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The Department was initially founded in 1910 within a single department as that of the Department of Psychology. Around the middle of the 20th century, through the leadership of Dr. Ricardo Pascual, a student of philosopher Rudolf Carnap, it became a separate entity that is now known as the UP Diliman Department of Philosophy. Today, it continues to be at the forefront of the analytic tradition of philosophizing in the Philippines.

[ππ”ππ‹πˆπ‚π€π“πˆπŽπ 𝐀𝐋𝐄𝐑𝐓]The UP Department of Philosophy congratulates Instr. Kurt Christian B. Tubera on the publication of h...
18/05/2026

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The UP Department of Philosophy congratulates Instr. Kurt Christian B. Tubera on the publication of his work titled β€œAgainst Modal Accounts of Algorithmic Robustness” in Philosophia: International Journal of Philosophy (PIJP). This article is part of PIJP's Special Issue on Artificial Intelligence, edited by Dr. Jove Jim Aguas, Dr. Joseph Martin Jose, and Mr. Ivan Efreaim A. Gozum.

ABSTRACT:
π‘€π‘Žπ‘β„Žπ‘–π‘›π‘’ π‘™π‘’π‘Žπ‘Ÿπ‘›π‘–π‘›π‘” (𝑀𝐿) π‘šπ‘œπ‘‘π‘’π‘™π‘  π‘Žπ‘Ÿπ‘’ π‘–π‘›π‘π‘Ÿπ‘’π‘Žπ‘ π‘–π‘›π‘”π‘™π‘¦ 𝑒𝑠𝑒𝑑 π‘‘π‘œ π‘šπ‘Žπ‘˜π‘’ π‘‘π‘’π‘π‘–π‘ π‘–π‘œπ‘›π‘  𝑖𝑛 π‘šπ‘’π‘‘π‘–π‘π‘–π‘›π‘’, π‘’π‘π‘œπ‘›π‘œπ‘šπ‘–π‘π‘ , π‘Žπ‘›π‘‘ π‘œπ‘‘β„Žπ‘’π‘Ÿ β„Žπ‘–π‘”β„Ž-π‘ π‘‘π‘Žπ‘˜π‘’π‘  π‘’π‘›π‘£π‘–π‘Ÿπ‘œπ‘›π‘šπ‘’π‘›π‘‘π‘  π‘‘β„Žπ‘Žπ‘‘ π‘‘π‘’π‘šπ‘Žπ‘›π‘‘ π‘’π‘π‘–π‘ π‘‘π‘’π‘šπ‘–π‘ π‘‘π‘Ÿπ‘’π‘ π‘‘. π‘‡β„Žπ‘’ π‘Ÿπ‘œπ‘™π‘’ π‘‘β„Žπ‘’π‘¦ π‘π‘™π‘Žπ‘¦ 𝑖𝑠 π‘’π‘π‘–π‘ π‘‘π‘’π‘šπ‘–π‘ π‘π‘’π‘π‘Žπ‘’π‘ π‘’ π‘‘β„Žπ‘’π‘¦ π‘π‘Ÿπ‘œπ‘‘π‘’π‘π‘’ π‘œπ‘’π‘‘π‘π‘’π‘‘π‘  π‘‘β„Žπ‘Žπ‘‘ π‘–π‘›π‘“π‘œπ‘Ÿπ‘š 𝑒𝑠, π‘Žπ‘›π‘‘ π‘ π‘’π‘β„Ž π‘œπ‘’π‘‘π‘π‘’π‘‘π‘  π‘π‘Žπ‘› π‘’π‘–π‘‘β„Žπ‘’π‘Ÿ π‘™π‘’π‘Žπ‘‘ π‘‘π‘œ π‘‘π‘Ÿπ‘’π‘’ π‘œπ‘Ÿ π‘“π‘Žπ‘™π‘ π‘’ 𝑏𝑒𝑙𝑖𝑒𝑓𝑠. 𝐸𝑣𝑒𝑛 𝑖𝑓 π‘šπ‘œπ‘ π‘‘ π‘Žπ‘™π‘”π‘œπ‘Ÿπ‘–π‘‘β„Žπ‘šπ‘  𝑑𝑒𝑛𝑑 π‘‘π‘œ π‘”π‘’π‘›π‘’π‘Ÿπ‘Žπ‘‘π‘’ π‘‘π‘Ÿπ‘’π‘’ π‘œπ‘’π‘‘π‘π‘’π‘‘π‘  π‘‘π‘’π‘Ÿπ‘–π‘›π‘” π‘‘β„Žπ‘’π‘–π‘Ÿ π‘‘π‘Ÿπ‘Žπ‘–π‘›π‘–π‘›π‘” π‘β„Žπ‘Žπ‘ π‘’, π‘‘β„Žπ‘’π‘¦ π‘Žπ‘Ÿπ‘’ π‘›π‘œπ‘›π‘’π‘‘β„Žπ‘’π‘™π‘’π‘ π‘  π‘’π‘›π‘‘π‘Ÿπ‘’π‘ π‘‘π‘€π‘œπ‘Ÿπ‘‘β„Žπ‘¦ π‘π‘’π‘π‘Žπ‘’π‘ π‘’ π‘‘β„Žπ‘’π‘¦ π‘œπ‘π‘π‘Žπ‘ π‘–π‘œπ‘›π‘Žπ‘™π‘™π‘¦ π‘π‘Ÿπ‘œπ‘‘π‘’π‘π‘’ π‘“π‘Žπ‘™π‘ π‘’ π‘œπ‘’π‘‘π‘π‘’π‘‘π‘  π‘€β„Žπ‘’π‘› π‘‘π‘’π‘π‘™π‘œπ‘¦π‘’π‘‘ 𝑖𝑛 π‘Ÿπ‘’π‘Žπ‘™-π‘€π‘œπ‘Ÿπ‘™π‘‘ π‘’π‘›π‘£π‘–π‘Ÿπ‘œπ‘›π‘šπ‘’π‘›π‘‘π‘ . π‘ƒβ„Žπ‘–π‘™π‘œπ‘ π‘œπ‘β„Žπ‘’π‘Ÿπ‘  β„Žπ‘Žπ‘£π‘’ π‘π‘Ÿπ‘œπ‘π‘œπ‘ π‘’π‘‘ π‘Žπ‘™π‘”π‘œπ‘Ÿπ‘–π‘‘β„Žπ‘šπ‘–π‘ π‘Ÿπ‘œπ‘π‘’π‘ π‘‘π‘›π‘’π‘ π‘  π‘Žπ‘  π‘Ž π‘Ÿπ‘’π‘ π‘π‘œπ‘›π‘ π‘’ π‘‘π‘œ π‘‘β„Žπ‘–π‘  π‘π‘Ÿπ‘œπ‘π‘™π‘’π‘š. π΄π‘™π‘”π‘œπ‘Ÿπ‘–π‘‘β„Žπ‘šπ‘–π‘ π‘Ÿπ‘œπ‘π‘’π‘ π‘‘π‘›π‘’π‘ π‘  π‘Ÿπ‘’π‘žπ‘’π‘–π‘Ÿπ‘’π‘  𝑀𝐿 π‘šπ‘œπ‘‘π‘’π‘™π‘  π‘‘π‘œ 𝑏𝑒 π‘ π‘‘π‘Žπ‘π‘™π‘¦ π‘‘π‘Ÿπ‘’π‘‘β„Ž-π‘π‘œπ‘›π‘‘π‘’π‘π‘–π‘£π‘’, π‘Žπ‘£π‘œπ‘–π‘‘π‘–π‘›π‘” π‘Žπ‘π‘π‘–π‘‘π‘’π‘›π‘‘π‘Žπ‘™π‘™π‘¦ π‘‘π‘Ÿπ‘’π‘’ π‘œπ‘’π‘‘π‘π‘’π‘‘π‘ . 𝑂𝑛𝑒 π‘™π‘’π‘Žπ‘‘π‘–π‘›π‘” π‘Žπ‘π‘π‘Ÿπ‘œπ‘Žπ‘β„Ž 𝑒π‘₯π‘π‘™π‘Žπ‘–π‘›π‘  π‘Žπ‘™π‘”π‘œπ‘Ÿπ‘–π‘‘β„Žπ‘šπ‘–π‘ π‘Ÿπ‘œπ‘π‘’π‘ π‘‘π‘›π‘’π‘ π‘  𝑖𝑛 π‘‘π‘’π‘Ÿπ‘šπ‘  π‘œπ‘“ π‘šπ‘œπ‘‘π‘Žπ‘™ π‘π‘œπ‘›π‘‘π‘–π‘‘π‘–π‘œπ‘›π‘ , π‘€β„Žπ‘–π‘β„Ž π‘Ÿπ‘’π‘žπ‘’π‘–π‘Ÿπ‘’ π‘Žπ‘™π‘”π‘œπ‘Ÿπ‘–π‘‘β„Žπ‘š π‘œπ‘’π‘‘π‘π‘’π‘‘π‘  π‘‘π‘œ 𝑏𝑒 π‘‘π‘Ÿπ‘’π‘’ 𝑖𝑛 π‘›π‘’π‘Žπ‘Ÿπ‘π‘¦ π‘π‘œπ‘ π‘ π‘–π‘π‘™π‘’ π‘€π‘œπ‘Ÿπ‘™π‘‘π‘  π‘“π‘œπ‘Ÿ π‘Ž π‘ π‘¦π‘ π‘‘π‘’π‘š π‘‘π‘œ 𝑏𝑒 π‘Ÿπ‘œπ‘π‘’π‘ π‘‘. π‘‡β„Žπ‘–π‘  π‘π‘Žπ‘π‘’π‘Ÿ π‘β„Žπ‘Žπ‘™π‘™π‘’π‘›π‘”π‘’π‘  π‘‘β„Žπ‘’ π‘šπ‘œπ‘‘π‘Žπ‘™ π‘π‘œπ‘›π‘‘π‘–π‘‘π‘–π‘œπ‘›π‘  π‘“π‘œπ‘Ÿ π‘Žπ‘™π‘”π‘œπ‘Ÿπ‘–π‘‘β„Žπ‘šπ‘–π‘ π‘Ÿπ‘œπ‘π‘’π‘ π‘‘π‘›π‘’π‘ π‘ . 𝐼 π‘π‘™π‘Žπ‘–π‘š π‘‘β„Žπ‘Žπ‘‘ π‘ π‘’π‘β„Ž π‘π‘œπ‘›π‘‘π‘–π‘‘π‘–π‘œπ‘›π‘  π‘Žπ‘Ÿπ‘’ π‘’π‘›π‘›π‘’π‘π‘’π‘ π‘ π‘Žπ‘Ÿπ‘¦ π‘“π‘œπ‘Ÿ π‘Ÿπ‘œπ‘π‘’π‘ π‘‘π‘›π‘’π‘ π‘ . 𝐼𝑛 π‘ π‘’π‘π‘π‘œπ‘Ÿπ‘‘ π‘œπ‘“ π‘‘β„Žπ‘–π‘  π‘π‘™π‘Žπ‘–π‘š, 𝐼 π‘Žπ‘Ÿπ‘”π‘’π‘’ π‘‘β„Žπ‘Žπ‘‘ π‘‘β„Žπ‘’ π‘šπ‘œπ‘‘π‘Žπ‘™ π‘π‘œπ‘›π‘‘π‘–π‘‘π‘–π‘œπ‘›π‘  π‘“π‘œπ‘Ÿ π‘Žπ‘™π‘”π‘œπ‘Ÿπ‘–π‘‘β„Žπ‘šπ‘–π‘ π‘Ÿπ‘œπ‘π‘’π‘ π‘‘π‘›π‘’π‘ π‘  π‘“π‘Žπ‘–π‘™ π‘‘π‘œ π‘π‘Ÿπ‘’π‘ π‘’π‘Ÿπ‘£π‘’ π‘π‘œπ‘›π‘ π‘‘π‘–π‘‘π‘’π‘‘π‘–π‘£π‘’ π‘’π‘π‘–π‘ π‘‘π‘’π‘šπ‘–π‘ π‘™π‘–π‘›π‘˜π‘  (𝑖.𝑒., π‘Ÿπ‘’π‘™π‘Žπ‘‘π‘–π‘œπ‘›π‘  𝑏𝑒𝑑𝑀𝑒𝑒𝑛 𝑒𝑣𝑖𝑑𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒, 𝑏𝑒𝑙𝑖𝑒𝑓, π‘Žπ‘›π‘‘ π‘‘π‘Ÿπ‘’π‘‘β„Ž) π‘‘β„Žπ‘Žπ‘‘ π‘œπ‘π‘π‘’π‘Ÿ 𝑖𝑛 π‘Žπ‘π‘‘π‘’π‘Žπ‘™ π‘ π‘–π‘‘π‘’π‘Žπ‘‘π‘–π‘œπ‘›π‘ . 𝐡𝑦 π‘π‘Ÿπ‘’π‘ π‘’π‘›π‘‘π‘–π‘›π‘” π‘π‘Žπ‘ π‘’π‘  π‘€β„Žπ‘’π‘Ÿπ‘’π‘–π‘› π‘‘β„Žπ‘’π‘ π‘’ π‘™π‘–π‘›π‘˜π‘  π‘œπ‘π‘‘π‘Žπ‘–π‘› π‘€π‘–π‘‘β„Žπ‘œπ‘’π‘‘ π‘ π‘Žπ‘‘π‘–π‘ π‘“π‘¦π‘–π‘›π‘” π‘‘β„Žπ‘’ π‘šπ‘œπ‘‘π‘Žπ‘™ π‘π‘œπ‘›π‘‘π‘–π‘‘π‘–π‘œπ‘›π‘ , 𝐼 π‘ β„Žπ‘œπ‘€ π‘‘β„Žπ‘Žπ‘‘ π‘Žπ‘› π‘Žπ‘™π‘”π‘œπ‘Ÿπ‘–π‘‘β„Žπ‘š π‘π‘Žπ‘› π‘Ÿπ‘’π‘šπ‘Žπ‘–π‘› π‘Ÿπ‘œπ‘π‘’π‘ π‘‘ 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑛 π‘€π‘–π‘‘β„Žπ‘œπ‘’π‘‘ π‘–π‘›π‘£π‘œπ‘˜π‘–π‘›π‘” π‘π‘œπ‘’π‘›π‘‘π‘’π‘Ÿπ‘“π‘Žπ‘π‘‘π‘’π‘Žπ‘™ 𝑑𝑒𝑝𝑒𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒.

Philosophia: International Journal of Philosophy is a peer-reviewed academic journal that publishes original contributions across a wide range of philosophical fields, including epistemology, metaphysics, ethics, philosophy of science, and so on. It is indexed in Scopus (Q2) and in Clarivate Analytics (Web of Science / ISI Web of Knowledge).

Read the articles in the issue through this link: https://www.pnprs-philosophia.com/2026-april-volume-27-no-2-si-on-ai

[ππ”ππ‹πˆπ‚π€π“πˆπŽπ 𝐀𝐋𝐄𝐑𝐓]The UP Diliman Department of Philosophy congratulates Henry Fernando, together with our BA Philosophy...
18/05/2026

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The UP Diliman Department of Philosophy congratulates Henry Fernando, together with our BA Philosophy Batch 2025 alumni Sofia Kisse C. Luna (University of Sydney) and Junno Alfonsus M. Salvanera (UP Diliman College of Law), on the publication of their work titled β€œFeminist AI Ethics, Deepfake Po*******hy, and the Expansion of the Philippine Safe Spaces Act” in Philosophia: International Journal of Philosophy (PIJP). This article is part of PIJP's Special Issue on Artificial Intelligence, edited by Dr. Jove Jim Aguas, Dr. Joseph Martin Jose, and Mr. Ivan Efreaim A. Gozum.

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This article was inspired by similar topics covered in Sofia and Junno’s undergraduate theses on Legal Positivism and AI Ethics respectively, both of which were supervised by our very own Prof. Ma. Theresa T. Payongayong. The authors express their gratitude to Professor Payongayong for her guidance in shaping their views on the said topics. They also thank alumna Pia Cruz, whose Senior Thesis on Feminist Jurispduence was cited in this article, for her valuable insights. Pia was also a student in the same class as Sofia and Junno under Professor Payongayong!

Philosophia: International Journal of Philosophy is a peer-reviewed academic journal that publishes original contributions across a wide range of philosophical fields, including epistemology, metaphysics, ethics, philosophy of science, and so on. It is indexed in Scopus (Q2) and in Clarivate Analytics (Web of Science / ISI Web of Knowledge).

Read the articles in the issue through this link: https://www.pnprs-philosophia.com/2026-april-volume-27-no-2-si-on-ai

The third lecture for the UPD-Cambridge Philosophy Lecture Series 2026 will take place via Zoom later today, from 5 to 7...
17/05/2026

The third lecture for the UPD-Cambridge Philosophy Lecture Series 2026 will take place via Zoom later today, from 5 to 7 PM.

Michael Potter will be lecturing on "Wittgenstein's Blue Book".

ABSTRACT:
Ludwig Wittgenstein is famous for two books, the Tractatus (published in 1922) and the Philosophical Investigations (published in 1953, after his death). His so-called "middle period" in the 1930s has been rather less studied. One work from this period, the Blue Book, stands out both for the way that he wrote it (in English rather than his usual German) and for the extent to which its subject matter differs from that of the later Investigations. I shall focus in this lecture on his discussion of what is involved in naming an object, a discussion which, I shall suggest, contains an interesting idea that he later lost sight of.

A link to the Zoom meeting has been e-mailed to those who have registered. Those who are still interested in registering may still do so on the link below.

See you later!

[2nd Emmanuel Q. Fernando Philosophy Undergraduate Conference]From 27-28 April 2026, the UP Diliman Department of Philos...
15/05/2026

[2nd Emmanuel Q. Fernando Philosophy Undergraduate Conference]

From 27-28 April 2026, the UP Diliman Department of Philosophy hosted the second ever Emmanuel Q. Fernando Philosophy Undergraduate Conference. The conference featured paper presentations across twelve categories, a Team Quiz Bee Competition, and the first ever PhilosoFlick Festival.

The students who performed excellently throughout the events were awarded cash prizes, medals, trophies, and certificates in recognition of their work.

The conference was spearheaded by Faculty Project Head Marielle Zosa and Student Organizing Committee Head Mika Gana.

Check out the album below to relive the two-day event!


15/05/2026
THROWBACK: From March 21-22, 2026, the UP Diliman Department of Philosophy held the first ever Intra-UP Diliman Ethics B...
15/05/2026

THROWBACK: From March 21-22, 2026, the UP Diliman Department of Philosophy held the first ever Intra-UP Diliman Ethics Bowl, open to undergraduates from all courses within UP Diliman.

After four gruelling preliminary rounds, a seminal round, and grand final round, the team of Sean Marcus Ingalla (BA Philosophy), John Regulus Michael Dipasupil (BS Physics), Princess Gwen Gonowon (BA Philosophy), and Karl Alfred Olalia (BA Philosophy) emerged as the grand champions, winning PHP 15,000.00 in cash prizes, medals, and a trophy.

Read the article written by Shine Tabbang (III BA Philosophy), a core member of the Student Organizing Committee, recapping the event!




by Shine Tabbang From March 21 to 22, 2026, the UP Diliman Department of Philosophy successfully held the first ever Intra-UP Diliman Ethics Bowl Competition, an extension of the Emmanuel Q. Fernando Philosophy Undergraduate Conference. A total of eight teams, composed of students not only from the....

[UPD-Cambridge Philosophy Lecture Series 2026: Session 3]MEET THE SPEAKERS!You've heard of the Early Wittgenstein and th...
12/05/2026

[UPD-Cambridge Philosophy Lecture Series 2026: Session 3]

MEET THE SPEAKERS!

You've heard of the Early Wittgenstein and the Later Wittgenstein, but have you heard of the "Middle" Wittgenstein? Have you ever wondered what could have caused Wittgenstein to radically change his views? Could the Later Wittgenstein--generally considered to be the "better" of the two--have mistakenly abandoned some his earlier views which he shouldn't have? What happened during those crucial years of his transition?

On Monday, 18 May 2026, from 5-7 PM on Zoom, Professor Michael Potter, one of the world's leading experts on the History of Analytic Philosophy, Philosophy of Mathematics, Set Theory, and Logic, will be delivering a lecture entitled "Wittgenstein's Blue Book".

ABSTRACT:

Ludwig Wittgenstein is famous for two books, the Tractatus (published in 1922) and the Philosophical Investigations (published in 1953, after his death). His so-called "middle period" in the 1930s has been rather less studied. One work from this period, the Blue Book, stands out both for the way that he wrote it (in English rather than his usual German) and for the extent to which its subject matter differs from that of the later Investigations. I shall focus in this lecture on his discussion of what is involved in naming an object, a discussion which, I shall suggest, contains an interesting idea that he later lost sight of.

ABOUT THE LECTURER:

Michael Potter is Professor of Logic in the Philosophy Faculty at Cambridge University and a Life Fellow of Fitzwilliam College. He was previously at Oxford, where he took a D.Phil. in pure mathematics and was a Fellow of Balliol College. He spent periods of research leave in the Department of Logic and Metaphysics at St Andrews and the Department of Philosophy at Harvard. In 2004 and 2005 he was on research leave from Cambridge as a Senior Research Fellow at Stirling University funded by the AHRC.

His research interests lie mainly in the history of analytic philosophy (in particular Frege, Russell, Wittgenstein and Ramsey), the philosophy of mathematics, philosophical logic, the philosophy of language, and the philosophy of religion.
His books include Reason's Nearest Kin (2000), Set Theory and its Philosophy (2004), Wittgenstein's Notes on Logic (2010) and The Rise of Analytic Philosophy 1879-1930 (2020).

ABOUT THE REACTOR:

Lumberto (often called Sir Totoy by his students) is currently an Associate Professor at the Department of Philosophy in the University of the Philippines Diliman. He took his PhD in Philosophy in University of Bergen and his MA Philosophy degree at UP Diliman. In both degrees, he worked on the philosopher, Ludwig Wittgenstein.

His MA thesis entitled, β€œWittgenstein and Moral Universality”, was initially a conference paper that was presented at the Wittgenstein conference in Austria (in 2009). Arguing against Onora O’Neill’s portrayal of the later Wittgenstein as moral particularist, the thesis argued that Wittgenstein’s rule following considerations involved a reductio ad absurdo on forms of reasoning confined only to specific practices and that it is within that reductio that Wittgenstein’s appeal to the common behavior behavior of mankind (PI 206) emerges as a transcendental condition that allows for inclusive moral reasoning.

For his PhD, Lumberto worked with advisers Kevin Cahill and Richard Sorli to come up with a monograph entitled β€œResolute Transcendentalism in the Later Wittgenstein”. Between those who say that Wittgenstein’s use of nonsense is empty (e.g. resolute readers like Stephen Mulhall) and those who say that those nonsense expresses metaphysical insights (e.g. transcendental readers like Jonathan Lear), Lumberto attempted to show a middle ground; i.e. a reading of the later Wittgenstein where the results of philosophical elucidation can lead to non-metaphysical philosophical insights.

Despite eventually being preoccupied with applied philosophy, like philosophy of science and bioethics, Lumberto continues to teach graduate courses on Wittgenstein and looks forward to being able to return to Wittgenstein research.

Register in the link below if you haven't already:

https://forms.gle/fMTPrF5oFqBcH4t38

Registration is free and open to the public!

For questions or clarifications, e-mail project head Mika Gana at [email protected] or Henry Fernando at [email protected].

Poster by Tati Inumerables

See you on Monday!


10/05/2026
The second lecture of the UPD-Cambridge Philosophy Lecture Series starts later today at 5 PM!Catch Alexander Bird's lect...
10/05/2026

The second lecture of the UPD-Cambridge Philosophy Lecture Series starts later today at 5 PM!

Catch Alexander Bird's lecture on "Natural Kinds in Biology".

ABSTRACT:
The idea is familiar, that the things we study in science are often divided into kinds, from fundamental physical particles, through chemical elements, to biological species. In this lecture I ask how we should understand this idea, most especially when it comes to the biomedical sciences. Can we vindicate the idea that organisms are divided into species in the way that chemical substances are divided into the various elements and compounds? I conclude by asking how this discussion bears on the contentious categories of race and s*x, which some have held to be divided into biological kinds.

The Zoom link has been sent to those who have registered.
If you haven’t registered, you may still do so today (see the link below).

See you later!

[UPD-Cambridge Philosophy Lecture Series 2026: Session 2]

MEET THE SPEAKER!

What does biology tell us about race and gender? Are they social constructs that were (arbitrarily?) created by humans, or are they naturally-occurring things in the world? What does this question imply about matters of identity or what we owe one another?

On Monday, 11 May 2026, Professor Alexander Bird, Bertrand Russell Professor of Philosophy, Chair of the Faculty of Philosophy at the University of Cambridge, and Honorary Fellow at St. John's College, Oxford, will deliver the second lecture of our series entitled "Natural Kinds in Biology." The lecture will be delivered online via Zoom.

ABSTRACT:

The idea is familiar, that the things we study in science are often divided into kinds, from fundamental physical particles, through chemical elements, to biological species. In this lecture I ask how we should understand this idea, most especially when it comes to the biomedical sciences. Can we vindicate the idea that organisms are divided into species in the way that chemical substances are divided into the various elements and compounds? I conclude by asking how this discussion bears on the contentious categories of race and s*x, which some have held to be divided into biological kinds.

ABOUT THE SPEAKER:

Alexander Bird is the Bertrand Russell Professor of Philosophy at Cambridge, and a Fellow of St John’s College, Cambridge. He teaches and researches in philosophy of science, epistemology, metaphysics, and history and philosophy of medicine. He is currently engaged on a project β€œCreativity Across the Arts and Sciences” with Alison Hills. Alexander was previously Peter Sowerby Professor of Philosophy and Medicine at King’s College London and before that the Professor of Philosophy at the University of Bristol. He also taught at the University of Edinburgh, Dartmouth College, St Louis University, and the University of Bergamo. His published works include Knowing Science (2022), Nature’s Metaphysics (2007), Thomas Kuhn (2000), and Philosophy of Science (1998). He is a Correspondant de l’AcadΓ©mie des Sciences Morales et Politiques, Institut de France and a member of Academia Europaea.

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Sharing the statement of the UP Diliman General Education (UPD GE) Committee on the proposed PSGs for the Reframed GE Cu...
08/05/2026

Sharing the statement of the UP Diliman General Education (UPD GE) Committee on the proposed PSGs for the Reframed GE Curriculum.

μž˜ν•˜κ³  μΆ•ν•˜λ“œλ¦½λ‹ˆλ‹€ 우리 인경 κ°•μ‚¬λ‹˜! Instr. Ingrid De Jesus presented their work titled β€œFrom Confucian Equality to Radical Refusal: A ...
08/05/2026

μž˜ν•˜κ³  μΆ•ν•˜λ“œλ¦½λ‹ˆλ‹€ 우리 인경 κ°•μ‚¬λ‹˜! Instr. Ingrid De Jesus presented their work titled β€œFrom Confucian Equality to Radical Refusal: A Genealogy of South Korean Feminist Thought” at the 11th Philippine Korean Studies Symposium: Envisioning Korean Studies in the Philippines through Inter-Asian Perspective.

ABSTRACT:

Despite South Korea’s rapid modernization, Confucianism remains deeply embedded in its social fabric; evidenced by its continued influence in shaping gender roles, family dynamics, and notions of hierarchy and harmony. Contemporary feminist movements have emerged to challenge and reconstruct this form-of-life; this paper argues that such efforts are not merely present-day phenomena, they continue a feminist tradition in Korea that dates back to the Joseon dynasty. Beginning with Im Yunjidang and Gang Jeongildang, the study highlights how these women contested Confucian orthodoxy by asserting women’s moral and intellectual equality, laying early foundations for feminist discourse within a patriarchal order. The paper then turns to modern South Korean movements: ’s exposure of systemic s*xual violence, Escape the Corset’s rejection of oppressive beauty standards, and the radical 4B movement’s refusal of heteros*xual marriage, childbirth, dating, and s*x. These are examined not only as social protests but as philosophical resistance to gendered power, embodiment, and relational ethics. By connecting Joseon-era assertions to 21st century activism, the paper demonstrates that South Korean feminism is a dynamic continuum that reinterprets inherited traditions while generating new modes of resistance. Ultimately, this genealogy underscores feminism’s enduring role in reshaping philosophical discourse and lived realities in Korea.

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