Mission
The UP Diliman Department of Philosophy, in the tradition of honor and excellence, is committed to developing and promoting independent, critical, creative, and caring thinking in teaching, research, and public service. It equips its students, faculty, and other stakeholders with substantial knowledge of the history of philosophy and philosophical problems, the theoretical and analytical (e.g., logical, conceptual) tools and skills (e.g., problem-solving, effective communication and reasoning) that are essential in the practice of philosophical inquiry for research and scholarship in philosophy in the service of the Philippine society and the rest of the world.
Vision
Established by scholars from the Anglo-American tradition, we are at the forefront of analytical philosophizing in the Philippines. We produce innovative research in the international analytic scene and in its applied areas.
Established in the national university, we pioneer in the development and the implementation of a philosophical pedagogy and a philosophy curriculum relevant in enriching the Filipino mind. We nurture critical, epistemic, and moral agents that will one day lead the nation.