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PHAVISMINDA Journal Volume 7

May 2008

Contents

Editor's Note

Articles

The Making of a Filipino Philosopher by Rolando Gripaldo

"Filipino Philosophy: Why Not? Reflections on Filipino Philosophy of Time" by Amosa Velez

"The Status of Individual Rights in the context of HIV/AIDS Pandemic in Africa" by Christopher Agulanna

 "Surrogate Motherhood and the Predicament of the African Woman." by Bolatito Lanre-Abbas

"Justice, Equality, and Human Worth." by Rosario Manzanares-Espina.

"Perspective, Ideology, and Social Reality in the Aesthetic Theory of Georg Lukacs" by  Ryan Maboloc

"A Critico-Ethical Analysis of Philippine Animal Welfare Act of 1998." by Ryan Urbano

"Philosophical Approaches to Environmental Preservation." Jane D. Gallamaso"

Hermeneutics as Appropriation: A Way of Understanding Oneself in front of the Text" by Ruby Suazo.

Review

A Review of Douglas J. Elwood's Living by Faith or Fate: God's Will and Man's Option" by Salvador Vista.

PHAVISMINDA Journal Volume 6

May 2007

Contents

Editor's Note
Articles
"Social Education and Meaningful Participatory Governance: Towards Building Democracy as a Public Philosophy" by Glenn Varona
"Christian Philosophy and the Challenge of Postmodernity" by Eddie Babor
"Wuwei in the Daodejing: Understanding Daoist Ethics" by Ranie Villaver
"Heidegger and St. Thomas: Transcendence as a Signpost to the Debate on Language and the Question of Being" by Ryan Christopher Maboloc
"Borgmann's Technology and the Recovery of the Good Life" by Orlando Ali M. Mandane Jr.
Reviews
"A Choice to Pursue the Moral Path: A Review of Richard A. Cohen and James Marsh's Ricoeur as an Other: The Ethics of Subjectivity" by Ruby S. Suazo
"Possibilities for a Democratice Technology: A Review of Tyler Veak's Democratizing Technology: Andrew Feenberg's Critical Theory of Technology" by Orlando Ali M. Mandane Jr.

PHAVISMINDA Journal Volume 5

May 2006

Contents

Editor's Notes
"Laying the Ground for a Philosophy of Culture" by Rosario Manzanares-Espina
"Dupre on Marx's Concept of Culture as a Historical Process" by Eddie Babor
"Consumerism and Environment: A Quest for Man's Place in the World" by Jane D. Gallamaso
"Marcuse's Techonology: Towards a Critical Analysis of Technology in the Philippines" by Orlando Ali M. Mandane Jr.
"Arendt's Notion of Totalitarianism and Its Political Impact" by Gumercindo Garciano Jr.
"Exploring the Possibilities of the Levinasian Texts" by Fleurdeliz Altez
"Zen No-Mind in Karatedo" by Antonio P. Diluvio
"The Lifeworld: A Complementary Concept to Habermas' Theory of Communicative Action" by Alvin Galeon
28th PHAVISMINDA Conference: A Synthesis by Ruby Suazo