The Philosophy of the Human Person by Judge Eliza B. Yu, LLM, DCL
PROS. ELIZA B. YU, LLM
PHILOSOPHY OF HUMAN PERSON
DR. FLORENTINO H. HORNEDO, PhD
UNIVERSITY OF SANTO TOMAS GRADUATE SCHOOL
Philosophy of the Human Person’s Selected Theses
The following are the five (5) selected theses that I shall endeavour to explicate and exemplify: 1. “Philosophy is the science of knowledge. But the outcome of any philosophical inquiry is determined by its starting place.” – Michael Novak (Belief and Unbelief); 2. “The intrinsic objectivity of human cognitional activity is its intentionality.” - Bernard Lonergan, SJ (Cognitional Structure); 3. “ Reflection is one of the life’s ways of rising from one level of being to another” - Gabriel Marcel (Primary and Secondary Reflection: The Existential Fulcrum); 4. “Each symbol gives rise to comprehension by means of interpretation.” Paul Ricoeur (The Symbol : Food for Thought); and 5. “We have the existential presence which is a common spiritual bond in virtue of which each is present in the other and participates in the being of another” - Engelbert Van Croonenburg (Man and Fellow- Man).
“Philosophy is the science of knowledge. But the outcome of any philosophical inquiry is determined by its starting place” relates to the question of horizon, a limit of what can be seen from a definite perspective consisted of a subjective and objective fixed point of reference. Horizon is not a figure of speech but our framework to understand something and to make a decision. It is a framework of choices. It is our awareness of the choices among the philosophies in life. Choice connotes freedom. We are free to choose a philosophy that is best for us and apply it. If what we chose as a philosophy is inapplicable, then we choose another philosophy and change our perspective. As stated by Professor Florentino Hornedo, “Our horizon affects the choices we make about what life is. When one’s horizon is
PHILOSOPHY OF HUMAN PERSON
DR. FLORENTINO H. HORNEDO, PhD
UNIVERSITY OF SANTO TOMAS GRADUATE SCHOOL
Philosophy of the Human Person’s Selected Theses
The following are the five (5) selected theses that I shall endeavour to explicate and exemplify: 1. “Philosophy is the science of knowledge. But the outcome of any philosophical inquiry is determined by its starting place.” – Michael Novak (Belief and Unbelief); 2. “The intrinsic objectivity of human cognitional activity is its intentionality.” - Bernard Lonergan, SJ (Cognitional Structure); 3. “ Reflection is one of the life’s ways of rising from one level of being to another” - Gabriel Marcel (Primary and Secondary Reflection: The Existential Fulcrum); 4. “Each symbol gives rise to comprehension by means of interpretation.” Paul Ricoeur (The Symbol : Food for Thought); and 5. “We have the existential presence which is a common spiritual bond in virtue of which each is present in the other and participates in the being of another” - Engelbert Van Croonenburg (Man and Fellow- Man).
“Philosophy is the science of knowledge. But the outcome of any philosophical inquiry is determined by its starting place” relates to the question of horizon, a limit of what can be seen from a definite perspective consisted of a subjective and objective fixed point of reference. Horizon is not a figure of speech but our framework to understand something and to make a decision. It is a framework of choices. It is our awareness of the choices among the philosophies in life. Choice connotes freedom. We are free to choose a philosophy that is best for us and apply it. If what we chose as a philosophy is inapplicable, then we choose another philosophy and change our perspective. As stated by Professor Florentino Hornedo, “Our horizon affects the choices we make about what life is. When one’s horizon is