PHAVISMINDA

In one of his eloquent writings, i.e., Discourse on Thinking, Martin Heidegger laments that our age is characterized of being "thoughtless" or to the least, "thought-poor."
        Being "thoughtless" or "thought-poor" is, to us people in the academia, a serious charge - if true, a capital offense. Somehow, to be a culprit or to be innocent of this Heideggerian "allegation" is a matter of personal reflection.
       At any rate, it is indispensable on the part of the guilty or of the innocent to prove his/her claim. We, the active members of the Philosophical Association of the Visayas and Mindanao (PHAVISMINDA), unhesitantly claim for the latter. We wish to bring about a "thoughtful" and a "thought-rich" society - at least from among the circles of our active members and perhaps down to the ranks of our colleagues and students.
        This explains why, the Editor-in-Chief of the receptacle of our "thoughts," Dr. Orlando Ali Mandane, Jr., has shown much concern and dedication to "create" this website for our philosophical organization, PHAVISMINDA, and for our scholarly and professional journal.
        In view, thereof, I enjoined all the members of PHAVISMINDA to support this project in whatever manner this electronic locus of our organization and journal will be able to sustain its lifeblood - we ourselves.
        My deep appreciation to the efforts of Dr. Mandane.
         
 
                                                          Sincerely,
 
             
                                                          (SGD) Dr. Eddie R. Babor, LL.B.
                                                          President, PHAVISMINDA