Towards a Mindanawon/Lumad philosophy: The Filipino philosophy of Karl Gaspar

Date of Publication

3-18-2023

Document Type

Dissertation

Degree Name

Doctor of Philosophy in Philosophy (Ladderized)

Subject Categories

Philosophy

College

College of Liberal Arts

Department/Unit

Philosophy

Thesis Advisor

Feorillo Petronillo A. Demeterio, III

Defense Panel Chair

Napoleon M. Mabaquiao, Jr.

Defense Panel Member

Hazel T. Biana
Maxell C. Aranilla
Leslie Anne L. Liwanag
Emmanuel C. De Leon

Abstract/Summary

The anthropologist, sociologist, theologian, and missionary Karl Gaspar, CSsR spend more than half of his life with Lumad communities in Mindanao. His voluminous researches and published works are fruits of his engagements with the Lumad struggle for land, life, and freedom. This paper elucidates Karl Gaspar’s Filipino philosophy extracted from his published books and other writings. The dissertation is composed of four parts: First, it investigates how Gaspar’s biography shaped his philosophical outlook in life. Second, it establishes Karl Gaspar as a philosopher and his ideas as philosophical. Third, it crystallizes Gaspar’s philosophical discourses in the areas of philosophical anthropology, Mindanawon/indigenous ethics, religion and spirituality, and politics and society. And lastly, it highlights Gaspar’s unique contribution to the development of Filipino philosophy in the country, namely, Mindanawon/Lumad philosophy, philosophical saganism, and philosophy of social sciences.

Abstract Format

html

Language

English

Format

Electronic

Physical Description

vi, 197 leaves

Keywords

Philosophy--Philippines; Lumad (Philippine people)--Philosophy; Gaspar, Karl, 1947-

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5-2-2023

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