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PAST LECTURE SERIES, 1996-2009

PAST LECTURE SERIESi

1996-1997 THEME: PHILOSOPHY AND GENDER

Venue: De La Salle University.

1. Prof. Dante Leoncini - Women and the metaphysics of sexual

love. Saturday, 19 October 1996, 2-4 pm, William Shaw Little

Theatre; Saturday, 26 October 1996, 2-4 pm, William Shaw Little

Theatre.

2. Prof. Victor Gojocco - The ideas of Nietzsche on women.

Saturday, 1 February 1997, 1-3 pm, Pablo Nicolas Auditorium.

3. Prof. Leni dlR Garcia - Women on Nietzsche: the place/plays of

women in philosophy. Saturday, 8 February 1997, 1-3 pm, William

Shaw Little Theater.

4. Ms. Natividad Manauat - Women and art. Saturday, 15

February 1997, 1-3 pm, William Shaw Little Theater.

5. Prof. Ramon Rafael Dolor - Liberating women in the church:

Lessons from the past, challenges for the future. Saturday, 22

February 1997, 1-3 pm, William Shaw Little Theater.

1997-1998 THEME: PHILOSOPHY AND RELIGION

Venue: De La Salle University

1. Dr. Daniel Kroger, OFM -The relationship between philosophy

and theology in contemporary Western thought., Saturday, 21 June

1997, Pablo Nicolas Auditorium.

2. Prof. Victorino Raymundo T. Lualhati – Immortality. 12 July

1997, Saturday, 1-3 pm, William Shaw Little Theatre.

3. Prof. Laureen Velasco - Zen and The will of the wind. Saturday,

16 August 1997, 1-3 pm, William Shaw Little Theatre.

4. Prof. Jose Ma. Arcadio Malbarosa - Peace in Islamic thought.

Saturday 11 October 1997, 1-3 pm, William Shaw Little Theater.

5. Prof. Victor Gojocco - Nietzsche's spirituality. Saturday, 8

November 1997, 1-3 pm, William Shaw Little Theater.

6. Dr. Leonardo de Castro - Playing God. Saturday, 29 November

1997, 1-3 pm, William Shaw Little Theatre.

7. Prof. Jaime P. Guevara - Faith, atheism, and intellectual

humility. Saturday, 6 December 1997, 1-3 pm, Waldo Perfecto

Seminar Room.

8. Dr. Jove Jim S. Aguas - God and absolute freedom: The case of

existential atheism. Saturday, 31 January 1998, 1-3 pm, William

Shaw Little Theatre.

1998-1999 THEME: PHILOSOPHY AND ART


1. Dr. Arturo Perez - Poetry and advertising. Saturday, 27 June

1998, 1:00-3:00 pm, Waldo Perfecto Seminar Room.

2. Dr. John Giordano - Aesthetics and the method (?) of

philosophy. Saturday, 22 August 1998, 1:00-3:00 pm, Pablo Nicolas

Auditorium.

3. Prof. Victor Gojocco - Art: The essential metaphysical activity

of man. Friday, 16 October 1998, William Shaw Little Theatre.

4. Dr. Leni Garcia-Castro - Why can't philosophers dance?

Thursday, 12 November 1998, 4:20-5:50 pm, William Shaw Little

Theatre.

5. Dr. Rolando M. Gripaldo - "Is aesthetics [itself] beautiful?"

Theme: Philosophy and Art, Thursday, 3 December 1998, 4:20-5:50,

William Shaw Little Theatre

6. Sr. Lydia Marave, PhD - Philosophy and art in research: trends

for the Third Millenium. Monday, 25 January 1999, 4:30-6:30 pm,

William Shaw Little Theatre.

1999-2000 THEME: PHILOSOPHY AND TECHNOLOGY


1. Engr. Manuel Belino, PhD - Philosophers and engineers as

partners in humanizing technology. Monday, 28 June 1999, 2:30-4:30

pm, William Shaw Little Theatre.

2. Prof. Celso Cainglet - The relationship between ethics and

science and technology. Monday, 26 July 1999, 3:30-5:30 pm,


3. Dr. Leni Garcia-Castro - Karma and technology. Monday, 23

August 1999, 4:30-6 pm, William Shaw Little Theatre.

4. Fr. Celestino Gianan - Life and technology: From a

Whiteheadean and Heideggerian viewpoints. Wednesday, 29

September 1999, 3:30-5:30 pm, William Shaw Little Theatre.

5. Dr. Rolando M. Gripaldo - Technology and education: A

Tofflerian perspective. Monday, 25 October 1999, 3:30-5:30 pm,


6. Dr. Daniel P. Kroger - Technology from the ethical standpoint:

Good and bad Arguments. Monday, 22 November 1999, 3:30-5:30

pm, William Shaw Little Theatre.

7. Ms. Natividad Manauat - Gender and technology. Friday, 3

December 1999, 3:30-5:30 pm, William Shaw Little Theatre.

8. Prof. Laureen Velasco - Zen and technology in Japan. Monday,

31 January 2000, 3:00-5:00 pm, Waldo Perfecto Seminar Room.

9. Fr. Ranhilio Aquino, Ph.D. - Philosophy and technology.

Monday, 21 February 2000, 3-5 pm, Waldo Perfecto Seminar Room.

2000-2001 THEME: EASTERN PHILOSOPHY IN THE

THIRD MILLENNIUM


1. Ramon Rafael Dolor – The relevance of Confucian philosophy to

Philippine society. Saturday. 1 July 2000, 1:00-3:00 pm, William

Shaw Little Theater.

2. Elenita Garcia-Castro, Ph. D. – Rabindranath Tagore: Mystical

aesthete. Saturday. 29 July 2001, 1:00-3:00 pm, William Shaw Little

Theater.

3. Emil Tabbada – An analysis of kapwa as the core concept of

Filipino social philosophy. Saturday, 19 August 2000, 1:00-3:00 pm,

William Shaw Little Theater.

4. Arturo Perez, Ph. D. – Krishnamurti on emptiness and love.

Saturday, 30 September 2000, 1:00-3:00 pm, William Shaw Little

Theater.

5. Florentino Timbreza, Ph. D. – Pag-unawa sa pilosopiyang

Filipino [Understanding Filipino philosophy]. Saturday, 21 October

2000, 1:00-3:00 pm, William Shaw Little Theater.

6. Shane Robertson – Finding spiritual happiness using Zen’s

solution to nihilism. Saturday, 18 November 2000, 1:00-3:00 pm,


7. Laureen Velasco – Worthy students, unworthy teachers: Zen

lessons on the art of learning. Saturday, 20 January 2001, 1:00-3:00

pm, William Shaw Little Theater.

8. Alfredo Co, Ph. D. – The meeting of East and West: A story of

the clash of cultures, humiliation of a civilization, and the restoration

of pride. Saturday, 24 February 2001, 1:00-3:00 pm, William Shaw

Little Theater.

9. Raj Mansukhani, Ph. D. – Thinking critical about advertising: A

Buddhist approach. Saturday, 14 March 2001, 1:00-3:00 pm,


2001-2002 THEME: WESTERN PHILOSOPHY IN THE

THIRD MILLENNIUM


1. Rolando M. Gripaldo, Ph.D. - Culture and the person. Saturday,

30 June 2001, 1:00- 3:00 p.m. William Shaw Little Theater.

2. Francis Joseph Dancel - The day Huitaca became an owl:

Observations about fastfood, the Internet, and our daily lives.

Saturday, 28 July 2001, 1:00-3:00 p.m. William Shaw Little Theater.

3. Maxwell Felicilda - A critique of Philippine education in the light

of Bourdieu’s Capitals. Saturday. 25 August 2001, 1:00-3:00 p.m.


4. Natividad Manauat - Women in philosophy and contemporary

myth. Saturday. 29 September 2001, 1:00-3:00 p.m. William Shaw

Little Theater.

5. Celestino Gianan, Ph.D. - Catholic education: A deconstruction.

Saturday. 20 October 2001, 1:00-3:00 p.m. William Shaw Little

Theater.

6. Emil Tabadda - Bauman’s ‘Life in fragments’: Possibility/

impossibility of postmodern relationships. Saturday. 17 November

2001, 1:00-3:00 p.m. William Shaw Little Theater.

7. Anacleto Carag, Ph.D. - Presuppositionalism and evidentialism

as a route to the Christian faith. Saturday. 2 February 2002, 1:00-

3:00 p.m. William Shaw Little Theater.

8. Emmanuel Hio Jr. - Filipino: Eksistensiyalista kaya? Saturday.

23 Februay 2002, 1:00-3:00 p.m. William Shaw Little Theater.

9. Johnny Macaranas, PhD. - Theory of multiple intelligence: An

application of Howard Gardner’s philosophy of education. Saturday.

20 March 2002, 13:30-2:30 p.m. William Shaw Little Theater.

2002-2003 THEME: ISSUES IN POSTMODERNISM


1. Emil Tabbada - Philippine tribal politics: A postmodern glance

at the Filipino political experience. Saturday. 22 June 2002, 1:00-3:00

p.m. William Shaw Little Theater.

2. Victor Gojocco - Nietzsche and postmodernism: The philosophy

of the future. Saturday. 27 July 2002. 1:00-3:00 p.m. William Shaw

Little Theater.

3. Rolando M. Gripaldo, Ph.D. - Postmodernist history. Saturday.

17 August 2002, 1:00-3:00 p.m. William Shaw Little Theater.

4. Natividad Manauat - Feminism and postmodernism. Saturday.

5 October 2002, 1:00-3:00 p.m. William Shaw Little Theater.

6. Joseph Anthony Narciso Tiangco, Ph. D. - The postmodern

condition and mental health: Issues and challenges. 19 October 2002,

1:00-3:00 p.m. William Shaw Little Theater.

7. Noelle Leslie de la Cruz - Why aren’t all women feminists?

Feminism and power in a postmodern era. Saturday. 9 November

2002, 1:00-3:00 p.m. William Shaw Little Theater.

8. Cesar Unson Jr. - Philosophy of technology and postmodernism.

Saturday, 18 January 2003, 1:00-3:00 p.m. William Shaw Little

Theater.

9. Feorillo Petronillo Demeterio III - Grafting postmodern theories

on premodern soil. Saturday. 22 February 200, 1:00-2:00 p.m., 1:00-

3:00 p.m. Yuchengco Seminar Room. [Adolfo Toyoda Timuat,

Flamenco guitarist, gave a special PNPRS lecture on Aesthetics: The

gypsy soul: A lecture-demo on Flamenco forms. Thursday. 27

February 2003. William Shaw Little Theater.]

10. Ernest Geir Villacorta - Max Stirner’s concept of the egoist and

the postmodern self. Saturday. 15 March 2003, 1:00-3:00 p.m.


2003-2004 ISSUES IN POLITICAL AND SOCIAL

PHILOSOPHY

Venue: DLSU William Shaw Little Theater

1. Florentino T. Timbreza, Ph.D. - Kulturang Filipino: Isang

pagsusuring pilosopikal. Saturday. 28 June 2003. 1:00-3:00 p.m.

2. Jeffrey Centeno - Education as self-cultivation towards

transformation: Reflections on Jean-Jacques Rousseau’s Emile.

Saturday. 26 July 2003. 1:00-3:00 p.m.

3. Leonardo N. Mercado, Ph.D. - Church-State relation and

Filipino philosophy. Saturday. 16 August 2003. 1:00-3:00 p.m.

4. Noelle Leslie de la Cruz - Gender and warfare: A philosophical

analysis. Saturday. 4 October 2003. 1:00-3:00 p.m. Also on

Wednesday. 7 October 2003. 1:00-3:00 p.m.

5. Christine Ramos, Ph.D. - Globalization and technology:

Philosophical routes to globalization. Saturday. 18 October 2003.

1:00-3:00 p.m.

6. Laureen Velasco - Zen insights on freedom, fear, and social

order. Saturday. 29 November 2003.

7. Ernest Geir Villacorta - The state as the expression of the Divine

Ego: An overview and critique of Fichte’s socio-political philosophy.

Saturday. 24 January 2004. 1:00-3:00 p.m.

8. Dante Luis Leoncini - The (h)istory of sexual discourse.

Saturday. 21 February 2004. 1:00-3:00 p.m.

9. Natividad Dominique Manauat - Gender and justice in Feminist

political philosophy. Saturday. 27 March 2004. 1:00-3:00 p.m.

2004-2005 THEME: CONTEMPORARY ISSUES IN

MORAL PHILOSOPHY

Venue: De La Salle University, Manila

(unless otherwise specified)

1. Laureen Velasco. Beyond morality: A Zen perspective.

26 June 2004. Saturday. 1300-1430 HRS. Yuchengco 407-

409.

2. Raymund Briones. Morality is social: The moral

philosophy of John Dewey. 24 July 2005. Saturday. 1300-

1430 HRS. Yuchengco 507-509.

3. Dr. Yasuo Kamata. Schopenhauer’s ethics of

compassion: Its relevance for contemporary society.14

August 2004. Saturday. 1300-1430 HRS. Yuchengco 507-

509.

4. Noelle Leslie de la Cruz. Human and animal

consciousness: A brief reflection on irrefutable

differences.18 September 2004. Saturday. 1300-1430

HRS. Yuchengco 507-509. Also on 6 October 2005.

Wednesday. 1300-1500 HRS. Yuchengco 507-509.

5. Dr. Mark Aspra. The ethical responsibility of

spiderman. 8 September 2004. Wednesday. 0900-1100 and

1200-1400 HRS. Alumni Hall. DLSU-Dasmariñas, Cavite. .

Also on 23 October 2004. Saturday. 1300-1500 HRS.

Yuchengco 407-409.

6. Dr. Imelda Dumaual. Some ethical considerations in

Darangen: A Maranao epic.27 November 2004. Saturday.

1300-1500 HRS. William Shaw Little Theater.

7. Dr. Carmelo P. Marollano. The ethics of an atheist.

22 January 2005. Saturday. 1300-1500 HRS. William

ShawLittle Theater.

9. Dante P. Leoncini. From friend to legend. 1

February 2005. Wednesday. 0900-1100 and 1300-1400

HRS. Alumni Hall . DLSU-Dasmariñas. Also on 26

February 2005. Saturday. 1300-1500 HRS. William Shaw

Little Theater.

9. Dr. Napoleon Mabaquiao Jr. The place of ethics in

business. 19 March 2005. Saturday. 1300-1500 HRS.

Yuchengco 507-509.

10. Dr. Carmelo P. Marollano. The ethical and religious

implications of pragmatism. Saturday. 7 May 2005. 1300-

1500 HRS. William Shaw Little Theater.

11. Noelle Leslie de la Cruz. Is love doomed to fail? A

phenomenological inquiry. Wednesday. 11 May 2005.

1300-1500 HRS. William Shaw Little Theater.

2005-2006 THEME: CONTEMPORARY ISSUES IN

THE PHILOSOPHY OF EDUCATION

Venue: De La Salle University, Manila

1. Jeffrey Centeno, MA [St . Louis University, Bagui

City]. Education as learning-to-be: Towards

understanding Bernard Lonergan’s transcendental

philosophy. 18 June 2005. Saturday. 1300-1430 HRS.

DLSU William Shaw Little Theater (WSLT).

2. Carmelo P. Marollano, PhD [De La Salle University,

Manila]. Education of character: The philosophy of

education of Martin Buber. 16 July 2005. Saturday. 1300-

1430 HRS. DLSU Yuchengco Rooms (YR) 407-409.

3. Joseph Anthony Narciso Z. Tiangco, PhD [Shu-Te

University, Taiwan]. Pedagogy of confusion: An inquiry

into postmodern ambiguity and the paradox of the East.

13 August 2005. Saturday. 1300-1430 HRS. WSLT.

4. Christine Carmela R. Ramos, PhD [De La Salle

University, Manila]. The role of philosophy in journalistic

education. 1 October 2005. Saturday. 1300-1430 HRS.

WSLT.

5. Rolando M. Gripaldo, PhD [De La Salle University,

Manila]. Educational situationism: Issues and

experiences. 15 October 2005. Saturday. 1300-1500 HRS.

WSLT.

6. Eduardo Mariano, MA [University of Baguio, Baguio

City]. Hermeneutic narrative and discourse: A

reconstructionist approach to educational research. 12

November 2005. Saturday. 1300-1500 HRS. YR 407-409.

7. Ignacio Ver, MA [De La Salle University, Manila].

Engineering and philosophy. 26 November 2005.

Saturday. 1300-1500 HRS. YR 507-509.

8. Napoleon Mabaquiao Jr. , PhD [De La Salle

University, Manila]. A humanist approach to education.

21 January 2006. Saturday. 1300-1430 HRS. YR 407-

409.

10. Danilo Alterado, PhD [St. Louis University, Baguio

City]. The task of universities and the

democratization

project: Habermas on education. 11 February 2006.

Saturday. 1300-1500 HRS. WSLT.

10. Natividad Dominique Manauat, MA [De La Salle

University, Manila]. Feminist pedagogies: Sex and gender

issues in the philosophy of education. 18 March 2006.


11. Juan Rafael Macaranas, PhD [College of St. Benilde,

Manila]. Recognizing and choosing one’s philosophy of

education: Reappropriation. 29 April 2006. Saturday.

1030-1230 HRS. DLSU Waldo Perfecto Seminar Room.

2006-2007 THEME: ISSUES IN THE PHILOSOPHY

OF PERSON


1. Christine Carmela R. Ramos, PhD [De La Salle

University, Manila]. To have or to be? Reexamining Erich

Fromm’s inquiry of the person. 22 July 2006. Saturday.

1300-1430 HRS. DLSU William Shaw Little Theater

(WSLT).

2. Noelle Leslie de la Cruz. PhD [De La Salle University,

Manila]. Shadow and evil in Mamashi Kishimoto’s

Naruto: A Jungian analysis of a contemporary

manga/anime series. 12 August 2006. Saturday. 1300-

1430 HRS. DLSU Yuchengco (Y) 407-409.

3. Diego Odchimar, MA. [University of Santo Tomas,

Manila]. Immnanuel Kant’s concept of the person: Why

“end” in himself? why not “means” to an end? 23

September 2006. Saturday. 1300-1430 HRS. Y 407-409.

4.Alvin Tan, MA [Adamson University, Manila]. What

does it mean to become a human person? 14 October

2006. Saturday. 1300-1500 HRS. Y 507-509.

5.Lovelyn Paclibar, MA [Ateneo de Manila University,

Quezon City]. The individuality of person, accoridng to

Jurgen Habermas. 28 October 2006. Saturday. 1300-1500

HRS. Y 507, 509.

6.Napoleon Mabaquiao Jr. , PhD [De La Salle University,

Manila]. Death and authenticity: A Heideggerian

examination of human existence. 18 November 2006.

Saturday. 1300-1500 HRS. Y 407-409.

7. Juan Rafael Macaranas, PhD [De La Salle College of

St. Benilde, Manila]. The dialogical person of Martin

Buber: An application. 2 December 2006. Saturday. 1300-

1500 HRS. Y 507-509.

9. Laureen Velasco, MA [De La Salle University,

Manila]. Acquired self vs. one’s original face: Zen

philosophy of person. 20 January 2007. Saturday. 1300-

1430 HRS. Y 407-409.

10. Leopoldo dela Cruz Jr. , PhD [Aguinaldo College,

Cavite City]. Concept of the person in contemporary

Filipino l iterature: Implications to pedagogy and cultural

reconstruction. 24 February 2007. 1300-1500 HRS. WSLT.


Manila]. The human person in the aspect of work

according to Pope John Paull II: An application. 17

March 2007. 1300-1500 HRS. WSLT.

12. Natividad Dominique Manuat, MA [De La Salle

University, Manila]. On embodiment: The person as

sexed and gendered. 31 March 2997. Saturday. 1300-1500

HRS. WSLT.


Manila]. Martin Buber and Pope John Paul II: A mutual

correlation of the dialogical acting person. 5 May 2007.


2007-2008 THEME: ISSUES IN CONTEMPORARY

METAPHYSICS AND IN THE

PHILOSOPHY OF CULTURE


1. Laureen Velasco, MA [De La Salle University].** Zen

and culture. 30 June 2007, Saturday. 1300-1500 HRS.

DLSU William Shaw Little Theater (WSLT).

2. Maxwell Felicilda, PhD [San Beda College].

Philosophical reflections on the role of technology in the

perpetual subjugation of the OFW psyche. 28 July 2007.

1300-1500 HRS. Yuchengco Rooms (YR) 407-409.

3. Jeffrey Centeno, MA [St. Louis University]. Sources

of the self: Reflections on Charles Taylor’s philosophy of

culture. 11 August 2007. 1300-1500 HRS. WSLT.

4. Noelle Leslie de la Cruz, PhD [De La Salle

University]. The philosopher as wanderer: An ekphrastic

engagement with Caspar David Friedrich’s paintings. 29

September 2007. WSLT.

5. Jeremiah Joaquin, MA [De La Salle University]. Why

talk about God: Speculations and disputations in

Medieval metaphysics. 1300-1500 HRS. 20 October 2007.

WSLT.

6. Dennis Apolega, MA [De La Salle University].

Naturalism, personal identity, and “person.” 17

November 2007. 1300-1500 HRS. WSLT.

7. Juan Rafael Macaranas, PhD [DLS-College of St.

Benilde]. Understanding and appreciating our Filipino

philosophy. 26 January 2008. 1300-1500 HRS. WSLT.

8. Natividad Manauat, MA [De La Salle University].

Philosophy and popular culture. 23 February 2008. 1300-

1500 HRS. WSLT.

9. Juan Rafael Macaranas, PhD [DLS-College of St.

Benilde]. The icons of Filipino multiple intelligences: An

invitation to philosophical mindfulness. 15 March 2008.

1300-1500 HRS. WSLT.

10. Jeremiah Joven Joaquin, MA [De La Salle

University]. The value of thought experiments in

philosophical reasoning. 9 May 2008. 1300-1500 HRS.

WSLT.

11. Panel Discussion: Jeremiah Joven Joaquin, Beverly

Zarsa, Leslie de la Cruz, Dennis Apolega [All from De La

Salle University]. Philosophy: Looking through the

looking glass. 28 June 2008. 1300-1500 HRS. WSLT.

*This is the last set of PNPRS lectures sponsored by the

DLSU Philosophy Department.

**Educational institutions in brackets: where the

respective speakers are presently employed.

2009 LECTURES AT THE PNPRS VENUE

Tandang Sora, Quezon City

1. Prof. Peter Gan Chong Beng, “The Status of Philosophy in

Malaysia,” 19 April 2009. 5:00-p.m. Sunday.

2. Dr. Luca Scarantino of Italy/France, “Philosophy as a Social

Science,” 24 May 2009. Sunday.

3. Dr. William Sweet of Canada, “Ethics of Multiculturalism and

Hospitality.” 8 July 2009. Wednesday.

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