Faculty members
Jove Jim S. Aguas
Professor V
AB/PhB (UST), PhL (UST), MA (UST), PhD (UST)
jsaguas@ust.edu.ph
Scopus Author ID: 37083057400
Web of Science ResearcherID U-5371-2019
research
INTERESTS
Phenomenology, Existentialism, Intercultural and Interreligious Dialogue, Philosophy of Religion, Ethics and Metaphysics
professional affiliations
Professor V, Department of Philosophy, Faculty of Arts and Letters, University of Santo Tomas
Editor-in-Chief, Philosophia: International Journal of Philosophy
Associate Member, National Research Council of the Philippines (NRCP)
Executive Governor, Philippine National Philosophical Research Society
Member, Association of Asian Christian Philosophers
Member, International Society for Metaphysics
recognitions received
AWARDS
• Dangal ng UST, Gawad Santo Tomas as Best Professor in 2010.
• Distinguished Faculty Award. UST Graduate School, 2014
• Dangal ng UST, Gawad Santo Tomas as Best Professor in 2014.
• Dangal ng UST, Gawad San Alberto Magno as Best Researcher in the Humanities in 2015. • Dangal ng UST, Hall of Fame Award, 2016.
• Gold Series Award (2012-2014) - UST Research Awards, 2016.
• Silver Series Award (2014-2016) - UST Research Awards, 2018.
• Lifetime Service Award – Philippine Dominican Center for Institutional Studies, 2018
educational background
Doctor of Philosophy, Major in Philosophy
University of Santo Tomas, España Blvd., Sampaloc, Manila, Philippines
Master of Arts, Major in Philosophy (summa cum laude)
University of Santo Tomas, España Blvd., Sampaloc, Manila, Philippines
Licentiate in Philosophy
Ecclesiastical Faculties, University of Santo Tomas, España Blvd., Sampaloc, Manila, Philippines
Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy/Bachelor of Philosophy
Ecclesiastical Faculties, University of Santo Tomas, España Blvd., Sampaloc, Manila, Philippines
publications
(last two years)
BOOKS
- The Good and Happy Life: An Introduction to Ethical Systems and Theories (With Selected Primary Texts) Manila: UST Publishing House, 2019.
- Toward an Understanding and Appreciation of the Human Person. Quezon City: Abiva Publishing, 2016.
- Person, Action and Love: The Philosophical Thoughts of Karol Wojtyla (John Paul II). Manila: University of Santo Tomas Publishing House. 2014.
JOURNAL/BOOK ARTICLES
- The Notions of the Human Person and Human Dignity in Aquinas and Wojtyla Kritike An Online Journal of Philosophy (June, 2009) http://www.kritike.org/journal/issue_5/aguas_june2009.pdf https://10.25138/3.1.a.4
- Emerging Realities and Their Impact on Cultural Values and Identity Annals of the University of Bucharest Philosophy Series, LXIV (2015/1/1) University of Bucharest, Romania http://annals.ub-filosofie.ro/index.php/annals/article/view/203
- Cultural Pluralism and Cultural Dialogue. in Overlapping Territories: Asian Voices on Culture and Civilization (ed. Bambang Sugiharto & Roy Voragen. Newcastle upon Tyne, UK: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2011), pp. 105-118. ISBN (10): 1-4438-2999-4, ISBN (13): 978-1-4438-2999-1
- Teaching: A Dialogical Relation for Continual Learning and Growth Proceedings of the XXIII World Congress of Philosophy (2013) Published by the Philosophy Documentation Center https://10.5840/wcp232018501010 https://www.pdcnet.org/wcp23/content/wcp23_2018_0050_0015_0020
- Restoring Trust and Original Unity in the Family through Forgiveness Journal of Human Studies, Institute of Anthropology, Catholic University of Korea (2017) https://10.21738/JHS.2018.07.36.141 http://www.dbpia.co.kr/journal/articleDetail?nodeId=NODE07511924&language=ko_KR#
- Appropriation of Political Power in Contemporary Time. Philosophia: International Journal of Philosophy, Volume 19, No. Published by Philippine National Philosophical Research Society (2019) https://c4fb26e2-a44c-4aea-96c2- 74fd10a43d0e.filesusr.com/ugd/dcdc59_c4cd8da3c47745c7b8e71ef9663d30d3.pdf
- Sustainable Development and Integral Ecology: The Philippine Ecological Experience (Sustainable Development and Integral Ecology in the Laudato Si’ and the Philippine Ecological Experience) (2018) Solidarity: The Journal of Catholic Social Thought and Secular Ethics ISSN: 1839-0366 Published by Notre Dame University, Australia https://researchonline.nd.edu.au/solidarity/vol8/iss1/1/
- The Challenge of Secularization to the Christian Belief in God Philosophia: International Journal of Philosophy, Vol. 20, No. 2 (2019) Published by Philippine National Philosophical Research Society https://c4fb26e2-a44c-4aea-96c2-74fd10a43d0e.filesusr.com/ugd/dcdc59_c4cd8da3c47745c7b8e71ef9663d30d3.pdf
- Catholic Education in the Philippines Encyclopedia of Teacher Education, Living Edition, Published by Springer (2019) https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-1179-6_147-1 https://link.springer.com/referenceworkentry/10.1007%2F978-981-13-1179-6_147-1
- The Philosophical Foundation of John Paul II’s Notions of Marriage and Unity of Man and Woman in His Theology of The Body. Philippiniana Sacra, Vol. LV - No. 164. January - April 2020.
- Critical Thinking in this Time of Global Pandemic Philosophia: International Journal of Philosophy, Volume 21, No. 2 (June 2020) Published by Philippine National Philosophical Research Society https://doi.org/10.46992/pijp.21.2.c.1 https://c4fb26e2-a44c-4aea-96c2-74fd10a43d0e.filesusr.com/ugd/dcdc59_1a8aa6cbd3f24e86ab1846ded72dbdb2.pdf
- The Notion of “Man’s Original Status” in John Paul II’s Theology of the Body Philosophia: International Journal of Philosophy, Volume 21, Special Issue Published by Philippine National Philosophical Research Society https://doi.org/10.46992/pijp.21.si.a.2 https://c4fb26e2-a44c-4aea-96c2-74fd10a43d0e.filesusr.com/ugd/dcdc59_7bb2e4cc1df049c4a03b7f0b121a36ca.pdf