical project. By concentrating on Deleuze's reading of the English writer Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, the article suggests that similar to Alice's “telescope body,” the series of The Logic of Sense include movements of opening and shutting up in the events that create their effects through the differences in the signifying chain. These differences stem from an encounter of the homogeneous and heterogeneous series, which finds a reflection in Deleuze's relationship with psychoanalysis. His inevitable “encounter” with Lacan or more generally his “adventure” with psychoanalysis includes the possibility of a “future,” or a “coming,” which results in a “different” Deleuze.