Policies, Standards and Guidelines for the Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy Program

PROGRAM OUTCOMES

PERFORMANCE INDICATOR

To understand and analyze theories & apply them to concrete situation.

Advanced Philosophy of Man/Human Person/Rational Psychology/Philosophical Anthropology

1. To understand various theories of human person.

2. To analyze the commonality of the different cultural understanding of the human person.

3. To be able to write a synthesis paper answering the question "What is it to be human in a globalized world?"

Courses

No. of Courses

Equivalent Units per Course

Total Units

I. General Education (GE) Courses

36

II. Professional Courses

51

Logic

1

3

Introduction to Philosophy

1

3

History of Western Philosophy 1

1

3

History of Western Philosophy 2

1

3

History of Chinese Philosophy

1

3

History of Indian Philosophy

1

3

Existentialism/Phenomenology/Hermeneutics/Post Modernism

1

3

Cosmology/Philosophy of Science and Technology

1

3

Advanced Philosophy of Man/Human Person/Rational Psychology/Philosophical Anthropology

1

3

Epistemology/Theory of Knowledge

1

3

Metaphysics

1

3

Theodicy/Philosophy of Religion

1

3

Political Philosophy/Social Philosophy

1

3

Philosophy of Language

1

3

Aesthetics/Theories of Art

1

3

Modern Asian Thoughts

1

3

Comparative Philosophy (East-West)

1

3

III. Seminar Courses

15

Seminar on Filipino Philosophy

1

3

Special Questions in Philosophy

1

3

Special Questions in Ethics

1

3

Seminar on Contemporary Philosophy

1

3

Seminar on Plato/or Seminar on Aristotle

1

3

IV. Electives

15

Disciplinal/Allied Elective 1

1

3

Disciplinal/Allied Elective 2

1

3

Disciplinal/Allied Elective 3

1

3

Free Elective 1

1

3

Free Elective 2

1

3

V. Foreign Language

6

VI. Undergraduate Thesis/Oral Comprehensive exam and Synthesis Paper

1

3

3

VII. Mandated Subjects

14

Physical Education (PE)

4

2

National Service Training Program (NSTP)

2

3

TOTAL

140

General Education (GE) courses

36 units

Professional Courses

51 units

Seminar Courses

15 units

Electives

15 units

Foreign Language

6 units

Undergraduate Thesis/Oral Comprehensive Exam and Synthesis Paper

3 units

PE and NSTP

14 units

TOTAL

140 units

Courses

No. of Hours a week

Units

Lec.

Lab.

Introduction to Philosophy

3

0

3

History of Western Philosophy 1

3

0

3

Ethics

3

0

3

Understanding the Self/Pag-unawa sa Sarili

3

0

3

Readings in Philippine History/Mga Babasahin Hinggil sa Kasaysayan ng Pilipinas

3

0

3

Science, Technology and Society/Agham, Teknolohiya at Lipunan

3

0

3

PE 1

2

NSTP 1

3

TOTAL

18

0

23

Courses

No. of Hours a week

Units

Lec.

Lab.

Logic

3

0

3

History of Western Philosophy 2

3

0

3

History of Chinese Philosophy

3

0

3

The Contemporary World/Ang Kasalukuyang Daigdig

3

0

3

Mathematics in the Modern World/Matematika sa Makabagong Daigdig

3

0

3

GE Elective 1

3

0

3

PE 2

2

NSTP 2

3

TOTAL

18

0

23

Courses

No. of Hours a week

Units

Lec.

Lab.

History of Indian Philosophy

3

0

3

Epistemology

3

0

3

Advanced Philosophy of Man/Human Person/Rational Psychology/Philosophical Anthropology

3

0

3

Existentialism/Phenomenology/Hermeneutics/Post Modernism

3

0

3

Purposive Communication/Malayuning Komunikasyon

3

0

3

GE Elective 2

3

0

3

PE 3

2

TOTAL

18

0

20

Courses

No. of Hours a week

Units

Lec.

Lab.

Aesthetics/Theories of Art

3

0

3

Metaphysics

3

0

3

Elective 1

3

0

3

Cosmology/Philosophy of Science and Technology

3

0

3

Art Appreciation/Pagpapahalaga sa Sining

3

0

3

Life and Works of Rizal

3

0

3

PE 4

2

TOTAL

18

0

20

Courses

No. of Hours a week

Units

Lec.

Lab.

Special Seminar on Filipino Philosophy

3

0

3

Theodicy

3

0

3

Modern Asian Thoughts

3

0

3

Political Philosophy/Social Philosophy

3

0

3

Foreign Language 1

3

0

3

Elective 2

3

0

3

TOTAL

18

0

18

Courses

No. of Hours a week

Units

Lec.

Lab.

Seminar on Special Questions on Philosophy

3

0

3

Philosophy of Language

3

0

3

Comparative Philosophy

3

0

3

Foreign Language 2

3

0

3

GE Elective 3

3

0

3

Elective 3

3

0

3

TOTAL

18

0

18

Courses

No. of Hours a week

Units

Lec.

Lab.

Special Questions in Ethics

3

0

3

Thesis Writing

3

0

3

Elective 4

3

0

3

TOTAL

9

0

9

Courses

No. of Hours a week

Units

Lec.

Lab.

Seminar on Contemporary Philosophy

3

0

3

Seminar on Plato/Aristotle

3

0

3

Thesis Defense

Elective 5

3

0

3

TOTAL

9

0

9

Year 1

First Semester

Second Semester

23 units

23 units

Year 2

First Semester

Second Semester

20 units

20 units

Year 3

First Semester

Second Semester

18 units

18 units

Year 4

First Semester

Second Semester

9 units

9 units

Total

140 units

(a)

(b)

(c)

(d)

(e)

(f)

Major Courses

Logic

L/P/O

L/P/O

L/P/O

L/P/O

L/P/O

L/P/O

Introduction to Philosophy

P/L/O

P/L/O

P/L/O

P/L/O

P/L/O

P/L/O

History of Western Philosophy 1

P/L/O

P/L/O

P/L/O

P/L/O

P/L/O

P/L/O

History of Western Philosophy 2

P/L/O

P/L/O

P/L/O

P/L/O

P/L/O

P/L/O

History of Chinese Philosophy

P/L

P/L

P/L

P/L

P/L

P/L

History of Indian Philosophy

L

P

P

P

P

L

Existentialism/Phenomenology/Hermeneutics/Post Modernism

L

L

L

L

L

L

Cosmology/Philosophy of Science and Technology

L

L

L

L

L

L

Philosophy of Language

L

L

L

L

L

L

Advanced Philosophy of Man/Human Person/Rational Psychology

L/P

L/P

L/P

L/P

L/P

L/P

Epistemology/Theory of Knowledge

L

L

L

L

L

L

Metaphysics

L

L

L

L

L

L

Theodicy/Philosophy of Religion

L/P

L/P

L/P

L/P

L/P

L/P

Political Philosophy/Social Philosophy

P

P

P

P

P

P

Aesthetics/Theories of Art

L/O

L/O

L/O

L/O

L/O

L/O

Modern Asian Thoughts

L/O

L/O

L/O

L/O

L/O

L/O

Comparative Philosophy

L/O

L/O

L/O

L/O

L/O

L/O

Seminar Courses

Seminar on Filipino Philosophy

L

L

L

L

L

L

Special Questions in Philosophy

L/P

L/P

L/P

L/P

L/P

L/P

Special Questions in Ethics

L/P

LP

L/P

L/P

L/P

L/P

Seminar on Contemporary Philosophy

L

L

L

L

L

L

Seminar on Plato/or Seminar on Aristotle

L

L

L

L

L

L

Course Name

:

LOGIC

Course Description

:

This course is an introduction to the meaning and formation of terms, propositions and logical reasoning. It will acquaint the student with the fundamental principles and methods of valid reasoning so as to equip him/her with the logical tools necessary for his/her constant battles against fallacies and inconsistencies. This course is also an introduction to symbolic logic and other forms of logical reasoning.

Course Objectives

:

At the end of the course, students are expected to:

1. express ideas with clarity and precision;

2. detect formal and material fallacies;

3. acquire the skill of logical method of reasoning;

4. formulate sound and valid arguments.

No. of units

:

3

No. of contact hrs/wk

:

3

Prerequisites

:

None

Course Outline

:

Subject to the teacher's preferences.

Terms and logical reasoning: Terms and its Functions: Signification, Comprehension and Extension, Term and Sign; Definition Division and Classification.

Judgment and Proposition: Truth and Falsity: Kinds of Proposition: Categorical, Hypothetical and Modal Propositions.

Inference:

Immediate Inference: Oppositional Inference: Observation and Conversion.

Mediate Inference: Deductive Reasoning Categorical and Hypothetical.

Other Forms of Inference Induction and the Fallacies: The Nature and Principles of Induction, The Five Scientific Methods of Inquiry, The Formal Fallacies, The Informal Fallacies.

Symbolic Logic: Non-syllogistic Arguments, Statement Constant and variables, Truth Functional Connectives, Negation, Conjunction, Material Implication, Material Equivalence, Scope Indicators, Truth Tables for Statements.

Sentential Arguments: Stating Sentential Arguments in Symbolic Forms, Testing for Validity, Formal Proof of Validity, Rules of Replacement, Proof of Validity.

Other Forms of Reasoning: Asian (Indian, Filipino or Chinese, etc.): A Preliminary Analysis [Filipino Value Logic is neither valid nor invalid by Western logical principles; but it may be either functional or nonfunctional, operational or non-operational, appropriate or inappropriate, by the value system of the people themselves.]

Laboratory Equipment

:

None

Suggested Readings

:

Ceniza, Claro R. Elementary Logic. Third Edition. Taft Avenue, Manila: De La Salle University Press, 1994.

Cohen, Morris R. and Ernest Nagel. An Introduction to Logic. New York: Harcourt. Brace and World, 1962.

Copi, Irving and Carl Cohen, Introduction to Logic, 12th edition, Prentice Hall, Upper Saddle River 2005.

Copi, Irving M. and Carl Cohen. Introduction to Logic. Tenth Edition. Singapore: Prentice — Hall, 1998.

Copi, Irving M. Symbolic Logic. Fifth Edition. New York: Macmillan, 1979.

Mendelsohn, Richard L. and Lewis M. Schwartz. Basic Logic. Engelewood Cliffs, New Jersey: Prentice — Hall, 1987.

Moore, Brooke Noel and Parker, Richard. Critical Thinking. Seventh Edition. New York: McGraw Hill, 2005.

Shaw, Patrick. Logic and Its Limits. New York: Oxford University Press, 1997.

Strawson, P. F. Introduction to Logical Theory. Harper and Row Publishers. 1960.

Course Name

:

INTRODUCTION TO PHILOSOPHY

Course Description

:

This course will introduce students to the great philosophers whose ideas have revolutionized the world and shaped the way in which human beings think and live. It will further acquaint him with the perennial philosophical problems that bewilder and mystify every individual in his/her struggle for survival and in search for truth and meanings, namely: the problem of origin and finality of the world, problem of knowledge, problem of freedom, problem of the soul, problem of god, problem of evil and the problem of death.

Course Objectives

:

At the end of the course, students should be able to:

1. State and explain the central issues and problems in philosophy as discussed in the various areas of philosophical inquiry.

2. Discuss some applications of philosophy to ordinary life situations/problems.

3. Analyze and evaluate the arguments used by philosophers in justifying or refuting a certain philosophical view.

4. Develop his (student) reasoning and problem-solving skills by examining the various reasoning techniques employed by thinkers in resolving critical philosophical issues.

5. Acquire the habit of formulating and defending one's own stance on critical issues, while showing respect for intellectual openness to other people's views.

6. Cultivate in himself a deep sense of self-worth by reflecting on the ideas of philosophers about the value and meaning of human life and on the proper place of persons in society, nature, and the world in general.

No. of units

:

3

No. of contact hrs/wk

:

3

Prerequisites

:

None

Course Outline

:

Subject to the teacher's preferences.

I Introduction: Reflection on the Human Condition, Characteristics of Philosophical Inquiry, Various Branches of Philosophy.

II Three General World-Views: Cosmocentrism, Theocentrism, Anthropocentrism.

III Theories of Reality: Creationism, Materialism.

Laboratory Equipment

:

None

Suggested Readings

:

Readings may be sourced from anthologies of history of philosophy.

Course Name

:

HISTORY OF WESTERN PHILOSOPHY 1

Course Description

:

This course surveys the highlight of intellectual events from the West from the dawn of history to the medieval period. The course tackles the Sensualists, the Rationalist, the Pythagorean and the Atomists. The ancient philosophical troika — Socrates, Plato and Aristotle — and representative medieval thinkers such as Augustine, Anselm, Averroes, Avicenna and Thomas Aquinas are given greater emphasis.

Course Objectives

:

At the end of the course, students are:

1. Introduced to the historical development of philosophy from the beginning of western civilization up to the medieval times.

2. Exposed the students to the writings of the Greek and medieval masters.

No. of units

:

3

No. of contact hrs/wk

:

3

Prerequisites

:

None

Course Outline

:

I Pre-Socratic Philosophers.

II Socrates-Plato-Aristotle.

III Anselm, Augustine, Averroes, Avicenna and Aquinas.

Suggested Readings

:

Readings may be sourced from the original works.

Course Name

:

HISTORY OF WESTERN PHILOSOPHY 2

Course Description

:

This course is a continuation of the History of Western Philosophy 1 and picks up where it ends covering the renaissance thinkers and the modern philosophers of the Enlightenment period.

Course Objectives

:

At the end of the course, students are:

1. Introduced to the development of philosophy from the renaissance to the modern period.

2. Exposed to the writings of the renaissance thinkers and the modern philosophers.

No. of units

:

3

No. of contact hrs/wk

:

3

Prerequisites

:

Course Outline

:

I Renaissance thoughts of Nicolas de Cusa, Florentino Marcelio Ficino, Pico dela Mirandola, Giordano Bruno.

II Modern Thinkers Rene Descartes, Baruch Spinosa, Emmanuel Kant, John Locke, David Hume, George Berkeley, Thomas Hobbes, Jean-Jacque Russeau, Louie de Secondat Baron De Montesquieu, Diderot.

Suggested Readings

:

Readings may be sourced from the original works.

Course Name

:

HISTORY OF CHINESE PHILOSOPHY

Course Description

:

This course studies the great indigenous thoughts of Chinese Philosophy that developed during the Spring and Autumn Period and Period of Warring States in China.

Course Objectives

:

At the end of the course, students are:

1. Introduced to the intellectual history of China.

2. Exposed to the writings of Chinese philosophers.

No. of units

:

3

No. of contact hrs/wk

:

3

Prerequisites

:

None

Course Outline

:

Philosophers to be tackled are those of:

1. Kong Zi (Confucius)

2. Lao Zi

3. Mo Zi

4. Shang Yang

5. Sun Zi

6. Yang Chu

7. Lie Zi

8. Zhuang Zi

9. Meng Zi

10. Hui Shi

11. Kung Sun Long

12. Xun Zi

13. Han Fei Zi

Suggested Readings

:

Readings may be sourced from chinese philosophical n classics.

Course Name

:

HISTORY OF INDIAN PHILOSOPHY

Course Description

:

This is a survey of the Orthodox Schools of thoughts of India namely:

1. Nyaya

2. Yoga

3. Vaisesika

4. Samkya

5. Mimamsa

6. Vedanta

7. Advaita

Also indispensable are the Heterodox Schools of Buddhism, Jainism, and Carvaca.

Course Objectives

:

At the end of the course, students are:

1. Introduced to the intellectual history of India.

2. Exposed to the writings of Indian philosophers.

No. of units

:

3

No. of contact hrs/wk

:

3

Prerequisites

:

None

Course Outline

:

I Spirit of Indian Philosophy

II Orthodox Schools

III Heterodox Schools

IV Contemporary Indian Thoughts

Suggested Readings

:

Readings may be sourced from Indian philosophical classics.

Course Name

:

EXISTENTIALISM/PHENOMENOLOGY/HERMENEUTICS/POST MODERNISM

Course Description

:

A study of the major philosophers of the contemporary philosophical movements: existentialism, phenomenology, hermeneutics and postmodernism.

Course Objectives

:

At the end of the course, students are expected to:

1. Familiarize with the philosophies of the major existentialist thinkers, phenomenologists, hermeneutic philosophers, and postmodern thinkers;

2. engage in primary source readings; and

3. Arouse interest in contemporary philosophy.

No. of units

:

3

No. of contact hrs/wk

:

3

Prerequisites

:

None

Course Outline

:

I. The Phenomenological and Existentialist Movement

1. Soren Kierkegaard

2. Martin Heidegger

3. Jean-Paul Sartre

4. Gabriel Marcel

5. Maurice Merleau-Ponty

6. Edmund Husserl

II. Hermeneutics

1. Hans-George Gadamer

2. Jurgen Habermas

3. Paul Ricoeur

III. Postmodernism

1. Michel Foucault

2. Jacques Derrida

3. Emmanuel Levinas

Laboratory Equipment

:

None

Suggested Readings

:

1. H.J. Blackham (ed.) Reality, Man, and Existence: Essential Works of Existentialism (Bantam Books, 1969).

2. Herbert Spiegelberg, The Phenomenological Movement, vols. I & II (The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, 1969).

3. Richard E. Palmer, Hermeneutics (Evanston: Northwestern University Press, 1969).

4. Gary Shapiro and Alan Sica, Hermeneutics, Questions and Prospects (Amherst: University of Massachusetts Press, 1984).

5. Paul Ricoeur, Hermeneutics and the Human Sciences (Cambridge University Press, 1983).

6. Kevin O'Donnell, Postmodernism (Oxford: Lion Publishing, 2003).

7. Romualdo E. Abulad and Alfredo P. Co, On Postmodernism (Manila: UST Publishing House, 2004).

Course Name

:

COSMOLOGY

Course Description

:

This course involves the study of the universe in its entirety, its origins, progress, and the place of humanity in it.

Course Objectives

:

At the end of the course, the student should be able to think critically on the origins of the universe, its development and eventual discussion that emerges from such cogitation.

No. of units

:

3

No. of contact hrs/wk

:

3

Prerequisites

:

None

Course Outline

:

The following are the suggested topics for the course:

1. Cosmology in history, including a survey of Hindu, Greek, Arabian, and scientific cosmologies.

2. Physical cosmology, including a survey of the works of Aristarchus of Samos, Aristotle, Ptolemy, Copernicus, Newton, Kepler, Einstein, Eddington, Shapley, Hubble, Penzias, Sagan, Hawking, and Wilson.

3. Metaphysical cosmology, including monism, pantheism, emanationism, and creationism.

Laboratory Equipment

:

None

Suggested Readings

:

Excerpts from primary sources.

Course Name

:

PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Course Description

:

In this course, questions that arise from the practice of science and reflection upon science are discussed. An attempt to distinguish the methods of science shall be made, including the possibility of establishing a demarcation line between the sciences and other disciplines. Further, scientific theories shall be tested in the light of probability and conjecture, or whether they can be verified or falsified. The possibility of unified science that embraces all the special sciences shall be included in the discussions.

Course Objectives

:

The students are expected to learn to think critically on issues pertaining to science and to correlate scientific knowledge with the other branches of learning. The students should be able to distinguish good from bad science and to see the line separating what is to be considered as scientific from pseudoscience.

No. of units

:

3

No. of contact hrs/wk

:

3

Prerequisites

:

Course Outline

:

The following are the suggested topics for the course:

1. Carl Sagan, Varieties of Scientific Experience; Objectivity of observations in science.

2. Coherentism, Foundationalism, and Skepticism in the Evaluation of Theories; Thomas Kuhn on theories.

3. Duhem-Quine Thesis on empirical testing; confirmation holism.

4. Empiricism.

5. Scientific realism, instrumentalism; William James on pragmatism.

6. Constructivism.

7. Dennet on Reductionism.

8. Testing the validity of scientific reasoning; induction, Karl Popper on naïve falsification; Ockham's Razor.

9. Limitations of science; scientific infallibility.

10. The sociology and anthropology of science.

11. Survey on the continental philosophy of science; Chinese philosophy of science.

12. Issues in philosophy of science and technology; problems on genetic manipulation, impact of technology to life on earth, science and religion, cloning, the morality of space exploration.

Laboratory Equipment

:

none

Suggested Readings

:

Excerpts from primary sources.

Course Name

:

ADVANCED PHILOSOPHY OF MAN/HUMAN PERSON/RATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY/PHILOSOPHICAL ANTHROPOLOGY

Course Description

:

This course initiates the students in the act of philosophizing by making them aware of the dynamism of their own existence. The first part deals with the nature of philosophizing, how it differs from the scientific approach. After a brief survey of the different philosophical approaches to the study of the human person, the course introduces the students to the phenomenological method. Asking the basic question of "who am I?", and using the existential-phenomenological approach, the course reflects on the various dimensions of being human: embodied subjectivity, temporarily, historicity, work, freedom, being-with-others in dialogue, love and justice, being-towards-death, and being related to an absolute thou.

Course Objectives

:

At the end of the course, students are expected to:

1. To understand various theories of human person.

2. To analyze the commonality of the different cultural understanding of the human person.

3. To be able to write a synthesis paper answering the question "What"

1. Is it to be human in a globalized world.

No. of units

:

3

No. of contact hrs/wk

:

3

Prerequisites

:

Intro to Philosophy

Course Outline

:

Session I

What does it mean to philosophize?

1. What is philosophizing?

2. Philosophical reflection vs. scientific reflection

3. Beginnings of philosophizing

Session II

Philosophical approaches to the Study of Man

1. Plato's View of Human Nature

2. St. Thomas Aquinas's notion of Human Nature

3. Descartes' Dualism

4. Hegel's Dialectics and Marx's Reaction

5. Soren Kierkegaard, Father of Existentialism

Session III

The Existentialist Movement

1. The existentialist philosophers

2. Their common emphasis

Being as Subject, Being as Object

Session IV

The Phenomenological Method

1. How Phenomenology Began: Edmund Husserl

2. The Aim of Phenomenology

3. The Phenomenological Attitude

4. Epoche, Eidetic Reduction, Transcendental Phenomenological Reduction

Session V

Gabriel Marcel's Primary and Secondary Reflection

1. Marcel's Phenomenological Method

2. Primary Reflection and Secondary Reflection

3. Reflection and Life

4. Who am I?

5. "Sentio, ergo Sum" I have my body, I am my body

Session VI

The Notion of Embodiment: Incarnate Subjectivity

1. Incarnate Subjectivity

2. Being-in-the-world-with-others

3. Temporality

4. Historicity

5. Homo Faber. The Human Being as Maker, Worker

Session VII

The Human Person as Liberty

1. B.F. Skinner's Absolute Determinism

2. Jean — Paul Satre's Absolute Freedom

3. Maurice Merleau — Ponty's Situated Freedom

4. Gabriel Marcel's Freedom and the Person

5. Freedom and Responsibility

6. Freedom and Justice

Session VIII

Man and Fellowman: Dialogue

1. The Social and the Interhuman

2. Being and Seeming

3. Personal Making Present

4. Imposition and Unfolding

5. Genuine Dialogue

Man and Fellowman: Love

1. Introduction

2. Loneliness and Love

3. The Loving Encounter

4. Reciprocity of Love

5. Creativity of Love

6. Union of Love

7. The Gift of Self

8. Love is Historical

9. Equality in Love

10. Love is Total, Eternal and Sacred

11. What Love is Not for Scheler

12. The Essence of Love

Man and Fellowman: Justice

1. What Justice is Not

2. Features of Justice

3. Justice and Love

4. Creative Responsibility/Testimony

5. Justice and Truth

Session IX

Man and Death

Life from the Point of View of Death

1. Introduction

2. Being — towards — death and care

3. Everyday Being — towards — death Inauthenticity

4. Authentic Being — towards — death

5. Karl Rahner's Notion of Death

Man and Death

Death from the Pt. of View of Life

1. Death as a Test of Love

2. Death as the Condition of Freedom

Session X

Man and the Absolute

1. Introduction

2. Description of the Feeling of Dissatisfaction

3. Interpretation of the Feeling of Dissatisfaction

Laboratory Equipment

:

None

Suggested Readings

:

1. "My Body" Eduardo Jose E. Calasanz, Philosophy of Man selected readings, pp. 95-102.

2. "A Note on Embodiment" Jose A. Cruz, SJ, Philosophy of Man selected readings, pp. 103-104.

3. "Man and Historical Action" Ramon C. Reyes, Philosophy of Man selected readings, pp. 113-118.

4. "Philosophical Implications of Human Labor" Manuel B. Dy, Jr., SJ, Philosophy of Man selected readings, pp. 119-125.

5. "Human Freedom" John F. Kavanaugh, S.J., Philosophy of Man Selected Readings, pp. 165-177.

6. "Marcel on Freedom" A Student, Philosophy of Man Selected Readings, pp. 178-181.

7. "Fundamental Option and Liberty of Choice" Pierre Fransen, Philosophy of Man Selected Readings, pp. 182-186.

8. "Merleau — Ponty's Notion of Freedom" Manuel B. Dy, Jr., Philosophy of Man Selected Readings, pp. 187-189.

9. "The Question of Man's Freedom" Fr. Jose A. Cruz, S.J., Philosophy of Man, Selected Readings, pp. 190-191.

10. "Elements of the Interhuman" Martin Buber, Philosophy of Man Selected Readings, pp. 201-10.

11. "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" Carson McCullers, video.

12. "A Phenomenology of Love" Manuel B. Dy, Jr., Philosophy of Man, Selected Readings, pp. 219-228.

13. "Max Scheler's Phenomenology of Love" Manuel B. Dy, Jr., Philosophy of Man, Selected Readings, pp. 229-236.

14. "The Little Prince" Antoine de Saint Exupery, video.

15. "In Search of Truth and Justice" Gabriel Marcel, Philosophy of Man, Selected Readings, pp. 221-232.

16. "Martin Heidegger's Phenomenology of Death" Manuel B. Dy, Jr., Philosophy of Man, Selected Readings, pp. 237-42.

17. "Death, The Test of Love and the Condition of Liberty" Roger Troisfontaines, S.J., Philosophy of Man, Selected Readings, pp. 243-52.

18. Tuesday's with Morrie (video).

19. "Man and the Absolute" Fr. Rudolph Visker, S.J., Philosophy of Man, Selected Readings, pp. 257-69.

20. "From Fidelity to Faith: A Marcelian Approach" Manuel B. Dy, Jr., Philosophy of Man, Selected Readings, pp. 270-75.

Course Name

:

EPISTEMOLOGY/THEORY OF KNOWLEDGE

Course Description

:

The course deals with the subject-knower and the object of knowledge, the acts of knowing, suspicion, opinion, doubt and certitude.

Course Objectives

:

At the end of the course, the student is expected to:

1. Assess the critical ability of Man to know and understand;

2. Tackle the various theories of knowledge;

3. Be aware of the problems of knowing and the complexity of Man's search for the truth; and

4. Understand the value of knowledge.

No. of units

:

3

No. of contact hrs/wk

:

3

Prerequisites

:

Logic

Course Outline

:

Session I

1. Film Showing Rashomon

Session II

1. Introduction of the Course

2. Problems of Knowing

3. Definitions of Basic Terms

Session III

1. Skepticism

2. Three Primary Truths

Session IV

1. Critical Justification of the Mind's Power to Know Extra-Mental Reality

Session V

1. Structure of Knowing

Session VI

1. Sense of Knowledge

Session VII

1. Intellectual Knowledge

Session VIII

1. Judgment

Session IX

1. St. Thomas Aquinas

Session X

1. Modern Theories of Knowing

Session XI

1. Existential-Phenomenology

Session XII

1. Hermeneutics

Session XIII

1. Heidegger I

Session XIV

1. Heidegger II

Session XV

1. Hans-Georg Gadamer

Session XVI

1. Jurgen Habermas

Session XVII

1. Postmodernism

Session XVIII

1. Classical Chinese Theory of Knowledge

Session XIX

1. Film Showing Rashomon

Laboratory Equipment

:

None

Suggested Readings

:

1. Norris Clarke, S.J., Central Problems in Epistemology Class Notes (unpublished).

2. Vincent G. Potter, On Understanding Understanding, APhilosophyof Knowledge (New York: Fordham University Press, 1994).

3. Kenneth T. Gallagher, The Philosophy of Knowledge (New York: Fordham University Press, 1982).

4. Richard E. Palmer, Hermeneutics (Evanston: Northwestern University Press, 1969).

5. Jurgen Habermas, Knowledge and Human Interests (London: Heinemann, 1971).

6. Martijn Blaauw and Duncan Pritchard, Epistemology A-Z (Edinburgh University Press, 2005).

7. Andre Comte-Sponville, The Little Book of Philosophy (Vintage Books, 2005) Chapter 5 "Knowledge".

8. Ted F. Cruz, "Rediscovering Aquinas' Concept of Knowledge" in Knowledge, Teaching and Wisdom, edited by Keith Lehrer, B. Jeannie Lum, Beverly A. Slichta and Nicolas D. Smith (Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1996), pp. 112-121.

9. Robert G. Olson, A Short Introduction to Philosophy (Dover Publications, 1967), Chapter 3 "Some Representative Theories of Knowledge".

10. William Luijpen, "Phenomenology of Knowing," in Philosophy of Man, Selected Readings, 2nd edition, edited by Manuel B. Dy, Jr. (Goodwill Trading, 2001), pp. 129-162.

11. Bernard Lonergan, S.J., "Cognitional Structure," Spirit as Inquiry. Continuum, vol. 2, No. 3 (Autumn, 1964), pp. 530-542.

12. Kevin O. Donnell, Postmodernism (Oxford: Lion Publishing, 2003), especially "What is Truth".

13. Manuel B. Dy, Jr., "Classical Chinese Theory of Knowledge"

14. Philippine Studies 26 (1978), 274-284.

Course Name

:

METAPHYSICS

Course Description

:

This course is a general survey of the metaphysics of Plato, Aristotle, Lao Zi, Shankara, St. Thomas Aquinas, Martin Heidegger.

Course Objectives

:

At the end of the course, the student is expected to:

1. Be introduced to the basic concepts of metaphysics in various schools of thought; such as esse, essence and existence, analogy, equivocity, substance and accidents, transcendentals, unity, intelligibility, good, evil and the four kinds of causes; Dao, Wu-Wei, Sat, Cit, being and non-being, actuality and potentiality;

2. Develop a discerning mind that probes deeply into the ultimate principles of reality; and

3. Appreciate and value reality.

No. of units

:

3

No. of contact hrs/wk

:

3

Prerequisites

:

Logic Epistemology

Course Outline

:

I. the metaphysics Plato

II. The metaphysics of Aristotle

III. The metaphysics of Lao Zi

IV. The metaphysics of Shankara

V. the metaphysics of St. Thomas Aquinas

VI. The Metaphysics of Martin Heidegger

Laboratory Equipment

:

None

Suggested Readings

:

Primary source reading of the above Philosophers.

Course Name

:

THEODICY/PHILOSOPHY OF RELIGION

Course Description

:

A dimension of our humanity is our encounter with the absolute. The Absolute, called by religions as "God," "Yahweh," "Allah," "Bathala," "Dao," "Nirvana," "Moksha," "Satori," and various reflections on revelation, suffering, liberation, salvation, enlightenment, at-onement, and beatitude.

Course Objectives

:

At the end of the course, the student is expected to:

1. Familiarize themselves with various religious ideas and perceptions;

2. Understand the various eschatological ends; and

3. Appreciate the meaning of religion.

No. of units

:

3

No. of contact hrs/wk

:

3

Prerequisites

:

Intro to Philosophy

Course Outline

:

I. The World Great Religions

1. Hinduism

2. Buddhism

3. Daoism

4. Zen

5. The monotheistic religions (Judaism-Christianity-Islam)

II. Reflections on Religious Experiences

1. The way to moksha

2. The path to enlightenment

3. At-onement with Dao

4. Satori experience

5. The way to Salvation

III. Various Theories of Religion

1. Atheism

2. Agnosticism

3. Theism

Suggested Readings:

1. Rudolf Otto, The Idea of the Holy (Penguin Book, 1969), pp. 15-55.

2. W. Norris Clarke, S.J., "The Natural Roots of Religious Experience," (Religious Studies 17, pp. 511-523).

3. Peter Berger, "Starting with Man" A Rumor of Angels (Anchor Book, 1990), pp. 55-85.

Supplementary:

Max Scheler, On the Eternal in Man

IV. Proofs for the Existence of God

1. The Ontological Argument of St. Anselm

2. The Five Ways of St. Thomas Aquinas

3. Argument from Contingency

4. Argument from Teleological Probability

5. Argument from Conscience

6. Pascal's Wager

7. Gabriel Marcel on the Proofs for the Existence of God

Suggested Readings:

1. St. Anselm, "Proslogion"

2. St. Thomas Aquinas, "The Five Ways to Prove the Existence of God" Basic Writings of St. Thomas Aquinas

3. Jacques Maritain, "Philosophical Knowledge of God, the Five Ways of St. Thomas Aquinas," Approaches to God

4. Richard Taylor, "The Argument from Contingency," Metaphysics

5. John Hick, "Teleology and Probability," Arguments for the Existence of God

6. John Cardinal Newman," Apprehension and Assent in the matter of Religion" An Essay in Aid of a Grammar of Assent

7. Blaise Pascal, "Pensees" The Essential Pascal

8. Gabriel Marcel, "Meditations on the Idea of a Proof for the Existence of God," Creative Fidelity

V. The Problem and Mystery of Suffering and Evil

1. The Problem and some Philosophical Explanations

2. Evil as Privation (St. Augustine)

3. Moral Evil and Physical Evil

4. The Christian Response

5. Evil as Mystery

6. Evolutionary Perspective of Teilhard de Chardin

7. Evil from Martin Buber's Perspective

Suggested Readings:

1. St. Augustine, "The Problem of Evil" in John Hick, Classical and Contemporary Readings in Philosophy of Religion

2. John Hick, "God-Belief and the Problem of Evil" Philosophy of Religion

3. Norman Pittenger, "Suffering and Love" Expository Times 85 (October 1973)

4. Gabriel Marcel, "From Opinion to Faith" Creative Fidelity

Supplementary:

1. Max Scheler, "The Meaning of Suffering" On Feeling, Knowing and Valuing

VI. Gabriel Marcel's Phenomenology and Metaphysics of Hope

Suggested Reading:

1. "Sketch of a Phenomenology and Metaphysics of Hope" Homo Viator

Suggested Readings

:

Primary Sources:

a. Bhagavad-Gita

b. Dhammapada

c. Dao De Jing

d. Koran

e. Bible

f. Torah

Secondary Sources:

To be determined by the Institution

Course Name

POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY/SOCIAL PHILOSOPHY

Course Description

The course is a survey of the various political theories:

Plato, Aristotle, Augustine of Hippo, Tomas D' Aquino, Niccolo Machiavelli, John Locke, Thomas Hobbes, Jean-Jacque Rousseau, Baron Montesquieu, Karl Marx, Kautilya, Mencius, Mo Zi, Michel Foucault, and John Rawls.

Course Objectives

:

At the end of the course, the student is expected to:

1. be introduced to the various political philosophies;

2. understand the ideas of politics; and

3. better understand Man as a political being.

No. of units

:

3

No. of contact hrs/wk

:

3

Prerequisites

:

Intro to Philosophy

Course Outline

:

I. PLATO. (Discussion on the Republic)

II. ARISTOTLE (Discussion on Politicus)

III. AUGUSTINE OF HIPPO (Civitas Dei)

IV. TOMAS D' AQUINO (On Politics)

V. NICCOLO MACHIAVELLI (II Principe)

VI. JOHN LOCKE (Treatise on Government)

VII. THOMAS HOBBES (Discussion on Leviathan)

VIII. JEAN-JACQUE ROUSSEAU (Du Contrat Sociale)

IX. Baron Montesquieu (Le Sprit De Loi)

X. Karl Marx (Das Kapital)

XI. Kautilya (Artha Sastra)

XII. Mencius (The Book of Mencius)

XIII. Mo Zi (The Book of Mo Zi)

XIV. Michel Foucault (On the Panopticun)

XV. John Rawls (Theory of Justice)

Suggested Readings

:

Primary Sources as above stated Secondary Sources to be determined by the Institution.

Course Name

:

AESTHETICS/THEORIES OF ART

Course Description

:

The course is a survey of various theories of Art.

Plato, Aristotle, Tomas d' Aquino, Immanuel Kant, John Stuart Mill, Leo Tolstoy, Karl Marx, Santayana, Friedrich Nietzsche, and Theodor Adorno

Course Objectives

:

At the end of the course, the student is expected to:

1. Be introduced to the various theories of aesthetics;

2. Understand the meaning of the Beautiful; and

3. Appreciate the meaning of Art.

No. of units

:

3

No. of contact hrs/wk

:

3

Prerequisites

:

Intro to Philosophy

Course Outline

:

I. PLATO (Art as imitation of the unreal)

II. ARISTOTLE (Art as imitation of the real)

III. TOMAS D' AQUINO (Beauty as a form of integrity and proportion)

IV. IMMANUEL KANT (Art as intelligible)

V. JOHN STUART MILL (Art as Utilitarian)

VI. LEO TOLSTOY (Art as communication)

VII. KARL MARX (Art as revolution)

VIII. SANTAYANA (

IX. FRIEDRICH NIETZSCHE (Art as deconstruction)

X. THEODOR ADORNO (Art as deconstruction)

Suggested Readings

:

Primary Source readings of philosophers stated above Secondary Source to be determined by Institution.

Course Name

:

SEMINAR ON FILIPINO PHILOSOPHY (6 SEMINARS OF 3 HRS EACH)

Course Description

:

This seminar course does not presuppose the existence of Filipino Philosophy, rather it is aimed at philosophical investigation on the existence, or development of it. As such, it is offered to allow students to search rather than to discuss a specific course on Filipino thought. The course therefore is a survey of the corpus of writings of published Filipino Philosophers. Survey should include readings of the works of the following; Romualdo Abulad, Claro Ceniza, Alfredo Co, Manuel Dy, Jr., Leonardo Estioko, Leovino Garcia, Vitaliano Gorospe, Rainier Ibana, Leonardo Mercado, Josephine Pasricha, Emerita Quito, Quintin Terrenal, Florentino Timbreza, Tomas G. Rosario, Jr., Armando Bonifacio, Manuel Pinon, Antonio Pinon, Quintin Terrenal, Ranhilio Aquino, etc.

Course Objectives

:

At the end of the course, the student shall be able to:

1. Be exposed to philosophical writings of Filipino Thinkers.

2. Develop a sense of national consciousness.

3. Reflect on Filipino experience and contribute to the development of Filipino Philosophy.

No. of units

:

3

No. of contact hrs/wk

:

3

Prerequisites

:

None

Course Outline

:

I. History of Philosophy in the Philippines

II. Methods of doing Filipino Philosophy

III. Readings of Published Filipino Philosophers

IV. The Future of Filipino Philosophy

Suggested Readings

:

Published works of Filipino Philosophers.

Course Name

:

SEMINAR ON SPECIAL QUESTIONS IN PHILOSOPHY (6 SEMINARS OF 3 HRS EACH)

Course Description

:

This course is designed to answer recurring questions in philosophy in all philosophical disciplines i.e., critical thinking, philo of human person, questions on ethics, problem of truth, questions of God, and other questions that may arise.

Course Objectives

:

At the end of the course, the student shall be:

1. Updated with current issues.

2. Trained for future discourse in philosophy.

No. of units

:

3

No. of contact hrs/wk

:

3

Prerequisites

:

None

Course Outline

:

The course outline may be designed according to the availability of speakers/lecturers to handle specific issues.

Laboratory Equipment

:

None

Course Name

:

Seminar on Special Questions in Ethics (6 seminars of 3 hrs each)

Course Description

:

The course will address specific or emerging issues in Ethics such as death penalty (crime and punishment), human cloning, marriage and responsibility, freedom and enslavement, poverty and power, corruption and accountability.

Course Objectives

:

At the end of the course, the student shall be:

1. made aware of ethical issues in society;

2. provided with moral reasoning and principles;

3. helped to make a stand on current moral issues.

No. of units

:

3

No. of contact hrs/wk

:

3

Prerequisites

:

None

Course Outline

:

The course outline may be designed according to the availability of speakers/lecturers to handle specific issues.

Laboratory Equipment

:

None

Course Name

:

Seminar on Philosophy and Film (6 seminars of 3 hrs each)

Course Description

:

In recognition of film as an art form and as a potent vehicle for transmission of philosophical insights, this course will introduce the student to movie classics for philosophical forum.

Course Objectives

:

At the end of the course, the student:

1. is introduced to movie classics with philosophical import;

2. has developed the ability to appreciate philosophy in the aesthetic level;

3. draws values from the film.

No. of units

:

3

No. of contact hrs/wk

:

3

Prerequisites

:

none

Course Outline

:

It is required that the film must have philosophical content.

Laboratory Equipment

:

None

Course Name

:

Modern Asian Thoughts

Course Description

:

The course studies the most influential thinkers of India and the Far East (China and Japan) from the sixteenth century to the present: Wang Yang-ming, Mahatma Ganda of India, and Nishida Kitaro of Japan.

Course Objectives

:

At the end of the semester, the students are expected to:

1. Learn the key ideas of Wang Yang-ming, Mahatma Gandhi, and Nishida Kitaro.

2. Write a reflection paper on any one of the three philosophers.

No. of units

:

3

No. of contact hrs/wk

:

3

Prerequisites

:

None

Course Outline

:

1. Wang Yang-ming: His life, times and thoughts

2. Mahatma Gandhi: His life, times and thoughts

3. Nishida Kitaro: His life, times and thoughts

Laboratory Equipment

:

None

Suggested Readings

:

1. Excerpts from Wang Yang-Ming, Instructions for Practical Living and Inquiry on the Great Learning, in A Source in Chinese Philosophy, Translated and Complied by wing-tsit Cha (Princeton University Press, 1963), pp. 654-690.

2. Excerpts from Mahatma Gandhi, The Essential Writings (New York: Oxford University Press, 2008).

3. Excerpts from Kitaro Nishida, An Inquiry into the Good, translated by Masao Ave and Christopher Ives (New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 1990).

Course Name

:

Comparative Philosophy

Course Description

:

This course in comparative philosophy is relatively new area of study for the Western mainstream philosophers and even for Western-oriented philosophy scholars across the globe. One who ventures into this realm of thinking often grapples with questions strictly pointing to methodology-a condition that tries to interrupt the creative fluidity of any new approach to the dialogical discourse. A dialogue touches the delicate realms of various area of studies that are diverse in nature and loaded with tradition. It inevitably opens up cross disciplinary, cross-cultural, and cross-temporal realms of understanding that have so rarely existed before the ancient meeting of the East and the West. In the Philippines, Alfredo P. Co pioneers in the genre of Comparative Philosophy and his work Across the Ancient Philosophical World: Essays in Comparative Philosophy is a landmark source of the new course. The work introduces student into the new area of interest in the 20th and 21st century-dialogue of thoughts.

Course Objectives

:

At the end of the course, the student is expected to:

1. Compare parallel or distinctive world views.

2. Understand the perspective of different philosophy of East and West.

No. of units

:

3

No. of contact hrs/wk

:

3

Prerequisites

:

None

Course Outline

1. Introduction to Comparative Philosophy

2. Discussion on the meaning of Landscape and Travel in Ancient Philosophies

3. Discussion on the meaning of Lauchter in Ancient Philosophies

4. Interpreting the meaning of Dao in Daoism

5. Discussion on the meaning of Transcendence East and West

6. Discussion on the Comparative Meaning of Spirituality in Buddhism

7. Discussion on the Comparative Movement in Catholic Evangelization

8. Rites and Languages: Listening to Asia

9. Comparative Ancient Political Thoughts: Greece- India and China

Laboratory Equipment

:

None

Suggested Readings

:

Co, Alfredo P. Across the Ancient Philosophical World: Essays in Comparative Philosophy. Manila, University of Santo Tomas Publishing House, 2015.

Course Name

:

Seminar on Plato

Course Description

:

This course is intended to give students of Philosophy a more in depth study of major Dialogues of Plato. Discussion centers on readings of primary Dialogues of Plato that tackle some of the immortal philosophical issues on immortality, justice, truth, love, temperance, the beautiful, and the good in the major works. Students are required to read the major dialogues; The Symposium, The Republic, Apology, Parmenides, Crito, Theatetus, Phaedrus, Phaedo, Protagoras, Theaetetus, Timaeus, Charmides, Cratylus, etc.

Course Objectives

:

At the end of the course, the student is expected to:

1. Read and understand the Dialogues of Plato.

2. Understand better the timeless discourse on Justice, Love, Truth, Friendship and Virtues.

No. of units

:

3

No. of contact hrs/wk

:

3

Prerequisites

:

None

Course Outline

:

1. Discussion on Truth

2. Discussion on Good

3. Discussion on Friendship

4. Discussion on Love

5. Discussion on the Beautiful

6. Discussion on the World of Idea

Laboratory Equipment

:

None

Suggested Readings

:

Dialogues of Plato (The faculty can choose the translation available in the universal/college library).

Course Name

:

Seminar on Aristotle

Course Description

:

The seminar course on Aristotle will focus on the major works of Aristotle on Politics, Eudemian Ethics, Nicomachean Ethics, Metaphysics, On Virtues and Vices, Rhetoric, Poetics, and Metaphysics.

Course Objectives

:

At the end of the course, the student is expected to:

1. Have competency in reading the primary text of Aristotle.

2. Appreciate the major works of Aristotle.

No. of units

:

3

No. of contact hrs/wk

:

3

Prerequisites

:

None

Course Outline

:

1. Discussion on Organon

2. Discussion on Politics

3. Discussion on Poetics

4. Discussion on Rhetoric

5. Discussion on Eudaemonia

6. Discussion on Ethics

Suggested Readings

:

Works of Aristotle (The professor is to select the best translation or available translation of the works of Aristotle in the university/college library).