1ST USAPP’s PHILOSOPHY SUMMIT & Silliman University

PHAVISMINDA’s 40TH ANNIVERSARY Dumaguete City, Negros Oriental

CELEBRATION May 30 – June 1, 2019

PROGRAMME

Day 1 (30 May 201)

07:30 – 08:30 Registration

08:30 – 09:30 Opening Program
Invocation / Philippine National Anthem
Message Betty C. McCann, PhD
President, Silliman University
Welcome Remarks Dr. Earl Jude Paul L. Cleope
Vice President for Academic Affairs
Silliman University
Conference Overview and Ruby S. Suazo
Introduction of Participants President, PHAVISMINDA

09:30 – 11:00 Parallel Session 1

Parallel Session 1A Parallel Session 1B Parallel Session 1C Parallel Session 1D

PHILOSOPHY, CINEMA, AND THE
SOCIAL MEDIA
Moderator: Ismael P. Magadan
RORTY’S ANTI-
REPRESENTATIONALISM, IDEA
OF COPING AND DELEUZE’S
CINEMA: TOWARD A
NEW PAIDEIA IN THE
PHILIPPINES 21ST
CENTURY FILMS
Al Franjon M. Villaroya
University of San Carlos &
Visayas State University
LOGIC AND EPISTEMOLOGY
Moderator: Jovanni Villacora
COMPARATIVE LOGIC:
ARISTOTLE, THE VIENNA CIRCLE,
NYAYA-VAISHESIKA AND
FILIPINO
Noel Adala Genilla
Philippine Science High School
Central Mindanao Campus
ANG REBOLUSYON AT ANG THOMISM IN PHILOSOPHY
PILOSOPIYA
Moderator: Alex Tiempo Moderator: Gian Agbisit
ANG IMAHEN NG AQUINAS ON WILL: DISSECTING
INTELEKTWAL SA PILOSOPIYA CERTAIN FILIPINO VALUES
NI JACQUES RANCIÈRE Sheldon Ives G. Agaton
Jessie Joshua Z. Lino Eastern Visayas State University
Manila Tytana Colleges &
The Graduate School, University
of Santo Tomas
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PHAVISMINDA’s 40TH ANNIVERSARY Dumaguete City, Negros Oriental
CELEBRATION May 30 – June 1, 2019

YEAR MILLION AND DAVID
CHALMER’S SINGULARITY:
FILM AS REPRESENTATION OF
THE VISIONS OF SINGULARITY
Agnes M. Sunga
Polytechnic University of the
Philippines
ON SET MEMBERSHIP: ROYCE
AND SUTROP ON THE RUSSELL’S
PARADOX
Francis Kristian A. Parawan
Tabor Hill College /
Sacred Heart School - Ateneo de
Cebu
ON THE HISTORIOGRAPHY OF
DISSENT: RIZAL’S PHILOSOPHY
OF HISTORY
Roland Abinal Macawili
Polytechnic University of the
Philippines
TRACES OF THOMISM
THROUGH DR. ANTONIO PINON
AMONG
FILIPINO PHILOSOPHY
PROFESSORS TODAY
Francis Paul S. Escaño, RCJ
Rogationist Seminary College-
Cebu

BLESSING OR CURSE: SOCIAL REFLECTING ON THE OVERLAP SI ISABELO DE LOS REYES SA

MEDIA’S VOYEURISTIC GAZE
Jalaine Joyce V. Malabanan
Polytechnic University of the
Philippines
BETWEEN PHILOSOPHICAL YUGTO NG PROPAGANDA AT
METHODS AND REBOLUSYON (1889-1897):
THE QUALITATIVE METHODS IN MGA ARAL AT KABATIRAN
THE SOCIAL SCIENCES PARA SA KONTEMPORANYONG
Raymundo R. Pavo ARALING FILIPINO
University of the Philippines Leslie Anne L. Liwanag
Mindanao Visayas State University

11:00 - 12:00 Round Table Discussion

"THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF ROLANDO GRIPALDO AND FLORENTINO HORNEDO
TO THE PHILOSOPHICAL DISCOURSE IN THE PHILIPPINES"
Jove Jim S. Aguas, PhD, Juan Rafael G. Macaranas, PhD, Fleurdeliz R. Altez-Albela, PhD and Rodrigo D. Abenes, PhD
Philippine National Philosophical Research Society (PNPRS)

12:00 – 12:30 Open Forum

12:30– 1:30 Lunch Break

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1:30 – 3:00 Parallel Session 2
Parallel Session 2A
PHILOSOPHY AND PHILIPPINE
DEMOCRACY
Moderator: Vic Anthonny Villaganas
ILLIBERAL DEMOCRACY AND
POST-TRUTH POLITICS: THE
CASE OF THE PHILIPPINES
Regletto Aldrich Imbong
University of the Philippines
TOP-DOWN AND GROUND-UP
APPROACHES: TWO
PREVAILING MODELS TO
DEEPEN PHILIPPINE
DEMOCRACY
Benjiemen A. Labastin
La Salle University
TOWARDS CULTURAL
DEMOCRACY: FILIPINO
PHILOSOPHY AND THE
LANGUAGE OF THEORY
Gian Carla Agbisit
University of Santo Tomas
3:00 – 3:30 Break
Parallel Session 2B
PHILOSOPHY OF EDUCATION
Moderator: Gerry Arambala
SOME THOUGHTS CONCERNING
FREIREAN EDUCATION
AND THE ROLE OF EDUCATION
IN THE 21ST CENTURY
Hazel Marie M. Vitales
Polytechnic University of the
Philippines
A CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF THE
K-12 PROGRAM
IN THE LIGHT OF PAULO
FREIRE’S CRITICAL PEDAGOGY
Lj Zaphan B. Lamboloto
Silliman University
HOW THE DEPARTMENT OF
EDUCATION’S (DEPED) K TO 12
PROGRAM IN THE PHILIPPINES
PERPETUATES US IMPERIALISM:
SOME ETHICAL REMINDERS
Ruel M. Nalam and
Genaro Jordan Rondina
Parallel Session 2C
PHILOSOPHY 1
Moderator: Jehanne Macarimbang
FILIPINO’S “ESTRANGED
LABOR” OF EDUCATION
Jayson S. Dalwatan
Manila Tytana Colleges
FILIPINO SOCIAL CHARACTER:
A CRITICAL ANALYSIS
Mark Anthony Lataza
Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng
Pasig & University of Santo
Tomas
Silliman University
Dumaguete City, Negros Oriental
May 30 – June 1, 2019
Parallel Session 2D
PHILOSOPHY 2
Moderator: Noel Genilla
FILIPINO IDENTITY, PLACENESS
AND THE QUESTION
OF THE NATION
Michael Roland F. Hernandez
Ateneo de Naga University
VOICES FROM THE MARGINS: A
DE CERTEAUIAN ANALYSIS
ON THE SUBJECT’S TACTICAL
RESISTANCE IN A DISCIPLINARY
SOCIETY
Allison Cruyff V F. Ladero
Berea Arts and Sciences High
School
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PHAVISMINDA’s 40TH ANNIVERSARY Dumaguete City, Negros Oriental
CELEBRATION May 30 – June 1, 2019

3:30 –4:30 A PHILOSOPHICAL DEBATE ON FILIPINO PHILOSOPHY

Napoleon Mabaquiao, Jr., PhD & Feorillo Petronilo Demeterio III, PhD
De La Salle University

4:30 – 5:00 Open Forum

5:00 – 5:30 Plenary Address 1

“TEACHING ETHICS”
Samuel Kahn, PhD
Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis, Indianapolis, Indiana &
Wuhan University, China

5:30 – 6:00 Open Forum

6:00 ORGANIZATIONAL MEETINGS

7:00 DINNER / SOCIALS

Day 2 (31 May 2019)

8:00 – 8:30 Plenary Address 2

“FEMINISM IN THE PHILIPPINES”
Sr. Mary John Mananzan, PhD
Saint Scholastica’s College, Manila

8:30 – 9:00 Plenary Address 3

“PHILOSOPHY FOR CHILDREN IN THE PHILIPPINES”
Jane Gallamaso, PhD
Xavier University, Cagayan de Oro City
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PHAVISMINDA’s 40TH ANNIVERSARY Dumaguete City, Negros Oriental
CELEBRATION May 30 – June 1, 2019

9:00 – 9:30 Open forum

9:30 – 10:00 Break

10:00 – 10:30 Plenary Address 4

“UG MIYUKBO ANG PILIPINO”
Amosa Velez, PhD
University of San Carlos, Cebu City

10:30 – 11:00 Plenary Address 5

“MAIYYANNATUP A PANAGRIPIRIP”: TOWARDS AN ILOKANO PARADIGM OF DOING PHILOSOPHY”
Danilo Alterado, PhD
President, Philosophical Association of Northern Luzon
Saint Louis University, Baguio City

11:00 – 11:30 Open forum

11:30 – 1:00 Lunch Break

1:00 – 2:30 Parallel Session 3

Parallel Session 3A Parallel Session 3B Parallel Session 3C Parallel Session 3D

DOING FILIPINO PHILOSOPHY
Moderator: Benjiemen Labastin
THE VISAYAN PHILOSOPHY OF
KAHIMTANG: A NEW DIRECTION
Arian G. Acampado
Visayas State University
DOING FILIPINO PHILOSOPHY
Moderator: Julius Basallo
EXPLORING “MARUNUNG” AS
AN INTELLECTUAL VIRTUE THAT
DEMONSTRATES ARISTOTLE’S
ARETÉ
Vic Anthonny A. Villaganas
University of San Carlos
PHILOSOPHY AND SOCIETY
Moderator: Al Franjon Villaroya
EXTRA-JUDICIAL KILLINGS:
TRIVIALIZING HUMAN LIFE AND
CHURCH RESPONSE
Jose Fermin B. Crave
Cebu Normal University
APPLIED PHILOSOPHY
Moderator: Noe Santillan
SURVIVING TYPHOON YOLANDA
(HAIYAN) IN THE LENS OF
COMTEAN ALTRUISM
Dennis Moreto Bautista
Leyte Normal University
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FILIPINO PHENOMENOLOGY OF
SOUL IN THE CONTEXT OF
BABAYLAN TRADITION
Samson Bernales
University of Mindanao
FILIPINO PHILOSOPHY: A
PHILOSOPHY IN ACTION
Julius O. Basallo
Cebu Technological University –
Barili Campus
2:30 – 3:00 Break
3:00 – 4:30 Parallel Session 4
Parallel Session 4A
ENVIRONMENTAL PHILOSOPHY
Moderator: Alvin A Galeon
COMMONER'S PHILOSOPHY ON
THE FOUR LAWS OF ECOLOGY:
AN EXPERIENCE OF NORTH
NEGROS NATURAL PARK
Joseph Dexter G. Gerasmia
University of St. La Salle
A PHENOMENOLOGICAL
REFLECTION ON THE FILIPINO
CONCEPT OF UBOS-BIYAYA
Jonathan James O. Canete
Pasig Catholic College
FILIPINO NOTION OF
MOTHERHOOD: HERMENEUTIC
PHENOMENOLOGICAL ANALYSIS
Aireen G. Tiamzon-Abiera
Marikina Polytechnic College
Parallel Session 4B
POLITICS AND PHILOSOPHY
Moderator: Ranie Villaver
AGONISM OR CONSENSUS?
CHANTAL MOUFFE,
JÜRGEN HABERMAS, AND THE
PROSPECTS OF DEMOCRACY
Ismael Pahuyo Magadan, Jr.
Silliman University
UNDERSTANDING LEIBNIZ’S
‘BEST OF ALL POSSIBLE
WORLDS’ IN RELATION TO
INTER-RELIGIOUS DIALOGUE IN
MINDANAO
Ronnel John Macias Romagos
Foundation University
MUSINGS ON FILIPINO ONTO-
THEOLOGICAL RELIGIOSITY:
IMPETUS FOR THE POSSIBILITY
OF MARION’S “IMPOSSIBLE
PHENOMENON”
Alex Y. Tiempo
Cebu Normal University and
University of San Carlos
Parallel Session 4C
THE POLITICS OF STRUGGLE
Moderator: Alexis Deodato Itao
ARMED RESISTANCE THROUGH
THE LENS OF THE CHURCH
Noe M. Santillan
University of the Philippines –
Cebu
Silliman University
Dumaguete City, Negros Oriental
May 30 – June 1, 2019
PASIG CITY VEGETABLE
VENDORS’ EMANCIPATION
FROM POVERTY: CLAIMS AND
STRATEGIES FOR SOCIAL
JUSTICE
Richard S. Nellas
Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng
Pasig/University of the East
Manila
Parallel Session 4D
DOING PHILOSOPHY UNDER THE
LENSES OF THE MASTERS
Moderator: Orlando ali Mandane, Jr
HEIDEGGER’S QUESTION OF THE
MEANING OF BEING: A MEANS
TO REVEAL THE DASEIN
OF POLITICAL CANDIDATES
Albert C. Albina
Negros Oriental State University
– Bayawan
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PHAVISMINDA’s 40TH ANNIVERSARY Dumaguete City, Negros Oriental
CELEBRATION May 30 – June 1, 2019

ASSIGNING BLAME: A
CONTEXTUAL RESPONSE TO
DANIEL FOUKE
Veniz Maja V. Guzman
Far Eastern University
MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING:
THE ROLE OF THE NOTHING IN
AGAMBEN’S PHILOSOPHICAL
SYSTEM
Daryl Y. Mendoza
University of San Carlos
CONTINUING VALIDITY AND SARTREAN FREEDOM IN
VITALITY OF THE DIALOGUE ROUSSEAU’S EMILE
BETWEEN THEOLOGY AND Beljun P. Enaya
MARXISM: THE PHILIPPINE Visayas State University
EXPERIENCE
Hes Mailo Capangpangan
Nicodemus

INTEGRAL ECOLOGY AS WILL TO
POWER
Prince Wilson A. Macarubbo
University of Santo Tomas &
Cagayan Heritage Conservation
Society
OZAMIZ CITY POLITICS AND AN INVESTIGATION INTO LOCAL
CHANTAL MOUFFE'S AGONISTIC LANGUAGES' LINGUISTIC
DEMOCRACY RESISTANCE USING A
Gerry Arambala WITTGENSTEINIAN
La Salle University PERSPECTIVE
Dua Aeka A. Uriarte
Silliman University

4:30 – 5:00 Open forum

5:00 – 6:30 Parallel Session 5

Parallel Session 5A Parallel Session 5B Parallel Session 5C Parallel Session 5D

STATE AND POLITICS IN THE
TIME OF DUTERTE
Moderator: Regletto Aldrich Imbong
RODRIGO ROA “DUTERTS”
DUTERTE: A LENINIST READING
Carmelito Nomer S. Abolencia
Eastern Visayas State University
POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY HUMAN FLOURISHING
Moderator: Daryl Mendoza Moderator: John Paul Petrola
THE SOCIO-POLITICAL IDEAS OF SOCIOLOGICAL AND NATURAL
GRACIANO LOPEZ JAENA SCIENCE APPROACHES TO
AND THEIR RELEVANCE TO RELIGION: ITS RELEVANCE AND
NATION BUILDING IMPLICATIONS TO HUMAN
Ryan H. Calica FLOURISHING IN THE CONTEXT
University of San Agustin OF THE FILIPINOS
Ferdinand M. Mangibin
Silliman University
PHILOSOPHY AND TECHNOLOGY
Moderator: Prince Wilson Macarubbo
THE ROLE OF TECHNOLOGY IN
SHAPING THE MINDS OF
FILIPINO MILLENNIALS
IN DON IHDE’S TECHNOLOGICAL
MEDIATION
Jehanne Q. Macarimbang
Rogationist Seminary College
Cebu
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JOHN STUART MILL’S
UTILITARIANISM AND THE
CONCEPT OF JUSTICE IN THE
PERSPECTIVE OF RODRIGO ROA
DUTERTE’S POLITICAL
PHILOSOPHY
Analyn C. Españo, DA and
Sherwin M. Españo
Eastern Visayas State University
Tacloban City, Philippines
ANALYZING THE HEGEMONIC
CHARACTER OF THE PHILIPPINE
CIVIL SOCIETY
Gerlie C. Ogatis
Polytechnic University of the
Philippines- Manila
6:30 – 7:00 Open forum
7:00 DINNER / USAPP GENERAL ASSEMBLY / SOCIALS
THE POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY OF
JOSE MARIA SISON
Jerry D. Imbong
Colegio de San Juan de Letran
AXEL HONNETH'S THEORY OF
RECOGNITION AND ITS
RELEVANCE TO THE
LUMADS' STRUGGLE FOR
SOCIAL JUSTICE IN SURIGAO
Anesito L. Cutillas
Cebu Technological University -
Argao
NIETZSCHE’S ÜBERMENSCH AND
THE FILIPINO ASPIRATION OF
MAGPAKATAO
Alvin A. Galeon
University of San Carlos
THE POLITICAL VISION OF THE NATURE OF INFORMATION
CONTEMPORARY FILIPINOS
Alexis Deodato S. Itao
Cebu Normal University &
University of San Carlos
Silliman University
Dumaguete City, Negros Oriental
May 30 – June 1, 2019
THE ZHUANGZI 《莊子》
PRIMITIVIST REJECTION OF
TECHNOLOGY
IN THE LIGHT OF
CONDEMNATION OF 好知
(haozhifondness of knowledge):
CHINESE PHILOSOPHY AND
DOING PHILOSOPHY
Ranie Villaver
University of San Carlos
AND ETHICS
Orlando Ali M. Mandane, Jr.
University of San Carlos
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Day 3 (1 June 2019)
8:00 – 9:30 Parallel Session 6
Parallel Session 6A
GENDER STUDIES
Moderator: Francis Kristian Parawan
SYMBOLIC VIOLENCE WITHIN
GENDER RELATIONS
Kyle Alfred M. Barte
Silliman University
THE FILIPINO
PHENOMENOLOGY OF LGBT: AN
ETHICAL CHALLENGE OF THE
FILIPINO PARENT EXPERIENCE
Ricah Amor G. Cabalhin and Dr.
Fatima Socorro Quianzon
Eastern Visayas State University
HUSSERL’S
PHENOMENOLOGICAL EPOCHÉ
AND THE PHENOMENON OF
LGBTQI+
Briaflo J. De Padua
University of Santo Tomas
Graduate School /
St. Dominic College of Asia
Parallel Session 6B
ETHICS
Moderator: Nomer Abolencia
CRITICAL THINKING AND THE
TEACHING OF ETHICS IN THE
PHILIPPINES
Bernardo N. Caslib, Jr.
Ateneo De Manila University
LYOTARD: DIFFEREND AND THE
PARADOX OF POSTMODERN
ETHICS
Ronel Beatriz De Loyola
Polytechnic University of the
Philippines
CONTROL PRINCIPLE, MORAL
LUCK AND REGRET:
TOWARDS AN INCLUSIVE
APPROACH TO MORAL
ACCOUNTABILITY
Ruel M. Nalam
Centrol Escolar University
Parallel Session 6C
FILIPINO, PHILOSOPHY AND
RELIGION
Moderator: Prince Wilson Macarubbo
FILIPINO PHILOSOPHY, THE
MILLENNIAL FILIPINO AND
CHRISTIAN RELIGION
Joezenon A. Purog
Eastern Visayas State University
UNDERSTANDING FILIPINO
PERSONAL RELIGION
IN THE LIGHT OF WILLIAM
JAMES’ PHILOSOPHY OF
RELIGION
Jovanni Villacora
Silliman University
Silliman University
Dumaguete City, Negros Oriental
May 30 – June 1, 2019
Parallel Session 6D
PEOPLE AND THE
ENVIRONMENT
Moderator: Ryan H. Calica
THE ECOSOPHY OF RENE
“TATAY ETI” VENDIOLA, 5TH
RAMON ABOITIZ FOUNDATION
INCORPORATED (RAFI)
TRIENNIAL AWARDEE AND
RAINFORESTATION CHAMPION
Guiraldo C. Fernandez, Jr.1 and
Marlito Jose M. Bande2
ECOFEMINISM: AN APPROACH
TO LIBERATING SOCIAL
CONSCIOUSNESS
Aaron C. Tolosa
University of Saint La Salle
LOVE, RIGHTS, AND
SOLIDARITY: UNDERSTANDING
THE AETA PEOPLES’ STRUGGLE
FOR RECOGNITION
John Paul J. Petrola
University of San Agustin
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PHAVISMINDA’s 40TH ANNIVERSARY Dumaguete City, Negros Oriental
CELEBRATION May 30 – June 1, 2019

9:30 – 10:00 Break

10:00 – 10:30 Plenary Address 6

“RICOEUR’S WOUNDED COGITO AS THE CAPABLE HUMAN BEING
AND THE PHENOMENON OF FILIPINO RESILIENCE
Fr. Dennis Edralin, PhD
President, PAGARUBANGAN
Thomas Aquinas Major Seminary
Lyceum de Aparri
Aparri, Cagayan

10:30 – 11:00 Open forum

11:00 - 11:30 Plenary Address 7

“PHILOSOPHIZING FOR LIBERATION AND FOR ENGAGED INCLUSIVITY AND PLURALISM:
BEYOND THE CURRENT ELITIST AND HOMOGENIZING TENDENCY OF ‘FILIPINO PHILOSOPHY”
Aurelio Agcaoili, PhD
University of Hawaii

11:30 – 12:00 Open forum

12:00 Closing Remarks

Jeremiah Joven Joaquin
President, Philosophical Association of the Philippines