In conjunction with the 75th anniversary of Philosophy East and West the University of Hawaii at Mānoa will also celebrate its 90th anniversary! The dual anniversary will be celebrated during their celebratory conference “Cross-Cultural Philosophy at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa: Legacies and Future Directions” this October 1-2 on campus. Topics will Indian philosophy of mind and consciousness, Islamic philosophy, Chinese and comparative philosophy, and the history and future of non-Western philosophy at UH Mānoa. The program is also expected to include a panel featuring alumni reflections on their experiences in the department and in the academic profession.
The Philosophy Department is one of the university’s oldest and was established in 1936 under the leadership of Charles A. Moore and Wing-tsit Chan with the goal of bringing together of Western and Eastern philosophers in a community of critical discourse.
The department offers BA, MA, and PhD degrees in philosophy and is internationally recognized for its strengths in Chinese, Japanese, Indian, Buddhist, Hawaiian, Islamic, and Western philosophy.
Philosophy East and West is edited by Franklin Perkins with the editorial assistance of Jennifer Jackson. The Journal’s editorial policy states that special attention is given to specialized articles that relate philosophy to the arts, literature, science, and social practice of Asian civilizations, and original contributions that have an intercultural basis.
The most recent issue of Philosophy East and West Volume 76, Number 3 is a Special Issue on Filipino Philosophy with Guest Editor Jacklyn A. Cleofas.
Cleofas discusses the issue stating:
It is not easy to articulate what counts as Filipino philosophy. That is probably why many have spent time on writing about what counts as Filipino philosophy, or whether there is even such a thing. The local literature on these concerns can be divided into two broad approaches. The first one takes Chinese philosophy as a standard model for what counts as a distinct philosophical tradition. Because Chinese philosophy is associated with ancient texts and a rich commentarial tradition, this approach leads to a search for an equivalent of Ancient Chinese texts, such as folk aphorisms (Timbreza 1982), or an uneasy ambivalence on the question of whether there can really be such a thing as Filipino philosophy. The second approach is based on the idea that what some people call French or German philosophy emerged after the breakdown of the Medieval world order, when thinkers began to move away from writing in Latin and toward writing in one of the Modern Languages (such as French or German).
Special Articles:
Introduction
Jacklyn A. Cleofas
Philippine Philosophy and the Epistemic Salience of Identity
Kelly Louise Rexzy Agra
Epistemic Responsiveness in the Zhuangzi: A Meta-Philosophical Reflection
Christine Abigail L. Tan
Filipino Hugot Lines: an Analysis of Meaning
Napoleon M. Mabaquiao Jr. and Joseph Martin M. Jose
Relational Egalitarianism and Kapwâ Relationality: Two Concepts for Thinking about Justice in the Workplace
Darlene Demandante
An Account of Justice as a Virtue from Katarúngan
Jacklyn A. Cleofas