Ateneo de Manila University Philosophy Department

NEW PUBLICATION 📢🎉

Dr. Maria Lovelyn C Paclibar
"Kwentuhan as the active weaving of kapwa relations: Notes towards a decolonizing practice in Philippine education"

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NEW PUBLICATION 📢🎉

Dr. Jovino G. Miroy
"Manila as Sophie’s World: Mapping Sites of Wonder in 19th c. Intramuros and Environs"

https://saliksik.upd.edu.ph/storage/submission/pdf/manuscripts/cbSkQiEP284eOWHdXoPySLFTCDvzWPLzUlhCIKBM.pdf

The Department of Philosophy
Ateneo de Manila University

is inviting all members of the Higher Education Community to a defense

The People as Actor and Spectator: Hannah Arendt’s Politicization of Reflective Judgment

A dissertation by Joseph A. Guillermo

May 8 2026, Friday, at 10:00 AM

Adviser: Rowena Anthea Azada-Palacios

Panelists:
Remmon E. Barbaza, PhD
Paolo A. Bolaños, PhD
Rainier A. Ibana, PhD
Maria Lovelyn C. Paclibar, PhD

Zoom link available upon request. Requests can be sent to [email protected].

The Department of Philosophy, Ateneo de Manila University, is inviting all members of the Higher Education Community to a defense Positive duty, negative duty, and the third duty in the light of Paul Ricoeur's distinction of ethics, morality, and practical wisdom.

A dissertation by Vitalian Christopher L. Napone

06 May 2026, Wednesday, at 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM, via Zoom

Zoom link available upon request.

NEW PUBLICATION 📢🎉

Dr. Pamela Joy Mariano-Capistrano
"Agency, global capitalism, and postcolonial patronage: Provocations on structural injustice through the system of smallholder corn farming in the Upper Pulangi"

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/07255136261444385

Please note the forthcoming round of deadlines for application to the MA Philosophy and PhD Philosophy graduate programs, to commence studies in the school year SY 2026-2027:

For Filipino applicants (Philippine passport holders) to start in the first semester (August): May 5, 2026

For international applicants (non-Philippine passport holders) to start in the second semester (January): August 30, 2026

For Filipino cross-registrants (Philippine passport holders) to cross-register in the first semester (August): June 5, 2026

For international cross-registrants (non-Philippine passport holders) to cross-register in the first semester (August): May 5, 2026

The university’s graduate studies prospectus can be downloaded here: https://www.ateneo.edu/ls/graduate/admissions/prospectus
For more information about the graduate admissions process, please click here: https://www.ateneo.edu/graduate/admissions
Information about scholarships and financial aid can be found here: https://www.ateneo.edu/.../gra.../scholarships-financial-aid

Informal inquiries about the Philosophy Department’s graduate programs can be directed to the graduate programs coordinator, Dr. Rowena Azada-Palacios, at razada[at]ateneo[dot]edu. Dr. Azada-Palacios will hold an informal online drop-in session to address questions from prospective students on Thursday, 30 April, from 12:00 to 1:00 PM. To attend the online drop-in session, please register here: https://forms.gle/xfcrwZXvsnaQZyy3A

Drop-in session for prospective applicants to the ADMU Philosophy graduate programs The Ateneo de Manila Philosophy graduate programs will be holding an informal drop-in session over Zoom to address questions that prospective applicants might have about the MA Philosophy and PhD Philosophy programs. The drop-in session will be on Thursday, 30 April 2026 from 12 noon to 1 PM, and wi...

The Department of Philosophy
Ateneo de Manila University

is inviting all members of the Higher Education Community to a defense

On Re-establishing Virtual Patient-Physician Relationship Post-Covid-19 Pandemic Using Martin Buber’s I-Thou Primary Attitude and Its Conception of Human Dialogue

A dissertation by Katryn Noelle E. Valeriano, MD

April 29 2026, Wednesday, at 4:30 PM, via Zoom

Adviser: Dr. Manuel B. Dy, Jr.

Panelists:
Oscar G. Bulaong, PhD
Raymun Festin, PhD
Albert M. Lagliva, PhD
Agustin Martin G. Rodriguez, PhD

Zoom link available upon request.

Faculty members and a graduate student of the Department of Philosophy presented papers at the Global Research Alliance of Jesuit Universities (GRAJU) Inaugural Symposium on March 9-12, 2026, a global gathering exploring the AI Frontier and the distinctives of Jesuit higher education in a rapidly changing world:

Anamarie Avecilla, “Learning Ethical Discernment in the Time of AI” for Ethical, Equity, Legal, and Policy Implications of AI

Pamela Joy Mariano Capistrano, “The Perils of Personification: AI in the Jesuit University and in Student Formation” for AI in Ignatian Pedagogy and Curriculum Design

Noel Clemente, “The Impact of GenAI on Student Formation in Philippine Higher Education" for AI in Ignatian Pedagogy and Curriculum Design (co-presented with Stephanie Ann Puen)

Mary Imbong, “What Does It Mean to be An Artist in a World with Generative AI Art?” for AI in Research, Creative Work, and Innovation

Patrick Vance Nogoy, SJ, “Eliminating Learning by Experience? On Meta-Learning, Artificial Intelligence, and What It Means to be Human” for AI in Ignatian Pedagogy and Curriculum Design

Rowena Anthea Azada-Palacios, “The Perils of Personification: AI in the Jesuit University and in Student Formation” for AI in Ignatian Pedagogy and Curriculum Design

The course Philosophizing About Generative AI will be offered to graduate students next term, June - July 2026 (Intersession)!

Class Schedule: Mondays and Fridays, from 5:00 PM to 8:30 PM

This graduate course examines philosophical questions surrounding generative AI, drawing on philosophy of the human person, philosophy of language, epistemology, ethics, and aesthetics. It explores issues such as agency, responsibility, creativity, knowledge, and understanding, challenging students not only to apply philosophical ideas to generative AI but also critically assess how large language models reshape these philosophical concepts.

The course will be taught by Dr. Noel L. Clemente.

Open to non-philosophy graduate students as a free elective.

The Department of Philosophy
Ateneo de Manila University

is inviting all members of the Higher Education Community

to a Master of Arts in Philosophy thesis defense on April 14, 2026, at 12:30 NN:

King Táung Aláya-ng Ásábi (On the Person About Whom Nothing Can Be Said): Articulating a Kapampangan Philosophy of the Human Person

by Gevans Ed A. Gueco

Venue: Natividad Galang Fajardo Conference Room, Horacio de la Costa Hall, Loyola Heights Campus

Thesis Adviser: Dr. Agustin Martin G. Rodriguez

Panel Members: Dr. Remmon E. Barbaza & Dr. Albert M. Lagliva

NEW PUBLICATION 📢🎉

Dr. Remmon E. Barbaza
"Heidegger and the Forgetting of Walking in Manila"
https://www.kritike.org/journal/special_issue_2026b/kritikesib_february2026.pdf

This is part of the Kritike special issue on Heidegger, which you can check out here: https://www.kritike.org/volume-19-4.html