A PHILOSOPHY professor has lauded the late philosopher, historian, social anthropologist and writer Florentino Hornedo for his contributions to philosophical writing in the country.
Assoc. Prof. Fleurdeliz Albela, who teaches at the Faculty of Arts and Letters, said Hornedo was a great man who produced significant works in phenomenology, or the philosophical study of experiences and consciousness.
“He is not a focused writer. He would mention different theories, coming from different fields that would justify his brand in the phenomenology.
“Noticeable are his straightforward expositions of phenomenological theories,” Albela said during the forum titled “Pagbabalik- tanaw sa mga Pilipinong pilosopo,” last Feb. 22 at the UST Central Laboratory.
Albela, who was Hornedo’s student at the UST Graduate School, encouraged Thomasians to read Hornedo’s “Pagpapakatao and Other Essays in Contemporary Philosophy and Literature of Ideas,” printed by the UST Publishing House in 2002.
Hornedo’s book is a compilation of essays in literature, philosophy and political theory.
“The essays […] are theory bound. [T]his way of articulating […] is coming from different disciplines and perspectives,” Albela said.
The challenge of Hornedo to every Thomasian is to put philosophy into dialogue with their own fields, Albela said.
Hornedo, who died in 2015, is a recipient of the Don Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards in 1989 for his essay “Discourse of Power in Florante at Laura.”
Hornedo obtained his bachelor’s degree in education in 1961 and earned his doctorate degree in literature in 1977, from the University.
