IS FILIPINO THOUGHT MEDIEVAL? PRELIMINARY WORK IN WRITING THE HISTORY OF PHILOSOPHY IN THE PHILIPPINES

Authors

  • Jovino G. Miroy

Abstract

The Philippines is an Asian nation which has a long and complex relationship with the West. And so its philosophy and cultural heritage shares this same complexity. What is Filipino philosophy? In what sense can it be said to be Medieval or Modern? The first major part of this preliminary work discusses the meaning of medieval philosophy, modern philosophy, and philosophy itself. The second part gives a philosophical understanding of the works of Abstract artist Nena Saguil in order to describe how visual artists can be a source of philosophical thought in a non-traditionally philosophical culture, and to describe the course modernity has already taken in other humanistic disciplines.

Author Biography

Jovino G. Miroy

Ateneo de Manila University, Philippines

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Vol. 6 No. 1 (2005): January - June 2005

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