Profile & Experiences:

EDEMA PHILIP AKPORDUADO Ph.D. is a Senior Lecturer at Department of Philosophy
and Religious Studies Augustine University, IIara-Epe, Lagos, Nigeria. His teaching,
competence and research interest cover applied ethics, metaphysics, Karol Wojtyla’s
personalism, philosophical anthropology, socio-political philosophy, African philosophy, Logic
and philosophy of peace studies.

He has published several papers in reputable journals and
anthologies.

LIST OF PUBLICATIONS

CHAPTERS IN BOOKS.
(i) Edema, P.A. and Isanbor, P.O. 2018. “Philosophical Conception of Man”: It’s Contemporary
African Analysis” A Chapter in Studies in Philosophy and Society, Book of Readings, Vol.I.
Izibili Matthew et.al. (eds.). Kagoma: Department of Philosophy, Albertine Institute of
Philosophy. Pp. 38-62. ISBN: 978-978-54709-5-6.
(ii) Edema, P.A. 2018. “Philosophy and Morality” A Chapter in Studies in Philosophy and
Society, Book of Readings, Vol.I. Izibili Matthew et.al. (eds.). Kagoma: Department of
Philosophy, Albertine Institute of Philosophy. Pp. 133-156. ISBN: 978-978-54709-5-6.

SCHOLARLY AND LEARNED JOURNALS
(i).Edema, P. 2013 Education, Moral Values and Human Society: A Constructive Reflection.
Journal of Capital Development and Behavioural Science, Faculty of Education, Lead City
University. Vol.1. Pp.42-54. ISSN: 2154-3981.
(ii).Edema, P. 2013. Sex Slavery: An Appraisal of Karol Wojtyla’s Radical Humanism.
University of Jos. Journal of Humanities. Vol.6. No.2. Pp. 1-14. ISBN: 1598-7873.
(iii).Edema, A. 2014. Karol Wojtyla/Pope John Paul II’s Personalism and the Moral Issue of
Therapeutic Cloning. Humanity: Jos Journal of General Studies University of Jos. Vol.7.
No.1. Pp. 155-167. ISSN: 1595-4072.
(iv).Iwara. E. and Edema. P. 2015. Politics of Universal Human Rights: Exploring Leisure and
Development for Interrogating the Capacity of the African States to Implement Universal Rights.
Academia Journal of Educational Research. 3 (11) 035-043. ISSN 2315-7704.
DOI:10.15413/ajer.2015.0102

(v).Edema, P.A. and Abam M. 2016. Immunity Clause and the Problem of Corruption in
Nigeria. Nigerian Journal of Administrative Science. Faculty of Public Administration,
University of Benin. Vol. 12, No.1. Pp.78-87. ISSN 0794-9677.
(vi).Edema, P. 2017. Personalism and the Ethical Challenges of Biomedical Research.
Albertine Journal of Philosophy and Related Disciplines. Department of Philosophy,
Albertine Institute Kaduna State. Vol.1. Pp. 196-214. ISSN: 2651-6209.
(vii).Edema, P.A and Igwilo. M. 2017. Heidegger in the Contemporary Debates Concerning
Truth. Akungba Journal of Applied Philosophy. Department of Philosophy, Adekunle
Ajasin University, Ondo State. Vol.1. No.1. Maiden Edition. Pp. 221-243.
(viii).Edema, P and Bukete Andelin. 2018. The Idea of Social Dependency and Conflict
Resolution: An Application of Karol Wojtyla’s Philosophy in Nigeria. Albertine Journal of
Philosophy and Related Disciplines. Department of Philosophy, Albertine Institute Kaduna
State. Vol.2. Pp. 18-39. ISSN: 2651-6209.
(ix).Edema, P. and Igwilo. M. 2018. A Critical Analysis of the Idea and Origin of the
University System: Unfuzzying the Fuzzy in the Nigerian Experience. Scientia: Plasu Journal
of General Studies. Plateau State University. Vol.1. Issue. 1. Pp. 48-57. ISSN: 2636 – 6029.
ISSN (ONLINE) 2636 – 6010. https://scientiaplasu.org/wp-content/upload/2018/04/scientia/pdf.
(x).Edema, P. A. and Abam M. 2018. Moral Issues in Human Embryonic Stem cell Research.
FALSAFA: Journal of the Department of Philosophy, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria,
Kaduna State. Vol.1, No.1. Maiden Edition. Pp.1-16.
(xi).Edema, P. A. 2018. Beyond Fractured Epistemology: A Discourse of the Idea of
Personalism in African Morality. Synthesis Philosophica. Croatian Philosophical Society.
Vol. 33. Pp. 179-196. ISSN: 0352-7875. DOI: 10.21464/sp33111.
(xii) Edema, P. And Abam M. 2020. Fela’s Humanism and the Crisis of Governance in Nigeria.
Bodija Journal, Ss Peter and Paul Catholic Major Seminary (An Affiliate of the Department
of Philosophy, University of Ibadan). Vol. 10. Pp. 118-134. ISSN: 0795-8188.
(xiii) Edema, P. And Nwaka, J. 2020. Anti-Corruption Campaign in Nigeria: Analysing the
Dimension of Catholic Church’s Social Teachings. OWIJOPPA. Department of Philosophy
and Religious Studies, Tansian University. Vol. 4. No.1. ISSN: (ONLINE) 230-7057.
(PRINT) 2630-7049. Pp. 14-25. www.owijoppa.com.