Phavisminda Journal

We are happy to announce the release of Volume 21 (2022 issue) of the Phavisminda Journal. Carrying the theme "Democracy: New Problems, Old Questions", this volume has three (3) featured essays, four (4) contributed articles, and one (1) short essay by the editor. The full articles may be read and/or downloaded through: https://phavisminda.org/current-issue

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Political Evil, Vladimir Putin and the Movement of Language
Charito Pizzaro

“The Evil that Men Do:” The Debased Democracy in the Philippines
Raymun Festin, SVD

Chantal Mouffe on the Radical Politics of Rodrigo Duterte
Regletto Aldrich Imbong, Jerry Imbong, and Patrick Torres

Pilosopiyang Pilipino sa Panahon ng Rehimeng Duterte
Beljun Enaya and F.P.A. Demeterio

Tatay Digong, Ka-DDS, and Sakop: Filipino Populism Under Duterte in the Light of Leonardo Mercado’s Sakop
Anjon Fredrick C. Mamunta

Catholic Action, Authority, and Philippine Democracy: Prospects and Perspectives through Jacques Maritain
Joshua Jose Ocon

The Apprenticeship of Intellectual Laborers: The Possibility of Jacques Rancière’s Polemical Interventions in Teacher Education
Prince Airick Gapo

Reynaldo Ileto at the Intersection of Philosophy and Politics: Appropriations and Mis-readings
Rhoderick John Abellanosa

Abellanosa: World Day of Philosophy NOT known to many, even among some in the academe, the third Thursday of November is declared by Unesco as World Day of Philosophy. I would not be surprised if this does not mean...

Abellanosa: Machiavelli AN ITALIAN Renaissance political thinker who died almost 500 years ago suddenly became the talk of the town. Thanks to the question of Professor Dr. Clarita Carlos to Mr. Bongbong...

Before the term "MACHIAVELLIAN" became popular in Philippine social media (due to a question raised for Mr. Bongbong Marcos), the Phavisminda Journal already published 2 articles on the topic; this was in response but also a tribute to the late Br. Romualdo Abulad, SVD who wrote years ago "Philosophy and Politics: Do they Mix?" Know more about Machiavelli beyond caricatures and oversimplified explanations. See: R.J.S. Abellanosa's article "Niccolo Machiavelli and the Possibility of the Post-political" and R.A. Imbong's "Abulad's Post-Machiavelli and His Apology of Duterte" - both accessible in Vol. 18 (2019) Special Issue.
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DEADLINE OF SUBMISSION OF ABSTRACTS HAS BEEN MOVED TO FEBRUARY 28, 2022.

Abstracts are now accepted for Volume 21, issue 2022 of the Phavisminda Journal. Kindly go over the Call for Papers for details.

In honor of Saint Thomas Aquinas, Phavisminda Journal has released today, January 28, Volume 20 (2021). The said issue carries for a theme "Philosophy and Christianity" - the Journal's modest contribution to the celebration of the Quincentennial of Philippine Christianity. Three Featured Essays by Prof. Dr. Santiago Sia (Ireland), Fr. Raymun Festin, SVD (SVD Generalate, Rome), Fr. Umberto Bresciani (Fujen Taiwan). Four contributed/Peer Reviewed Articles by: Bernardo Caslib, Jr. (UP Manila), Joshua Jose Ocon (San Carlos Seminary, Makati), Ian Anthony Davatos (Palawan State University), and John Romel Nunez (University of San Carlos). With a special feature of Anton Heinrich Rennesland's (UST Manila) reply to Prof. Dr. Bolanos' Philosophical Reflection.

Check https://phavisminda.org/current-issue to read and/or download the articles.

Thanks for enriching Philosophy in the Philippines. RIP Fr. Ferriols.

The Philosophical Association of the Visayas and Mindanao (PHAVISMINDA) is opening a call for membership for the period August 1, 2021 to July 31, 2022. Membership fee is Php500. Members can join for free in the upcoming national conference this World Philosophy Day in November 18, 2021 with the theme “Subjectivity and (Post)Coloniality: The Challenges of Contemporary Filipino Identity.” A general assembly will also be held during the occasion to ratify PHAVISMINDA’s constitution and bylaws and elect a new set of officers.

Please fill up the membership form through the link https://forms.gle/ULwjreFvGPQKw6ge9

Please send your payments through this BPI account:

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One with the world in celebrating the day of love, the Phavisminda Journal is happy to announce the release of Volume 19 (2020 Issue) with essays from our colleagues and friends in the “Love of Wisdom.” The current issue carries the theme “Rethinking Reality: COVID-19 and Philosophical Reflections at the Edges.” Three Featured Essays by Fr. Raymun Festin, SVD (SVD Generalate, Rome), Dr. Renante Pilapil (Ateneo de Davao University), Dr. Jeffry Ocay (EVSU) and Allison Ladero (JRU). Three contributed/Peer Reviewed Articles by: Shierwin Cabunilas (St. Francis Xavier Seminary), Ben Carlo Atim (St. Paul Seminary, Cavite), and Enrique Benjamin Fernando III (UP Diliman Graduate School). With a special feature of Dr. Paolo Bolano’s Philosophical Reflection.

Check https://phavisminda.org/current-issue to read and/or download the articles.

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We are inviting contributors for the Phavisminda Journal's Book Review section for the 2020 Issue. The review must be 1,500 to 2,000 words long; the book being reviewed must be in philosophy or a discipline that intersects with a philosophical discourse, and published not more than three years ago (i.e. 2018). Submit to [email protected]

Deadline: January 20, 2021

6 DAYS before the deadline and we have received a good number of abstracts. The invitation continues for those who are interested.

CALL FOR PAPERS: Volume 20 (2021 Issue)
Theme: "Philosophy and Christianity"

The Quincentennial of the arrival of Christianity in the Philippines is also a timely event to revisit and re-discuss the relationship of Philosophy and Christianity. Beyond the celebratory discourses, a philosophical reception of the event is part of the imperative of the commemoration given the shared history of Christianity and academic philosophy in the country. Read the details of the CFP and submit your abstract for consideration.

On this day when we commemorate all great souls who have gone ahead of us, the PHAVISMINDA Journal's editorial board releases this 2019 Special Issue dedicated to the late Brother Romualdo E. Abulad, S.V.D. This issue includes two (2) featured essays by Dr. Ryan Urbano and Fr. Jose Conrado Estafia and four (4) tribute-articles that were presented during the "Sapere Aude Tribute" to the late Divine Word scholar, by Regletto Aldrich Imbong, Maria Majorie Purino, Daryl Mendoza, and Rhoderick John Abellanosa. This issue's Editorial speaks of the timeliness and meaning of rekindling not only Abulad's contributions to philosophy but also of the vision and thrust of the PHAVISMINDA Journal.

Complete copies of the articles are open and available for download through: https://phavisminda.org/current-issue

Thanks to all the contributors and technical assistants. Till our release of the 2020 (COVID-19) Issue.

Phavisminda Journal updated their website address.

PHAVISMINDA JOURNAL'S 2019 ISSUE (Vol 19 [May 2019]) is a special issue on (+) Br. Romualdo E. Abulad, S.V.D. Keep posted for details of its release.

The Executive Board of the Philosophical Association of the Visayas and Mindanao officially announces the new composition of the Editorial Board of the journal as well as the International Advisory Board. We thank the officers of Phavisminda for the support.

It is our honor to present to you the new Editorial Board of the PHAVISMINDA Journal. You could also visit the website through the link https://phavisminda.org/editorial-board.

"The Society of the Divine Word (SVD) Philippines and Christ the King Mission Seminary community announces with great sorrow the passing of Fr. Leonardo "Leny" Mercado, SVD last night Oct 14, 2020. He was a former Philosophy Professor of CKMS."

In addition to our invitation to publish. Save the date!

We have received a number of abstracts. Tomorrow, OCTOBER 1 is the deadline. You are still most welcome to submit.

CALL FOR PAPERS (2020 Issue)
Rethinking Reality: COVID-19 and
Philosophical Reflections at the Edges

We welcome you to the official page of The Phavisminda Journal. We welcome you with a reminder from Alain Badiou, that a philosopher is “an inventor of problems” (Thinking the Event). This reminder is most fitting as we re-ignite the official publication of the Philosophical Association of the Visayas and Mindanao (PHAVISMINDA) in the midst of the pandemic. We are not yet out from our problems, and even if we will be out from this problem, we will never run out of many others in the future. Precisely why the invitation for all of you to contribute to our journal.

Philosophical thinking must be most alive in the darkest moments of human history. It may not save the world, and its task is not to. But it allows people, again in the words of Badiou, “to choose” – because “a philosophical situation consists in the moment when a choice is elucidated.” We hope to have your manuscripts once we have released the official Call for Papers soon. We look forward to your views whether they express “choices of existence” or “choices of thought.”

We thank the officers of Phavisminda for their most kind and generous support to the publication. Kindly, keep posted for details.