Course Overview
The program is designed to stir the student's intellectual curiosity and provide him with the tools for critical analysis. It equips the student with a balanced view of nature and of man, of the march and development of ideas in history, of how the mind of man shapes culture and the destiny of nations.

Major Subjects

Subject Code	Subject Description
PHILO1	LOGIC (3units) Logic as an introductory course in Philosophy which deals with the study of the rules and regulations for correctness in the three operations of the mind such as simple apprehensions, whereby ideas are formed judgment - whereby propositions are formed and reasoning - whereby inductions are formed including syllogism.
PHILO2	DIALECTICS (3units) This course being the continuation of Philosophy 1 focuses on the third mental act, i.e. reasoning and its external sign - the syllogism. This course deals primarily with treaties on argumentation and discussion. Equipped with the tools for correct thinking, the students can apply this knowledge of the logical processes to any academic subject that requires analytical and reflective thinking.
PHILO3	ETHICS AND MORAL VALUES (3units) This subject studies the various traditions of moral reasoning and their concrete applications: Eudaimonism, National Law, Deutology, Axiology, Utilitarianism, Discourse Ethics, the foundation of morality in conscience, self determination and the Transcendent.
PHILO201	PHILOSOPHY OF THE HUMAN PERSON (3units) An initiation to the existential awareness of the human predicament, embodiment, historicity, freedom, love, knowledge, work and death.
PHILO202	COSMOLOGY (3units) A methaphysical study by way of obstruction and reflection, of the physical world, of the things that exist and operate from the principles of nature.
PHILO203	METAPHYSICS (3units) This course studies the analogy of Being, the transcendental properties of Being, Potency and Act. Essence and Existence, Substance and Accident, Subsistence and Personality, the value of causality and Principle of Finality.
PHILO204	EPISTEMOLOGY (3units) A study of the structure of human knowing. Includes classical theories of Knowledge: correspondence, coherence, pragmatic and intuitive.
PHILO205	HISTORY OF WESTERN PHILOSOPHY (3units) The course aims to give an account of development of philosophy throughout the period of the Ancient ages. This period in the History of philosophy covers prominent figures who pioneered philosophizing in the Ancient Greece, the paradigm of which resolves around the questions of UR-STUFF, COSMOLOGY OR THE SUBSTRATUM OF BEING. Thus, the bracket of the study encompasses the Miletian Age, the Socratic, the great Triumverates (Socrates, Plato, Aristotle) and Plotinus.
PHILO206	SOCIAL PHILOSOPHY (3units) A discussion of the Philosophical foundations of contemporary social issues: ecology, peace and human rights . These issues are studied within the context of their corresponding social structures; the economy, security and polity. The latter are shown to be rooted in the social nature of being human.
PHILO207	CHINESE PHILOSOPHY (3units) Discusses about Chinese philosophers such as Confucius, Mencius, Lao-Tze, Chuang-Tze
PHILO208	PHILOSOPHY OF RELIGION (3units) A critical and analytical reflection on the human experience of the Divine: the question of belief , the possibility of impossibility of proving the existence of God, a phenomenology and the metaphysics of hope.
PHILO209	MEDIEVAL PHILOSOPHY (3units) This study engages the student in philosophical readings and discussions of the life works and ideas of important philosophers belonging to the medieval period, especially St. Thomas and the great names in scholastic philosophy.
PHILO210	HISTORY OF WESTERN PHILOSOPHY II (3units) The course will cover great thinkers who succeeded Plato and Aristotle. It is in this epoc where Greek philosophizing and Christianity come into a merge. The study gives accounts of the lives and philosophy of great thinkers, saints and doctors of the church. The primary focus of which is God’s Existence. Thus, the scope of the study begins with the PRE-MEDIEVAL INFLUENCES, the 10th Century Philosophers, the Islamic and Jewish philosophy and ends with the 13th century philosophy particularly that of St. Bonaventure.
PHILO211	PHILOSOPHY OF LANGUAGE & CULTURE (3units) A study which deals with the problems of language. It's philosophical nature and its relation to topics about Science, religion and culture. It's objective is to be enlightened on language and concept.
PHILO212	SEMINAR ON FILIPINO PHILOSOPHY (3units) This course will acquaint students regarding the Anthrological study and the evolution of Filipino Philosophy. The study will dwell into the analyses of the elements of the Filipino mind and thought tendencies as they are observed in their application to various fields such as: Aesthetics, history, religiosity education and modernization.
PHILO213	THEODICY (3units) In this course the student learns about the demonstrability of the existence of God, the " Quinque Viae" , the nature of God, God's Knowledge, the Divine Will, Miracles and the Divine Omnipotence, Providence and the problem of evil.
PHILO214	PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (3units)  The scope and limitations of the hypothetico - deductive method. The role of creativity and with insight. The logic of discovery and the logic of justification. Normal and revolutionary moments in Science Technology progress; prospects and problems.
PHILO215	INDIAN PHILOSOPHY (3units) Focuses on the various philosophy of India and its religions, the Vedas and other cultural and historical influences which contributed to the development of the Indian mind.
PHILO216	MODERN PHILOSOPHY (3units) A critical examination of the ideas of Descartes, Locke, Berkeley, Hume Kant and other influencial thinkers of the period.
PHILO217	AESTHESTICS (3units) The branch of Philosophy that aims to establish the general principles of art and beauty. This is the study of what is involved in the creation, appreciation and criticism of art; in relation of art to other human activities and interests and in the role of art in a changing world.
PHILO218	ENVIRONMETAL ETHICS (3units) The various traditions of moral reasoning and their concrete applications in regards to man’s relation to nature which constitutes his environment.
PHILO219	PHILOSOPHY OF EDUCATION (3units) A discussion of the philosophical foundations of education, and their development in history.
PHILO220	PHILOSOPHY OF POLITICS & GOVERNMENT (3units)  A study of the most basic beliefs, concepts, values, attitudes and realities that make the art or science of government inevitable and absolutely imperative for man. The student is therefore rendered more aware of his vital role in the total complexity of relations among people within a society as well as the management of the common good.
PHILO221	CONTEMPORARY PHILOSOPHY (3units) A critical examination of the ideas of Husserl, Bergson, Heidegger, Sartre, Marcel , Jaspers and Wittegenstein and other minds that influenced the development of contemporary ideas.
PHILO222	SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY (3units) A study of the origin, nature and causes of human association and man’s role in society. Different kinds of social groups the family and domestics, civil and social rights, the duties of state and church relations and international responsibilities. Man as a social being has a duty towards society.