Dr. ONWUEGBUSI, MARTIN OKWU
Address: Department of Philosophy, Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ago-Iwoye
Phone No.: +2347038684317
Social Media: martinokwuonwuegbusi@yahoo.com.
Designation: Lecturer
Biography:
Date of Birth: 22/09/51
Nationality: Nigerian
Marital Status: Married
Number of Children: Four (4)
Name and Address of Spouse: Mrs. P.C. Onwuegbusi, St. Augustine’s Primary School II, Ijebu-Ode.
Dr. M. O. Onwuegbusi, is an Associate professor. He joined the Department of Philosophy, Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ago-Iwoye, Ogun State, in November, 1984.
He has published in several reputable journals both in Nigeria and Overseas. He had equally attended conferences both in Nigeria and Ghana, where he did his Sabbatical leave in 2006/207. His area of interest in Philosophy centre mainly in Metaphysics and Moral Philosophy.
Department: Philosophy
Academic Rank: Reader
Current Position: Acting Head of Department
Research Interest: Existentialist-Metaphysics/Moral Philosophy
Institution Attended:
- All Hallows Seminary, Onitsha – Where I obtained my GCE O/levels, (London) certificate in five papers in 1972.
(b) Bigard Memorial Seminary, Enugu from 1972 – 1976. Certificate awarded B. A. (Hons) 2nd Class Upper (De Jure) in Philosophy.
(c) Catholic University of Louvain; Belgium, 1978 – 1982; Certificates obtained – B.A. (Hons) Philosophy, 1979, M.A. (Licentiate) Philosophy, 1982.
(d) University of Ibadan: 1998-2202 Certificate Obtained – Ph.D Philosophy
Membership of Professional Bodies:
(a) Member, Nigerian Philosophical Association (NPA)
(b) Honorary Member, Philippines National Philosophical and Research Society, (PNPRS)
Awards Received:
OlabisiOnabanjo University, Ago-Iwoye, Nigeria, Long Service Award. February, 2006.
Courses Taught:
- The following courses were taught by me during 2015/2016 Academic session:
Harmattan Semester:
PHL 109 – Introduction to Philosophy of Languages
PHL 303 – Rationalists’ Tradition
PHL 405 – Existentialism and Phenomenology
PHL 499 – Long Essay Supervision
Rain Semester:
PHL 204 – Introduction to Epistemology
PHL 304 – Empiricists’’ Tradition
PHL 410 – Dialectical Idealism and Materialism
PHL 499 – Long Essay Supervision
Post Graduate Courses Taught:
PHL 807 – Problems of the History of Philosophy
PHL 820 – Medieval Epistemology
PHL 999 – Doctoral Thesis Supervision
Post Graduate Supervision
- A. Research Project:
- Olularin, A. Ige – “The Idea of Justice in Marxists Philosophy” – (2005/2006).
- Aro, Lazarus Obiesie – “Man as Being – in – the – World in Heidegger’s Ontology”. (2008/2009).
- AkinyodeOlusola Michael, “A Critical Evaluation of Hume’s Re-Appraisal of Empirical knowledge”, [2010/2011].
- AkinpeluAusgustine, “Medical Practitioners’ and the Rights of patients in the context of Medical Ethics” [2014/2015].
[ii] Doctoral Thesis Supervision:
- OkorieNwachukwu, “Deep Ecology and Environmental Crisis: A Moral Justification
For the Preservation of the Bioshpere”, [2010/2011].
- Orji Chidi Paul, “John Rawls’ Overlapping Consensus and the Crisis of Ethnic Relations in Nigeria”, [2015 – 2017], an on-going project.
Research Conducted
[i].“Kierkegaard, Heidegger and the Problem of Human Existence” (Not yet concluded).
[ii].“A Critical Look at Russell’s Logical Atomism (concluded and ready for publication).
[iii]. “Towards Understanding the Beauty of the Unity in Diversity of the Nigerian Federalism” (Completed not yet published).
[iv]. “Heidegger’sHermeneuticalPhenomenological and Existentialist Ontology” (Completed but not yet published).
[v] “The Epistemological Foundation of Kant’s’ Ethical Doctrine. (Completed, but not yet published).