Professional Documents
Culture Documents
1. Pagtataka
2. Pag-aalinlangan
3. Kamalayang Sarili
• Isang karaingang nagpapatulis sa kaisipang tao at nagpapayaman sa
karanasan ng bawat indibidwal sa kanyang walang tigil na pagtuklas
ng katotohanan at paghahanap ng kabuluhan at kasagutan sa kanyang
mga katanungan. (Gordon)
Ayon kay Napoleon Mabaquiao Jr.
• Pilipinosopiya ay humuhubog ng ideolohiyang Pilipino.
1. Humuhubog ng etikang Pilipino (Shaping Filipino moral and ethical
stance)
2. Kategoryang ginagamit sa pamimilosopiya ay katutubong Pilipino
(Filipino ethnic tribes)
3. Pagpapahayag sa Wikang Pilipino (Filipino national language)
4. Ang pagkamamamayan ng namimilosopiya ay Pilipino (Filipino
citizenship)
5. Ang kamalayang taglay ng namimilosopiya ay Pilipino (Filipino
awareness)
Different Approaches of Filipino Philosophy
1. Traditional/Philosophical
2. Cultural/Anthropological
3. National/Constitutional
Traditional/Philosophical
• It identifies individual Filipino philosophers.
Cultural/Anthropological
• Weltanschauung (World View) – person’s or a group’s conceptions,
philosophical view of the world
Volkgeist – spirit of the people, national character
• It is embodied in people’s language and oral and written literature.
National/Constitutional
• Any philosophical work written by a Filipino as defined by the
Philippine Constitution is Filipino philosophy.