Doctor of Philosophy, major in Philosophy
Doctor of Philosophy, major in Philosophy
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We are a Catholic institution of learning dedicated to advancing the frontiers of knowledge in the theoretical and applied fields through quality graduate education that is comprehensive and responsive to the needs of society.
We are committed to the formation of scholars and high-quality professionals who are ethical, competent, compassionate, and committed to the service of their respective professions, the Church, the nation, and the global community.
We envision a Graduate School that stands for excellence and innovation and that is globally recognized for its distinct degree programs and quality research outputs.
The Graduate School commits itself to develop:
- Competent professionals who, inspired by the ideals of St. Antoninus of Florence, promote excellence in the production, advancement, and transmission of specialized knowledge and skills in the sciences, the arts, and community service;
- Scholarly researchers and creative thinkers who, kindled by St. Thomas Aquinas’s ardour for truth, aspire to become fonts of intellectual creativity and, in their quest for quality research, are proficient and critical in assessing and communicating information in various fields that impact the professions, the Church, the nation, and the global community;
- Professional Christian leaders who, touched by St. Dominic de Guzman’s apostolic fire and warmed by Mary’s motherly care, articulate ethics and truth, high level of moral maturity in resolving issues and promoting social justice and compassion for the poor, and care for the environment;
- Globally engaged citizens who, with ardent advocacy for life, promote a deeper understanding of tolerance and justice as well as linguistic, religious, and cultural diversities as a result of precise evaluation of modern problems and inquiries;
- Committed scholars who, nurtured by the dogmas of Christian faith and values, are dedicated to the pursuit of truth through the promotion of an intellectual culture that values academic rigor and freedom of scientific investigations; and
- Lifelong learners who, empowered by St. Antoninus of Florence’s zeal for learning, are committed to the advancement of a higher culture through a continuous search for intellectual inquiries and new knowledge as well as faithfulness to Catholic intellectual traditions.
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Program Curriculum
Philosophy of the Human Person
Philosophy of St. Thomas Aquinas and Thomism
Philosophy of Values
Ashvagosha and Nagarjuna
Buddhist Philosophy
Confucian Philosophy
Confucius and Mencius
Filipino Philosophy I
Filipino Philosophy II
Lao Tzu and Chuang Tzu
Mahatma Gandhi
Servapalli Radhakrishnan
Shankara and Patanjali
Sri-Aurobindo
Taoist Philosophy
Vedanta Philosophy
Zen and Tibetan Buddhism
Arthur Schopenhauer
Baruch Spinoza
Bertrand Russell
Contemporary Readings of Marxism
David Hume
Edmund Husserl
Emmanuel Levinas
Friedrich Nietzsche
G. Berkeley
G.W. Leibniz
Gabriel Marcel
Gilles Deleuze
GWF Hegel
Hans Georg Gadamer
Hermeneutics and Deconstruction
Hilary Putnam
Immanuel Kant
Jacques Derrida
Jean Luc Marion
Jean Paul Sartre
John Locke
John Rawls
Jurgen Habermas
Karl Jaspers
Karl Popper
Karol Wojtyla
Logical Positivism
Ludwig Wittgenstein
Martin Buber
Martin Heidegger
Marxism
Max Scheler
Michel Foucault
Paul Ricouer
Philosophy of Aristotle
Philosophy of Values
Postmodern-ism
Post-Structuralism
Process Philosophy
Rene Descartes
Richard Rorty
Semiotics
Soren Kierkegaard
Structuralism
Survey of Feminist Philosophy
The Dialogues of Plato
Theodor Adorno
Thomas Kuhn
Degree Requirements | Units |
Prerequisite Courses | 9 |
Core Courses | 18 |
Specialization Courses | 12 |
Cognate Courses | 6 |
Written Comprehensive Exams | |
Dissertation Writing I | 6 |
Dissertation Writing II | 3 |
Dissertation Writing III | 3 |
TOTAL | 57 |