Nais kong ibahagi ang maikling sipi na ito kaugnay sa kahalagahan
ng Pilosopiya at kasaysayan nito na naging pundasyon sa pag-usad
ng sibilisasyon……
Jacques Maritain Center : History of Philosophy / by William Turner
http://www2.nd.edu/Departments/Maritain/etext/hop.htm
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The philosophy of the history of philosophy is, therefore, the study of
the organic laws in obedience to which philosophy took the particular
course which it did take in its historical development. Some of these
laws we have already observed as occasion offered; we have
observed, for example, that a period of national enthusiasm and
national prosperity is usually one of great activity, and in particular of
great constructive activity, in philosophy; we have observed that the
era of introspective philosophy corresponds with the period of mental
maturity of a nation. Similarly, laws may be formulated expressive of
the influence which climate, racial characteristics, literature, art,
religion, etc., exercise on philosophy. Or, again, laws may be
formulated in reference to conditions which are internal to philosophy
itself, as for example that psychology is first dogmatic and afterwards
critical, or that a system of ethics is determined by the psychology of
the author or the school. We are not, however, concerned here with
such particular laws, but rather with the general formula under which all
the particular laws, external and internal, of the history of philosophy
may be subsumed..... http://www2.nd.edu/Departments/Maritain/etext/hop74.htm
Tuesday, December 2, 2008
Malaking katanungan
Ang alin? ang pagkakaroon ng Pilipino ng isang maling paniniwala at sistema ng pag-aaral, na kong susuriing maige ay maliwanag na mula't sapul pa man tayo ay iniligaw sa wastong pag-aaral at karunungan na dapat siyang pinaiiral magmula pa man sa ating mababang paaralan, sa mataas hanggang sa kolehiyo ay makikita ang labis na kakulangan at hindi angkop na edukasyon sa pangangailangan at pagsulong ng bansa.
Kung hindi ako namamali ang araling Pilosopiya sa kolehiyo ay saka mo lamang pag-aaralan kong kailan patapos kana sa iyong "kurso" o akademya...sa madaling salita saka lamang pag-aaralan ang pilosopiya kung kailan nahubog na ng husto ang kaisipan at pag-uugali ng isang tao, kaya naman ito ay nagkakaroon ng maling impresyon o interpretasyon sa mga mag-aaral na ito ay hindi mahalagang aralin na nagiging dahilan upang balewalain at hindi gaanong nabibigyang pansin ng karamihan sa atin lalo na sa mga mag-aaral. Isang malaking pagkukulang ang pagbabalewala sa araling pilosopiya, dahil dito nahuhubog ang kritiko at mahusay o makabuluhan na kaisipan ng tao (logic + ethics = philo).
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Sa ilalim ay isang maiksing artikulo na nabasa ko sa website : http://www.webspawner.com/users/pilosopo/
Philippine values and philosophy
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The Philippines is the only country I know of where the word “philosopher” is considered an insult.
That’s right. To the Filipinos, a “pilosopo” is a smart aleck--someone who engages in meticulous and abstract reasoning, thereby incurring the ire of other Filipinos. The statement “Namimilosopo ka na naman” is a huge slap in the face. It’s a way of shutting down reasoned discourse, instead of attempting to refute the logic in question.
This word can also mean someone who attempts to challenge conventions, traditions or widely held beliefs. A “pilosopo” marches to the beat of a different drummer, and therefore a thorn in the people’s collective side. In a society as passionately conformist as the Philippines, this type of behavior is widely regarded as unacceptable—weird, even.
This choice of words is interesting. In other nations, philosophers are regarded as wise and learned sages. In China, for example, Confucius is widely revered. In the Western World, even the relatively unlearned know that the likes of Plato, Socrates and Aristotle are to be respected and emulated. Yet in the Philippines, to be called a “philosopher” is a dire insult, a term of extreme derision.
A related insult is the statement, “Palagi kang may dahilan!” or “Palagi kang may rason!” (rough translation: “You always have an answer, don’t you?”). The connotation here is that if you have an rebuttal to people’s objections, you are some sort of smart aleck and you need to back off. To be sure, there are times when people can take reasoning too far (i.e. when they’re trying to defend an untenable position); however, in situations like this, the implication is typically that reasoning is something that is frequently devalued, especially if it challenged authority or rocks the boat. Amidst the conformity of Filipino society, that is simply not tolerable.
This choice of words shows the low regard that Filipino society has for critical thinking and challenging of the status quo. It’s a society where anti-intellectualism is a virtue, and where too much careful thinking is a sign of weirdness and unacceptable behavior. Socrates would not be proud.
Send E-Mail to: pilosopo@webspawner.com
Kung hindi ako namamali ang araling Pilosopiya sa kolehiyo ay saka mo lamang pag-aaralan kong kailan patapos kana sa iyong "kurso" o akademya...sa madaling salita saka lamang pag-aaralan ang pilosopiya kung kailan nahubog na ng husto ang kaisipan at pag-uugali ng isang tao, kaya naman ito ay nagkakaroon ng maling impresyon o interpretasyon sa mga mag-aaral na ito ay hindi mahalagang aralin na nagiging dahilan upang balewalain at hindi gaanong nabibigyang pansin ng karamihan sa atin lalo na sa mga mag-aaral. Isang malaking pagkukulang ang pagbabalewala sa araling pilosopiya, dahil dito nahuhubog ang kritiko at mahusay o makabuluhan na kaisipan ng tao (logic + ethics = philo).
............ .......... ...........
Sa ilalim ay isang maiksing artikulo na nabasa ko sa website : http://www.webspawner.com/users/pilosopo/
Philippine values and philosophy
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
The Philippines is the only country I know of where the word “philosopher” is considered an insult.
That’s right. To the Filipinos, a “pilosopo” is a smart aleck--someone who engages in meticulous and abstract reasoning, thereby incurring the ire of other Filipinos. The statement “Namimilosopo ka na naman” is a huge slap in the face. It’s a way of shutting down reasoned discourse, instead of attempting to refute the logic in question.
This word can also mean someone who attempts to challenge conventions, traditions or widely held beliefs. A “pilosopo” marches to the beat of a different drummer, and therefore a thorn in the people’s collective side. In a society as passionately conformist as the Philippines, this type of behavior is widely regarded as unacceptable—weird, even.
This choice of words is interesting. In other nations, philosophers are regarded as wise and learned sages. In China, for example, Confucius is widely revered. In the Western World, even the relatively unlearned know that the likes of Plato, Socrates and Aristotle are to be respected and emulated. Yet in the Philippines, to be called a “philosopher” is a dire insult, a term of extreme derision.
A related insult is the statement, “Palagi kang may dahilan!” or “Palagi kang may rason!” (rough translation: “You always have an answer, don’t you?”). The connotation here is that if you have an rebuttal to people’s objections, you are some sort of smart aleck and you need to back off. To be sure, there are times when people can take reasoning too far (i.e. when they’re trying to defend an untenable position); however, in situations like this, the implication is typically that reasoning is something that is frequently devalued, especially if it challenged authority or rocks the boat. Amidst the conformity of Filipino society, that is simply not tolerable.
This choice of words shows the low regard that Filipino society has for critical thinking and challenging of the status quo. It’s a society where anti-intellectualism is a virtue, and where too much careful thinking is a sign of weirdness and unacceptable behavior. Socrates would not be proud.
Send E-Mail to: pilosopo@webspawner.com
