Pagtatahip: Doing Filipino Philosophy

Authors

• Bernard Bragas, University of the Philippines Los BañosFollow

Keywords

pagtatahip, Pilosopiyang Pilipino, kabalintunaan, loob, Alejo

Abstract

This paper explains that the way Filipinos were molded cause paradoxes and ambiguities in the way we philosophize. It is then necessary to do pagtatahip (to winnow, as a way of nuancing) for a Filipino Philosophy. This is evident in the philosophical elucidation in the concept of loob by Fr. Alejo In this kind of nuancing, it is evident that Filipino concepts are not outrightly contradictory and not just deliberate acceptance of contradictories. The concept winnowed allows constructing a liberating Philosophy appropriate for a Filipino Philosophy.

Recommended Citation

Bragas, Bernard (2026) "Pagtatahip: Doing Filipino Philosophy," Mabini Review: Vol. 16: No. 1, Article 8.
Available at: https://scholar.pup.edu.ph/mabrev/vol16/iss1/8