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Final Oral Examination Marks

For Ph103 LS and Ph104 LS:

Your final oral examination marks are already posted on the Philosophy Department bulletin boards near the lobby of de la Costa Hall and along the corridor of the same building.

Thank you so much for all the hours we spent together. Shall we go out for drinks, say on the week before your blue roast and graduation? We could just be a small group on a  quiet evening discussing anything or a big one to celebrate camaraderie. Leave a comment below with your thoughts on the matter.

Good luck and enjoy life.

PJ Strebel

Ph 104: Oral Examinations will push through as scheduled

As some of you already know, the Office of the President of the Philippines declared that classes will be suspended on Friday, 28 April 2017. In reaction to this the VPLS of Ateneo decided to move all examinations scheduled on that day to Saturday, 29 April 2017.

FOR OUR PH 104 CLASS, HOWEVER, OUR ORAL EXAMINATIONS WILL PUSH THROUGH AS ORIGINALLY SCHEDULED. 

Please refer to the schedule already posted on the Philosophy bulletin boards at de la Costa Hall. This is the schedule you signed-up for before the declaration and this same schedule will remain in effect.

For those scheduled to take the exam on Saturday, please notify me by email as soon as possible if the VPLS decision has created a conflict between your philosophy oral exam and your final exam in another subject. We shall of course make changes if necessary.

Thank you to those who sent me emails to ask about the above concern. I apologize for not responding individually to your questions. I hope that this announcement will suffice as my reply.

I intuit that my decision is in line with the Greatest Happiness Principle of the Utilitarians. But I will not clutter this announcement with a transcript of my deliberation. But please do inform me if there is evidence to the contrary.

Study hard and Good luck.

Schedules etc.

Schedule of Final Oral Examinations

Please note that final oral examinations for our philosophy classes shall be held as follows:

Ph 103 Philosophy of Religion:
Wednesday and Thursday, 26 and 27 April, 07h15-11h00, 14h00-18h00

Ph104 Foundations of Moral Value:
Friday and Saturday, 28 and 29 April, 07h00-11h00, 14h00-18h15

Schedule of sign-ups for the Final Oral Examinations

Please note that you may present yourself to sign-up immediately before or immediately after any of my classes at the designated classroom or during consultation hours at the Department of Philosophy. Please see AISIS and our class syllabus for details.

Based on the information you passed, we shall observe the following priority list:

The following may sign-up beginning Monday, 17 April:
Ph 103: Jamie, Enrico, Marcus, Ingrid, Law, Claire, Justine S., Mikka, Paolo B., Rayne, Yen.
Ph 104: Lidel, Martin, Jom, Red, Marc, Chelsea, Ken, Robie, Alinia, Dannah, Justin T., CarlC

The following may sign-up beginning Tuesday, 18 April:
Ph 103: Issa, Rai, Paolo V., Jake L., Joshua, Jasper, Gaby, Flo, Ija, Noel, Pat, JacobS.
Ph 104: Nicole S., Gel, Sus, Yana, Paolo L., Among, Daili, Jem, LA, Jason.

The following may sign-up beginning Wednesday, 19 April:
Ph 103: Roey, Miguel, Andre, Gabbie, Jam, Joyce, Neville, Kamille, Jimmy, Joe.
Ph 104: Jake F., Matthew, Sam, LG, John, Johanna, Jayjay, Ali, Franz, Andrew, Daniel, Jed, Angelo, Francesco, Gab, Luis, Jackie, Gretch, Migs, Kyla, Alexa, CarlM, Joe.

Those who were not able to submit their forms may sign-up beginning Thursday, 20 April.

Please note that I make you responsible for your own appointments and so you may only sign-up for yourself. Signing-up for someone else or asking someone else to sign-up for you will not be allowed.

Ph 103S: We transfer from Bel to B105

For Ph103S (TTh 09h30-10h50) only:

We will change our designated classroom and we will transfer from Bellarmine Hall to Berchmans Hall. Thus starting Thursday, 16 March we will meet at B105 until the end of the semester.

Please be guided accordingly.

Films during the midterm exams

As per our class policy, we shall not hold regular classes during the week of the midterms exams but we shall use class time for film screening. Please note the following venues for the activity:

Ph 103 Philosophy of Religion
all screenings will be at FAVR

Tuesday February 28
08h00-09h20 Auf der Anderen Seite (part 1)
09h30-10h50 Gegen die Wand (part 1)

Thursday March 2
08h00-09h20 Auf der Anderen Seite (part 2)
09h30-10h50 Gegen die Wand (part 2)

[Please be warned that Gegen die Wand explores dark themes like depression and suicide. Please practice prudence in watching this film.]


Ph 104 Foundations of Moral Value

Monday February 27 FAVR
08h00-08h50 Million Dollar Baby (part 1)
09h00-09h50 Glengarry Glen Ross (part 1)

Wednesday March 1 Rizal Library MMR
08h00-08h50 Million Dollar Baby (part 2)
(no 09h00 screening due to Ash Wednesday mass)

Friday March 3 Rizal Library MMR
08h00-08h50 Million Dollar Baby (part 3)
09h00-09h50 Glengarry Glen Ross (part 2)

[For those watching Glengarry Glen Ross, please note that the movie is exactly 100 minutes long thus each screening begins at exactly 09h00 and end at 09h50 so that it can be finished in just two sessions.]

Lectures on Roman Philosophy

For students of Ph 104  interested to know more about the history of Philosophy, here is a lecture series you may wish to attend. See you there! 

Ph103 & Ph104: Schedule of Midterms & Sign-ups

Please note the schedule of midterm oral examinations:

Ph103 (Philosophy of Religion):

Monday, 27 February 06h50-11h10

Tuesday, 28 February 07h00-11h10

Wednesday, 1 March 07h00-08h50

Ph104 (Foundations of Moral Value)

Wednesday, 1 March 08h50-11h10

Thursday, 2 March 07h00-11h10

Friday, 3 March 07h00-11h10

The following is the schedule of sign-ups:

Ph103 (Philosophy of Religion)

The following may sign-up starting Monday 20 February:

Ija, Gabbie, Justin, Joe, Jimmy, Anton, Jasper, Claire,  Joshua, Icon, Ingrid, Law, Gaby, Miguel, Jake, anonymous (Yes, someone turned in a form with a blank name.).

The following may sign-up starting Tuesday 21 February:

Rayne, Earl, Danpher, Carl, PaoloB, Enrico, Andre, JacobS, Noel, Justine, Mico, Ian.

The following may sign-up starting Wednesday 22 February:

Nicolo Ar-j, Nelson, Chrissie, Neville, Joyce, Issa, JacobE, Iana, Rai, Saje, Roey, Jam, PaoloV, Kamille, Yen, Kat, J, Marcus, Kevin.

Ph104 (Foundations of Moral Value)

The following may sign-up starting Monday 20 February:

Robie, Jom, Gretch, Justin, Jaco, NicoleS, Marianne, Alexa, Among, NicoleM, anonymous (Yes, another one.)

The following may sign-up starting Tuesday 21 February:

Daili, Kokok, Jed, Bianca, LA, Alinia, Dannah, Jayjay, Red, Chelsea, Johanna, Jake, Ken, Marc.

The following may sign-up starting Wednesday 22 February:

Migs, Gab, Daniel, Mina, Antonio, LG, Jem, Kyla, CarlC, Matthew, Sus.

The following may sign-up starting Thursday 23 February:

Franz, Martin, Angelo, Enzo, Paolo, Lidel, Francesco, CarlM, Andrew, Jackie, Ton.

The following may sign-up starting Friday 24 February:

Kian, Gel, Duke, Lance, Kris, Inno.

Please be guided accordingly.

Ph103: Changes to our schedule

Dear Ph 103 L & S (Philosophy of Religion):

I am sure that you heard that we won't be meeting on Tuesday 21 February due to the alternative class offerings. Due to this, I have decided to finish discussing both Marcel's The Transcendent as Metaproblematic and From Opinion to Faith today, February 14. On Thursday, February 16 we will begin Lauer's The Problem of Unbelief.

Please be guided accordingly.

For Ph 103 S (TTh 09h30-10h50)

Dear Ph 103 S,

We ended class yesterday, February 7, without assigning anyone to give the repetitio for tomorrow, February 9. Our syllabus states that we will pick a student on the spot to give a report at the beginning of the next class session if at the end of the last class session we were unable to assign a student to give the said report. Aside from this, we have a very short semester and we must always have at least one report each class day so that everyone will be able to take one's turn and fulfill this class requirement.

I am posting this announcement not just to remind you but also to invite anyone among you to consider reporting tomorrow so that you could at least come prepared and ready.

The person to give the report tomorrow must cover the sections starting with Hieropaniya until the end of Fr. Ferriols' Pakikitagpo sa Banal.

Thank you for your attention.

Ph103&Ph104: Updated syllabus now available on AISIS

Dear Ph103 L&S, and Ph104 L&S:

I updated our syllabus according to the correct calendar of activities and submitted it anew on AISIS. I have emailed my department chair just in case he needs to post it before it becomes accessible to you. Please download it as soon as possible so that we can immediately know if it is indeed already accessible to you. You know you have the updated syllabus if it contains the following dates:

27 February - 4 March: midterm oral examinations
30 March: reflection paper deadline
26-29 April: final oral examinations

Downloading the new syllabus is necessary so that these adjusted dates will also appear on the midterms and finals week schedules you will submit at the appointed time. Aside from this, the schedule of course readings and other deadlines have been adjusted as well.

Thank you for your attention, patience, and understanding.

PJ Strebel