AGUAS, Jove Jim S. Archives - University of Santo Tomas /category/profile/aguas-jove-jim-s/ The Pontifical and Royal Catholic University of the Philippines Thu, 05 Sep 2024 06:13:58 +0000 en-US hourly 1 /wp-content/uploads/2019/07/cropped-800px-Seal_of_the_University_of_Santo_Tomas.svg_-32x32.png AGUAS, Jove Jim S. Archives - University of Santo Tomas /category/profile/aguas-jove-jim-s/ 32 32 Filipino thought highlighted by Thomasian philosophers in 25th World Congress of Philosophy /filipino-thought-highlighted-by-thomasian-philosophers-in-25th-world-congress-of-philosophy/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=filipino-thought-highlighted-by-thomasian-philosophers-in-25th-world-congress-of-philosophy Sun, 01 Sep 2024 21:58:51 +0000 /?p=181960 In various paper presentations, Filipino thought was expounded on by Thomasian philosophers who attended the August 1–8, 2024 25th World Congress of Philosophy (WCP), which was held at Sapienza University…

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]]> In various paper presentations, Filipino thought was expounded on by Thomasian philosophers who attended the August 1–8, 2024 25th World Congress of Philosophy (WCP), which was held at Sapienza University of Rome. Philosophy Beyond Boundaries was the theme of the 25th WCP, which attracted researchers worldwide to discuss it as a global platform for philosophical conversation. Several academics from the University of Santo Tomas (UST) in the Philippines were among the eminent attendees, and contributed to the inclusive and diverse discourse of the Congress.

Complying with the Congress’s pledge to diversity, researchers from UST gave talks and took part in panels that broadened the discussion on Filipino philosophy and its role in international discourse. Professor Jove Jim S. Aguas of the Department of Philosophy, Graduate School, and Center for Theology, Religious Studies, and Ethics was a major contributor to the Congress. In addition to moderating and chairing the PAP Society Session titled “Filipino Philosophy in Dialogue: Expanding the Conversation,” Aguas contributed to the Center for Research in Values and Philosophy (CRVP) Round Table Discussion on National Values by presenting a paper titled “The Ambiguity of the Filipino Sense of Nationalism and Filipino Identity.”

In the Contributed Paper Sessions, Thomasian scholars presented their respective papers: 

●      Prof. Fleurdeliz R. Altez-Albela, PhD (Department of Philosophy, Graduate School, and Center for Theology, Religious Studies, and Ethics) – “What Is Levinasian in Sustainability?: Sustainability in the Economy of Being Through Levinas’ Third”

●      Junior Teacher Blaise D. Ringor, PhD (Senior High School and Ecclesiastical Faculties) – “Education, Christian Values, and the Voiding of Reason: John Henry Newman’s Personalist Education”

●      Mr. Christian U. Solis, MA (Senior High School and Graduate School) – “Towards Understanding Fidelity in Marriage and Family: Paul Ricoeur on Man’s Capacity to Promise”

●      Mr. Charles Aldrin A. Delgado (Graduate School) – “Christianity as Discomfort: Kierkegaard’s Philosophy of Religion”

●      Inst. Ivan Efreaim A. Gozum, MA (Institute of Religion and Graduate School) – “Understanding Filipino Close Family Ties Through Gabriel Marcel’s Mystery of the Family”

Aguas also presented the paper entitled “The Relevance of the Metaphysics and the Notions of Being and Analogy of St. Thomas.”

Aguas (left) speaking to the crowd
Albela presenting her paper
Ringor presenting his paper
Gozum presenting his paper
Solis presenting his paper
Delgado (left) presenting his paper

These talks demonstrated the breadth and depth of philosophical study at UST and the contributions made by Filipino academics to international philosophical debates. Additionally, through one-on-one interactions, the Congress gave Filipino scholars a rare chance to fortify relationships and build mutual trust.

The Congress emphasized Rome’s long-standing position as a crossroads of civilizations, and it began with a ceremony at the ancient Baths of Caracalla. Prof. Luca Maria Scarantino, President of FISP, and Prof. Antonella Polimeni, Rector of Sapienza University, both emphasized the merging of humanistic and scientific cultures in philosophical conversations, reinforcing this subject of interconnection in their introductory statements.

Scholars addressed pressing ethical, social, cultural, political, and spiritual concerns all week long. Topics covered included the ethics of artificial intelligence, with discussions on the implications of AI on human decision-making and the ethical responsibilities of AI developers, and the place of spirituality in secular cultures, with debates on the role of spirituality in a modern, secular society. The Congress featured round table discussions, invited sessions, symposia, contributed paper sessions, endowed lectures, plenary sessions, student sessions, and the FISP General Assembly. The goal of these talks was to question conventional wisdom in philosophy by tackling issues of sustainability, gender and cultural diversity, inequality, and other modern world concerns.

Every five years, the WCP is arranged by the Federation Internationale des Sociétés de Philosophie (FISP) or the International Federation of Philosophical Societies. The WCP is a major conference that brings together philosophers, educators, students, and philosophy aficionados worldwide for a week-long discussion of a certain issue.

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]]> CTRSE researchers discourse on humanism and loving as critical thinking in Berlin presentations /ctrse-researchers-discourse-on-humanism-and-loving-as-critical-thinking-in-berlin-presentations/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ctrse-researchers-discourse-on-humanism-and-loving-as-critical-thinking-in-berlin-presentations Fri, 26 Jul 2024 17:14:00 +0000 /?p=178944 Two academic researchers of the Center for Theology, Religious Studies, and Ethics presented papers on humanism and loving as critical thinking in the 17th International Conference on Persons, held at…

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]]> Two academic researchers of the Center for Theology, Religious Studies, and Ethics presented papers on humanism and loving as critical thinking in the 17th International Conference on Persons, held at the Katholische Akademie in Berlin from July 22-26, 2024.

Professor Jove Jim S. Aguas, PhD of the Department of Philosophy discoursed on “Christian Humanism and St. Thomas’s Notion of the Human Person,” where he acknowledged that as science and technology advanced, spiritual dimensions of human life often became ignored. Using Aquinas’s philosophy, Aguas “shows that a humanism centered on Christian belief is still a relevant and more acceptable proposition over modern and secular humanism.” Furthermore, Aguas said that “for St. Thomas, man has a spiritual component, and he is ordained towards God. He developed a Christian humanism anchored on theological personalism, a concept that emphasizes the unique relationship between each individual and God and how this relationship shapes our understanding of human dignity and purpose.”

Aguas
Ringor

Meanwhile, Junior Teacher Blaise D. Ringor, PhD of the Senior High School and concurrent Academic Collaborations Officer of the Ecclesiastical Faculties, presented his paper entitled “From Garden of Eden to Garden of Gethsemane: Dietrich von Hildrebrand’s Ethics of Incommensurability as a Justification of Loving as Critical Thinking,” where he argued that the interiority of the person is neglected by traditionalist views of ethics. In doing so, he looks at Dietrich von Hildrebrand’s critique and discourses on the former’s ethics of incommensurability to address the flaw by integrating the reality of loving into critical thinking. Ringor argued that “Hildebrand’s approach provides a robust ethical framework that acknowledges the full complexity of the human person, thereby enriching critical thinking with a deeper understanding of love’s ethical significance.”

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]]> Fides et Ratio symposium looks back at John Paul II’s encyclical /fides-et-ratio-symposium-looks-back-at-john-paul-iis-encyclical/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=fides-et-ratio-symposium-looks-back-at-john-paul-iis-encyclical Thu, 28 Feb 2019 02:49:00 +0000 http://www.ust.edu.ph/?p=18892 The UST Ecclesiastical Faculties, in cooperation with the Center for Religious Studies and Ethics, held the Fifth installment of the Leonardo Z. Legaspi, O.P., Lecture Series on Religious Studies and…

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]]> The UST Ecclesiastical Faculties, in cooperation with the , held the Fifth installment of the Leonardo Z. Legaspi, O.P., Lecture Series on Religious Studies and Ethics at the Thomas Aquinas Research Complex Auditorium from February 27 to 28, 2019.

The two-day Symposium on Fides et Ratio (Faith and Reason), brought together philosophers, theologians, canon lawyers, and religious educators from various institutions and was held in commemoration of the 20th anniversary of the promulgation of Pope Saint John Paul II’s encyclical with the same title.

Fides et Ratio addressed the relationship between faith and reason. The encyclical posits that the two are not only compatible, but essential together. Reason may create a ‘systematic body of knowledge,’ but its completeness is ‘illusory’ as without grounding in spiritual truth, reason can give rise to skepticism and other doctrines which can devalue.

Eight plenary speakers approached the topic from the perspective of philosophy, theology and canon law. Among them were: The Catholic University of America, Washington, D.C., School of Theology and Religious Studies Area Director for Historical and Systematic Theology Fr. Nicholas E. Lombardo, O.P., Ph.D., who delivered a lecture on “Faith and Reason and the Inspiration of Scripture,” and Professor Emeritus of Charles Sturt University in Australia John F. Weckert, Ph.D., who discussed “Trust and Commitment in Science and Technology.”

From the University of Santo Tomas, speakers included distinguished philosopher Professor Emeritus Alfredo P. Co, Ph.D., who discussed “A Preliminary Reflection on the Place of Fides et Ratio in the Evangelization of the East in the 21st Century;” Assoc. Prof. Pablito A. Baybado, Ph.D., who tackled “From Phenomenon to Foundation: Fides et Ratio’s Prospects for Dialogue and Peace Building;” , who talked on “Critical Theory and Theology of the Signs of the Times: Towards and Emancipated Humanity;” , who expounded on “Fides et Ratio: Friends or Enemies?” Visiting Professor Rev. Fr. Danilo U. Flores, J.U.D., who elaborated on “The Exercise of Postestas Vicaria of the Roman Pontiff: Perfect and Harmonious Interaction of Fides, Ratio, et Ius;” and , who presented “Christianity as the Locus of the Complementarity of Faith and Reason.”

Faith and Reason and the Inspiration of Scripture
A researcher in the emerging field of analytic theology, Fr. Lombardo stated that, in Fides et Ratio, St. Pope John Paul II identified current tasks for theology: it was noted in the encyclical that problems have emerged in recent times, about interpreting scripture and other texts of the Church’s living tradition. The Pope posited that a current solution to these problems will not be found without philosophy’s contribution.

An initial problem, Fr. Lombardo discussed, is that of the relationship between meaning and truth. “The theologian needs to ask: What is the deep and authentic truth which the texts wish to communicate, even within the limits of language?” he quoted from the encyclical.

Fr. Lombardo also presented his hypothesis on how God’s intended meaning related to human authors’ intended meaning in Scripture, and noted that his presentation “offers an account of how God’s voice emerges from the many waters of scripture. Whether or not its proposal succeeds, the principles that St. Pope John Paul II gave us in Fides et Ratio continue to provide the Church a solid foundation for clarifying the meaning, the truth, and the inspiration of Sacred Scripture.”

Trust and Commitment in Science and Technology  
Prof. John F. Weckert, Ph.D., founding editor in chief of the Springer Journal Nano-ethics, focusing on ethics for technologies that converge at the nanoscale, discussed how trust involves goodwill and autonomy, and how technology can affect how we trust people.

“Technology itself isn’t widely trusted; we trust the people – those who develop, maintain, an operate the technology,” said Weckert, using the example of how people trust pilots, engineers, and technicians rather than trust the plane itself.

He also detailed how trust can be enhanced by technology. It aids in communication and collaboration, which builds trust among people. Trust-inhibiting technologies, however, are also prevalent, such as surveillance technologies, sensing and listening devices, ‘big data’ or vast amounts of information collected from individuals’ personal habits that are stored through and in technology and may be analyzed computationally to reveal patterns and trends.

Surveillance, said Weckert, limits the autonomy of the persons being monitored as it limits the development of trust and of virtues like honesty, and even threatens privacy.

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]]> UST recognizes research achievements of faculty /ust-recognizes-research-achievements-of-faculty/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ust-recognizes-research-achievements-of-faculty Fri, 16 Mar 2018 05:20:22 +0000 http://www.ust.edu.ph/?p=10577 A total of 121 faculty members were recognized in the areas of Arts and Humanities, Education and Social Sciences, Health and Allied Sciences, Science and Technology, and Sacred Sciences by…

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]]> A total of 121 faculty members were recognized in the areas of Arts and Humanities, Education and Social Sciences, Health and Allied Sciences, Science and Technology, and Sacred Sciences by the Office of the Vice-Rector for Research and Innovation during the Recognition Program held on March 16, 2018 at the Paredes Building, UST. They were granted the Gold Series Award and the Silver Series Award for AY 2014 to 2016 and the International Publications Award for AY 2014-2017. UST Secretary-General Rev. Fr. Jesús M. Miranda, Jr., O.P., and Vice-Rector for Research and Innovation , assisted by the directors of the respective research centers gave the awards.

The Gold and Silver Series awards are granted to faculty members in recognition of their research productivity and leadership in their respective fields of specialization within the period covered by the award. These awards are based on research publications (author by-line should indicate the University of Santo Tomas as address in the publication), ongoing research involvement, and tenure in the University.

The Gold Series

The awards, given every two years come in two categories: Research Category and Creative Works Category. The Gold Series Award Research Category is granted to tenured full-time faculty member with Ph.D. or M.D., with teaching load, and exclusively teaching in UST except for faculty affiliates of the UST Graduate School, authored at least five research papers published in refereed journals/ scholarly books in the last five years, with at least two of these published, one of which is an international (Web of Science/ Scopus) publication, or has one patent or utility model granted, within the period covered by the award, or, authored at least two scholarly books in the last five years, with one of these published within the period covered by the award, with ongoing research under the Research Center or Research Unit of the University, and, with at least one research disciple.

Under the Creative Works Category, the awardee should be a tenured full-time faculty member with Ph.D., with teaching load, and exclusively teaching in UST except for faculty affiliates of the UST Graduate School, authored at least three creative or critical works in the last five years, with at least one of these published within the period covered by the award, and, with ongoing studies (creative projects) under the Research Center or Research Unit of the University.

The Silver Series

Under the Research Category of the Silver Series, the award is given to tenured full-time faculty member with M.Sc. or M.A., with teaching load, and exclusively teaching in UST, must have authored at least three research papers published in refereed journals/scholarly books in the last five years, with at least one of these published, or has one patent or utility model granted, within the period covered by the award or, authored at least one scholarly book in the last five years published within the period covered by the award and, with ongoing research under the Research Center or Research Unit of the University. Under the Creative Works Category, the faculty member must be tenured full-time faculty member with M.Sc. or M.A., with teaching load, and exclusively teaching in UST, must have authored at least two creative or critical works in the last five years, with at least one of these was published within the period covered by the award, and, with ongoing studies (creative projects) under the Research Center or Research Unit of the University. A Research disciple refers to junior faculty members, graduate students, medical interns, and medical residents.

International Publications Award (2014–2017)

The International Publications Award is presented to all full time faculty members teaching only in UST for the publication of their research outputs in journal/s and books indexed in the Web of Science/ Scopus with IF Quartile Metrics Ranking. Author byline should indicate the University of Santo Tomas as address in the publication.

Arts & Humanities (8 awardees)

  • (AB: Silver & IP)
  • (AB: Gold)
  • Asst. Prof. Jovito V. Cariño, Ph.D. (AB: Silver & IP)
  • Prof. Franz Giuseppe F. Cortez, Ph.D. (AB: Silver & IP)
  • (Education: Silver)
  • (AB: Silver & IP)
  • Asst. Prof. Roland Theuas D. Pada, Ph.D. (AB: IP)
  • Prof. Ma. Luisa T. Reyes, Ph.D. (AB: IP)

Education & Social Sciences (32 awardees)

  • Assoc. Prof. Mark Anthony D. Abenir, D.S.D. (AB: Silver & IP)
  • Prof. Ma. Claudette A. Agnes, Ph.D. (Science: IP)
  • Prof’l. Lect. Lucila O. Bance, Ph.D. (Science: Silver & IP)
  • (AB: Gold & IP)
  • (CRS: IP)
  • (Commerce: IP)
  • (Science: Silver & IP)
  • (Commerce: Gold & IP)
  • (Education: Gold & IP)
  • Mr. Jommar A. de Guzman, M.D.C. (Commerce: IP)
  • Prof’l. Lect. Rosalito G. de Guzman, Ph.D. (GS: IP)
  • Prof. Rowena L. Escolar Chua, Ph.D. (Nursing: IP)
  • Assoc. Prof’l. Lect. Amelita A. Gaerlan, Ph.D. (GS: IP)
  • Assoc. Prof. Ma. Frieda Z. Hapan, Ph.D. (Pharmacy: IP)
  • Assoc. Prof. Sr. Angelina M. Julom, Ph.D. (Science: Silver)
  • (Commerce: IP)
  • Prof. Maria Belinda S. Mandigma, Ph.D. (Commerce: Silver & IP)
  • Asst. Prof. Evangeline T. Matienzo, M.A.N. (Nursing: IP)
  • Asst. Prof. Florence C. Navidad, D.Ed. (Pharmacy: Silver)
  • (CRS: IP)
  • Asst. Prof. Jeremaiah M. Opiniano, M.P.S., M.A. (AB: Silver & IP)
  • (Science: IP)
  • Mr. Laurence Lloyd B. Parial, M.A.N. (Nursing: IP)
  • Asst. Prof. Corazon F. Regacho, M.Sc. (Science: IP)
  • Prof. Marc Eric S. Reyes, Ph.D. (Science: IP)
  • Assoc. Prof. Portia Lynn Q. See, Ph.D. (Science: IP)
  • Asst. Prof. Pia Patricia P. Tenedero, M.A.T. (AB: IP)
  • Asst. Prof. Gian Carlo S. Torres, M.A.N. (Nursing: IP)
  • Assoc. Prof. Marishirl P. Tropicales, Ph.D. (Education: IP)
  • Prof. Chin Uy, Ph.D. (Commerce: IP)
  • Asst. Prof. Les Paul M. Valdez, M.A.N. (Nursing: IP)
  • (AB: Silver & IP)

Health & Allied Sciences (35 awardees)

  • Mr. Franco Louie L. Abes, M.D. (Medicine: IP)
  • Assoc. Prof. Encarnita R. Ampil, M.D. (Medicine: IP)
  • Ms. Lara Mae A. Angeles, M.D. (Medicine: IP)
  • Prof. Alejandro C. Baroque II, M.D. (Medicine: Gold & IP)
  • Asst. Prof. Christine B. Bernal, M.D. (Medicine: IP)
  • Assoc. Prof. David T. Bolong, M.D. (Medicine: IP)
  • Assoc. Prof. Ma. Rosario F. Cabansag, M.D. (Medicine: IP)
  • (Medicine: Gold & IP)
  • Assoc. Prof. Benjamin S. Campomanes Jr., M.D. (Medicine: IP)
  • Assoc. Prof. Melchor M. Chan, M.D. (Medicine: IP)
  • Prof. Remedios D. Chan, M.D. (Medicine: IP)
  • Assoc. Prof. Mary Anne D. Chiong, M.D. (Medicine: IP)
  • Ms. Elaine C. Cunanan, M.D. (Medicine: IP)
  • Assoc. Prof. Janine Margarita R. Dizon, Ph.D. (CRS: Gold & IP)
  • Assoc. Prof. Ma. Victoria C. Dizon, M.D. (Medicine: IP)
  • (CRS: Gold & IP)
  • Mr. Frederick T. Dy, M.D. (Medicine: IP)
  • (CRS: IP)
  • Mr. Dennis S. Flores, Ph.D. (Medicine: IP)
  • Prof. Maria Honolina S. Gomez, M.D. (Medicine: IP)
  • Prof. Flerida G. Hernandez, M.D. (Medicine: IP)
  • Prof. Reynaldo M. Javate, M.D. (Medicine: Gold & IP)
  • Assoc. Prof. Sjoberg A. Kho, M.D. (Medicine: Gold & IP)
  • Asst. Prof. Johnny K. Lokin, M.D. (CRS: IP)
  • Mr. Erick S. Mendoza, M.D. (Medicine: Silver & IP)
  • Prof. Leilani B. Mercado-Asis, M.D., Ph.D., M.P.H. (Medicine: Gold & IP)
  • Prof. Sandra Teresa V. Navarra, M.D. (Medicine: Gold & IP)
  • Prof. Jose C. Navarro, M.D. (Medicine: Gold & IP)
  • Prof. Narciso S. Navarro Jr., M.D. (Medicine: IP)
  • Prof. Jocelyn C. Que, M.D. (Medicine: IP)
  • Prof. Raymond L. Rosales, M.D., Ph.D. (Medicine: Gold & IP)
  • Prof. Jose D. Sollano Jr., M.D. (Medicine: Gold & IP)
  • (Medicine: Gold & IP)
  • Assoc. Prof. Teresa T. Sy-Ortin, M.D. (Medicine: IP)
  • Assoc. Prof. Ma. Irene B. Tangco, M.D. (Medicine: IP)

Science & Technology (42 awardees)

  • (Science: Silver & IP)
  • (Science: IP)
  • (Science: IP)
  • (Science: Gold & IP)
  • Prof. Jovencio G. Apostol, Ph.D. (Pharmacy: IP)
  • (Science: Gold & IP)
  • (Science: Silver & IP)
  • Prof. Aristea V. Bayquen, Ph.D. (Pharmacy: IP)
  • (Engineering: Silver & IP)
  • (Science: Gold & IP)
  • (Science: IP)
  • Asst. Prof. Renz Kenneth G. Cadiang, M.Sc. (Pharmacy: IP)
  • (Pharmacy: Gold & IP)
  • (Pharmacy: IP)
  • Assoc. Prof. Gil A. Cauyan, M.Sc. (Science: Silver & IP)
  • Ms. Stephanie L. Chua, M.Sc. (Pharmacy: IP)
  • (Pharmacy: IP)
  • (Science: Gold & IP)
  • (Engineering: IP)
  • (Science: Gold & IP)
  • (Science: Silver & IP)
  • (Engineering: IP)
  • Mr. Justine M. Kalaw, M.Sc. (Science: IP)
  • Mr. Lorico dlS. Lapitan Jr., M.Sc. (Engineering: IP)
  • (Science: Gold & IP)
  • (Science: Gold & IP)
  • Asst. Prof. Loida R. Medina, Ph.D. (Science: IP)
  • (Science: Gold & IP)
  • (Science: Gold & IP)
  • (Science: Gold & IP)
  • Asst. Prof. Maureen B. Sabit, Ph.D. (Science: IP)
  • (Science: Gold & IP)
  • (Pharmacy: Gold & IP)
  • (Pharmacy: Silver & IP)
  • (Science: Gold & IP)
  • Ms. Pamela Berilyn T. So, M.Sc. (Pharmacy: IP)
  • (Science: Gold & IP)
  • (Engineering: IP)
  • (Science: Gold & IP)
  • Asst. Prof. Ryan Rhay P. Vicerra, Ph.D. (Engineering: IP)
  • (Science: Silver & IP)
  • (GS: Silver)

Sacred Sciences (4 awardees)

  • (EF: Gold)
  • (AB: Silver)
  • (AB: Silver)
  • (IR: Silver)

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