UST Concilium Philosophiae

01/12/2025

🔺 ️𝗥𝗘𝗦𝗖𝗛𝗘𝗗𝗨𝗟𝗘𝗗 𝗘𝗩𝗘𝗡𝗧

The 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐮𝐦 𝐏𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐨𝐩𝐡𝐢𝐚𝐞 is sad to inform you that our Filipino Philosophy Seminar and Leadership Training Event entitled, 𝑳𝑬𝑨𝑫𝑬𝑹𝑺𝑯𝑰𝑷 𝟏𝟎𝟏: 𝑪𝒖𝒍𝒕𝒊𝒗𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝑳𝒆𝒂𝒅𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒉𝒊𝒑 𝑻𝒉𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒈𝒉 𝑭𝒊𝒍𝒊𝒑𝒊𝒏𝒐 𝑷𝒉𝒊𝒍𝒐𝒔𝒐𝒑𝒉𝒚 is cancelled tomorrow due to unforeseen circumstances. 😓

However, we are pleased to inform you that the event is 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐝𝐮𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐧𝐞𝐱𝐭 𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐡. The organization is glad seeing the interest of the Athenians, guests, and other student leaders. 🤗✨️

We look forward in seeing you in 𝑳𝑬𝑨𝑫𝑬𝑹𝑺𝑯𝑰𝑷 𝟏𝟎𝟏: 𝑪𝒖𝒍𝒕𝒊𝒗𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝑳𝒆𝒂𝒅𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒉𝒊𝒑 𝑻𝒉𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒈𝒉 𝑭𝒊𝒍𝒊𝒑𝒊𝒏𝒐 𝑷𝒉𝒊𝒍𝒐𝒔𝒐𝒑𝒉𝒚 this January. 🫶

𝐓𝐇𝐀𝐍𝐊 𝐘𝐎𝐔 𝐅𝐎𝐑 𝐔𝐍𝐃𝐄𝐑𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐍𝐃𝐈𝐍𝐆!

𝑾𝒆 𝒅𝒐 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒍𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒂𝒍𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒔𝒆𝒍𝒗𝒆𝒔, 𝒃𝒆𝒄𝒂𝒖𝒔𝒆 𝒘𝒆 𝒃𝒆𝒍𝒐𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒔𝒐𝒓𝒕𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒔𝒐𝒄𝒊𝒂𝒍 𝒕𝒊𝒆𝒔. ✨️
- 𝑭𝒓. 𝑳𝒆𝒐𝒏𝒂𝒓𝒅𝒐 𝑴𝒆𝒓𝒄𝒂𝒅𝒐, 𝑺𝒗𝑫

Leadership isn't merely about serving the people or working on a project. Leadership is about being with people and working with them through their ups and downs. 💥

With that said, the Concilium Philosophiae is preparing something special for you. 👀

Whether you are a student leader, a class officer, or someone who's leading a team, this upcoming work is made just for you. 🫶

𝐒𝐞𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐬𝐨𝐨𝐧! 🤗

Board by: Xyrhyn Pimentel
Caption by: Zachary Gayoma

Posted with approval of the adviser.

28/11/2025

𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗰𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘂𝗺 𝗴𝗼𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗤𝗖

The Office of the Vice Chancellor of 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐮𝐦 𝐏𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐨𝐩𝐡𝐢𝐚𝐞 went to Quezon City today to attend the event of Adamson St. Vincent School of Theology.

𝐀𝐝𝐚𝐦𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐒𝐭. 𝐕𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐒𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐥 𝐨𝐟 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐲 organized a primer debate event. The organization extend its heartfelt congratulations for the wonderful and meaningful event.

25/11/2025

𝗝𝗨𝗦𝗧 𝗛𝗔𝗣𝗣𝗘𝗡𝗘𝗗 | Guest speaker, Prof. Marella Mancenido-Bolaños, gave a thorough discussion on Garreth Matthew’s “Philosophy of Childhood”

In her lecture, she explored how children are capable of making philosophical questions and can also make philosophical answers as well.

“The right time for philosophical discussion for children is the children’s time. We should always meet the children where they are at,” she stated during her lecture.

Don’t miss out on more updates here! 🎧





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22/11/2025

𝑾𝒆 𝒅𝒐 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒍𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒂𝒍𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒔𝒆𝒍𝒗𝒆𝒔, 𝒃𝒆𝒄𝒂𝒖𝒔𝒆 𝒘𝒆 𝒃𝒆𝒍𝒐𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒔𝒐𝒓𝒕𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒔𝒐𝒄𝒊𝒂𝒍 𝒕𝒊𝒆𝒔. ✨️
- 𝑭𝒓. 𝑳𝒆𝒐𝒏𝒂𝒓𝒅𝒐 𝑴𝒆𝒓𝒄𝒂𝒅𝒐, 𝑺𝒗𝑫

Leadership isn't merely about serving the people or working on a project. Leadership is about being with people and working with them through their ups and downs. 💥

With that said, the Concilium Philosophiae is preparing something special for you. 👀

Whether you are a student leader, a class officer, or someone who's leading a team, this upcoming work is made just for you. 🫶

𝐒𝐞𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐬𝐨𝐨𝐧! 🤗

Board by: Xyrhyn Pimentel
Caption by: Zachary Gayoma

Posted with approval of the adviser.

21/11/2025

Sa pakikipag daupang-palad natin sa komunidad ng San Lorenzo Ruiz Parish sa Navotas, kilalanin ang mga magsisilbing sinag ng gabay sa ating inisyatibo, 🏠 𝐌𝐮𝐥𝐚 𝐬𝐚 𝐓𝐚𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐧 🏠

👩🏻‍🏫𝗕𝗯. 𝗖𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗹𝘆𝗻𝗲 𝗝𝗼𝘆 𝗣𝗮𝗴𝗮𝗱𝘂𝗮𝗻 𝗔𝗹𝘃𝗮𝗿𝗲𝘇-𝗔𝗯𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗷𝗼, 𝗣𝗛.𝗗 𝗖𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲, 𝗟.𝗣.𝗧. | Faculty Researcher, Research Center for Culture, Arts, and Humanities (RCCAH),
University of Santo Tomas Manila

🧑🏻‍🏫 𝗚. 𝗣𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗔𝗶𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗸 𝗦. 𝗚𝗮𝗽𝗼, 𝗟𝗣𝗧, 𝗠𝗘𝗗., 𝗠𝗔 | UST Philosophy Department, Faculty of Arts and Letters (Instructor.)

Taglay ang diwa ng partisipasyong nakaugat sa pag-unawa, tiyak na kapana-panabik at magiging makabuluhan ang ugnayang ito!

Abangan sa darating na 𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐲𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐫𝐞 𝟏, 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱

✨𝙈𝙪𝙡𝙖 𝙨𝙖 𝙏𝙖𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙖𝙣, 𝙋𝙖𝙧𝙖 𝙨𝙖 𝙆𝙞𝙣𝙖𝙗𝙪𝙠𝙖𝙨𝙖𝙣✨️

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Caption by: Marga Dionisio
Board by: Paulene Fernandez

21/11/2025

🏡 𝐌𝐔𝐋𝐀 𝐒𝐀 𝐓𝐀𝐇𝐀𝐍𝐀𝐍: 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐚 𝐬𝐚 𝐌𝐚𝐮𝐧𝐥𝐚𝐝 𝐧𝐚 𝐊𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐛𝐮𝐤𝐚𝐬𝐚𝐧🏡

Ang 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐮𝐦 𝐏𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐨𝐩𝐡𝐢𝐚𝐞, katuwang ang grupo ng ELEbs3-2 mula sa 𝐁𝐞𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐒𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞, ay pinapakilala ang Mula sa Tahanan — isang community development project na muling magpapatibay sa tahanan bilang puso ng moral na paghubog at ugnayang pantao. 💛

Sa pagsasagawa ng makahulugang talakayan, pagbabahagi ng pagninilay, at pakikipag-ugnayan sa komunidad sa pamamagitan ng focus group discussions, tayo ay isang hakbang na mas lumalapit sa pilosopiyang nakaugat sa pag-unawa, empatiya, at tunay na karanasan. 🌿

📍 𝐒𝐚𝐧 𝐋𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐳𝐨 𝐑𝐮𝐢𝐳 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐲𝐫𝐬 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐡, 𝐍𝐚𝐯𝐨𝐭𝐚𝐬
🕰️ 𝐃𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝟏, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓 — 10:00 AM - 3:00 PM






Caption by: Abram Naval
Board by: Alexandra Phoebe Barasi

Posted with the approval of the adviser.

20/11/2025

This is happening today and tomorrow. We highly encourage everyone to attend this Colloquium and celebrate World Philosophy Day with us! 💫

17/11/2025

For this week’s weekly dialogues 📜, the UST Concilium Philosophiae proudly presents the work of our very own Asst. Prof. Blaise Ringor, Ph.D., entitled “Laborem Contemplativus: Work as Contemplation amidst Economic Progression”. 💪⚙️ In this article, Asst. Prof. Ringor argues that today’s prevailing view, in the context of human labor, has the potential to diminish and reduce the human person in becoming a mere “cog in the machine,” a replaceable object used solely for economic gain. Drawing from Greek cosmology, medieval Christian thought, modern economic critiques, and the personalist tradition of Karol Wojtyla, Ringor opines that labor ought to be seen as an act rooted in the innate dignity of the human person and as a “pathway towards contemplation.” Towards a transformed and contemplated meaning of labor, truth, and life; a contemplation that ultimately orients us towards God.⛪️☀️

And as our people, our nation, and our world continue to exist in a rapidly technologizing reality, Ringor’s personalist perspective offers us a transformative and transcendental path towards understanding the true nature of human labor, of having a personalist economics which recognizes the person as a dignified being and the laborer as an active participant, animated by love, in the ongoing act of God’s creation. May we realize through this article that labor is a dignified human action which must be protected and dignified, as it is capable of giving meaning to human life and glory to his Creator. ✝️

Access the paper here 👇:
https://bit.ly/4qZfyF3

Board by: Margaux Blanco
Caption by: Melo Marquez

15/11/2025

The UST Concilium Philosophiae alongside with the Department of Philosophy extends it's heartfelt congratulations to 𝐌𝐱. 𝐑𝐨𝐲 𝐋𝐞𝐱𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐒. 𝐇𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐫𝐚. 🫶

Mx. Roy Hembra successfully presented his paper entitled "𝐅𝐚𝐧𝐨𝐧, 𝐍𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐜𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐃𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐩𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐅𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐨 𝐏𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐨𝐩𝐡𝐲" back November 6, 2025 at the 𝑯𝒚𝒃𝒓𝒊𝒅 𝑰𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒏𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒂𝒍 𝑪𝒐𝒏𝒇𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒐𝒏 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑨𝒔𝒊𝒂𝒏-𝑨𝒇𝒓𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝑪𝒐𝒏𝒇𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝟏𝟗𝟗𝟓. 𝑺𝑬𝑱𝑰𝑾𝑨: 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑺𝒑𝒊𝒓𝒊𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝑩𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒖𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒕 𝟕𝟎. ✨️

The UST Concilium Philosophiae and all Athenians look forward for your successful journey and wishes you strength and wisdom for your next conferences. 💫






Board by: Alexandra Phoebe Barasi & Xyrhyn Pimentel
Caption by: Zachary Gayoma

Posted with the approval of the adviser.

13/11/2025

[𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐀𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭]

The Department of Philosophy invites you to this year's 𝘔.𝘈. 𝘗𝘦𝘦𝘳 𝘊𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘶𝘮 & 𝘗𝘩.𝘋. 𝘐𝘯𝘢𝘶𝘨𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘓𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦, held in celebration of UNESCO World Philosophy Day.

A book launch of Prof. Dr. Paolo A. Bolaños’ new book, 𝐸𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑐𝑠, 𝐽𝑢𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑐𝑒, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑅𝑒𝑐𝑜𝑔𝑛𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛: 𝐸𝑠𝑠𝑎𝑦𝑠 𝑜𝑛 𝐶𝑟𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑙 𝑇ℎ𝑒𝑜𝑟𝑦, and Prof. Dr. Leovino Ma. Garcia's new book, 𝘙𝘪𝘤𝘰𝘦𝘶𝘳'𝘴 𝘌𝘢𝘳𝘭𝘺 𝘌𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘗𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘰𝘱𝘩𝘺: 𝘌𝘹𝘱𝘭𝘰𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘙𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘏𝘰𝘱𝘦, will also take place.

The event will be held on November 20-21, 2025, from 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM at the Tanghalang Teresita Quirino, Benavides Building, University of Santo Tomas.

For pre-registration, please fill out this form: https://forms.gle/NiMJrCjyAL8yrf7R6

𝑪𝒉𝒐𝒐𝒔𝒆 𝑷𝒉𝒊𝒍𝒐𝒔𝒐𝒑𝒉𝒚. 𝑪𝒉𝒐𝒐𝒔𝒆 𝑼𝑺𝑻.

30/10/2025

🎵𝐇𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐲 𝐍𝐚 𝐁𝐢𝐫𝐭𝐡𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐌𝐨 𝐏𝐚 🎵

Come join the party as we celebrate the birthday of our 𝑪𝒐𝒎𝒎𝒊𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒆 𝑫𝒊𝒓𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒐𝒓 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝑷𝒆𝒂𝒄𝒆, 𝑺𝒑𝒐𝒓𝒕𝒔, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒆𝑺𝒑𝒐𝒓𝒕𝒔, 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐆𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐏. 𝐑𝐨𝐪𝐮𝐞. ✌️⚽️🎮

We are thankful for her dedication to the organization and her extravagant service to the student body of Department of Philosophy. ✨️

Kaya sumama na at maginuman 🍻, mag bilyaran 🎱, at mag.....aral. 📖 🥰

ᴀʀᴀʟ ᴛᴀʟᴀɢᴀ. ʜᴀᴘᴘʏ ʙɪʀᴛʜᴅᴀʏ ᴀɢᴀɪɴ ᴛᴏ ᴏᴜʀ ᴅɪʀᴇᴄᴛᴏʀ ᴍᴀʀʏ ɢʀᴀᴄᴇ ʀᴏǫᴜᴇ!

Reel by: Alexandra Phoebe Barasi
Caption by: Zachary Gayoma

Posted with the approval of the adviser.

30/10/2025

"𝑻𝒐 𝒃𝒆𝒈𝒊𝒏 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉, 𝒘𝒆 𝒑𝒖𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒑𝒐𝒔𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏: 𝒑𝒖𝒓𝒆 𝒑𝒉𝒆𝒏𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒐𝒍𝒐𝒈𝒚 𝒊𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒄𝒊𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒑𝒖𝒓𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒔𝒄𝒊𝒐𝒖𝒔𝒏𝒆𝒔𝒔."
- Edmund Husserl

Let us all give a big round of applause and support to our beloved Athenian 𝐌𝐫. 𝐅𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐬 𝐄𝐦𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐮𝐞𝐥 𝐀𝐦𝐢𝐠𝐚, for showcasing his working paper entitled 𝑼𝒏𝒄𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝑨 𝑭𝒐𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒅 𝑯𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒍 𝑰𝒅𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒕𝒚
𝑨𝒎𝒐𝒏𝒈𝒔𝒕 𝑻𝒆𝒂𝒄𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝑻𝒉𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒈𝒉 𝑨 𝑪𝒓𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒍 𝑨𝒏𝒂𝒍𝒚𝒔𝒊𝒔 𝑼𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝑬𝒅𝒎𝒖𝒏𝒅 𝑯𝒖𝒔𝒔𝒆𝒓𝒍'𝒔 𝑪𝒐𝒏𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒕𝒖𝒕𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝑷𝒉𝒆𝒏𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒐𝒍𝒐𝒈𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒍 𝑷𝒉𝒊𝒍𝒐𝒔𝒐𝒑𝒉𝒚 at the 𝐏𝐚𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐭𝐚𝐬𝐚𝐧 𝐧𝐠 𝐋𝐮𝐧𝐠𝐬𝐨𝐝 𝐧𝐠 𝐌𝐚𝐲𝐧𝐢𝐥𝐚 - 𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐥𝐚 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 last 19th of September. 📝💭

The Concilium Philosophiae and along the Department of Philosophy congratulates your efforts and talent in creating this working paper. We look forward and continue to give you endless support as he finishes this paper, which would bring a good contribution to the society. 👏✨️






Board by: Alexandra Phoebe Barasi
Caption by: Zachary Gayoma

Posted with the approval of the adviser.