My students' project in Philosophy

To my students in Philosophy, here is the project you must submit before the end of the final term. Choose only one of the philosophers below and give what are required by the items that follow.

• Henri-Louis Bergson

• Jean-Paul Sartre

• Friedrich Engels

• Karl Marx

• Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche

• Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel

• Arthur Schopenhauer

• George Herbert Meade

• Emile Durkheim

• Soren Kierkegaard

• Ernst Mach

• Max Weber

• Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Schelling

• Johann Gottlieb Fichte

• Bertrand Russell

• Ludwig Andreas von Feuerbach

• Ludwig Wittgenstein

• Ludwig Boltzmann

1. Name his chief work or idea which became his major contribution to philosophy. Discuss.
2.How did your chosen philosopher develop his major work or idea/s?
3. To which branch of philosophy do his philosophical studies belong (remember the branches of philosophy: epistemology, metaphysics, logic, ethics, etc.)? Why is it so?
4.Make your own critique regarding the philosopher's ideas:

a.) Mention your chosen philosopher's strongest point in the major idea which he had developed. Justify.
b.) What idea/s do you think remain valid today? Discuss how.
c.) What idea/s are now disproved as a result of the advent of newer ideas and theories? Discuss.
d.) Are there any notions or theories which evolved to something that is now widely used or accepted in the whole world? What are those ideas and in what aspects are they being used today?
e.) Are there ideas which are reflective of or applicable to the present Filipino society, system of government and way of thinking, i.e. do you think your philosopher had exerted influence in our modern life?

Guidelines of submission: papers should be presented in the standard format (i.e. printed in short bond paper in Arial or Times New Roman font 12 points in size, either 1.5 or double-spaced.) You may submit it in its hard copy or send it as email attachment to aclopez714@yahoo.com.ph .

Deadline of submission is on Oct. 15. Please do not forget to include your references. Submissions will be subjected to rigorous plagiarism-check to ensure that not one paragraph is lifted verbatim from any references without permission.