Filipino Scientist
1. Ramon Cabanos Barba- outstanding research on tissue culture in the Philippine
mangoes
2. Josefino Cacas Comiso- works on observing the characteristics of Antarctica by
using satellite images
3. Jose Bejar Cruz Jr.- known internationally in the field of electrical engineering; was
elected as officer of the famous Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineering
4. Lourdes Jansuy Cruz- notable for her research on sea snail venom
5. Fabian Millar Dayrit- research on herbal medicine
6. Rafael Dineros Guerrero III- research on tilapia culture
7. Enrique Mapua Ostrea Jr.- inventing the meconium drugs testing
8. Lilian Formalejo Patena- doing research on plant biotechnology
9. Mari-Jo Panganiban Ruiz- outstanding educator and graph theorist
10. Gregory Ligot Tangonan- research in the field of communications technology
Other outstanding Filipino Scientist who are recognized here and abroad for their
outstanding contribution in Science
1. Caesar A. Saloma- an internationally renowned physicist
2. Edgardo Gomez- famous scientist in marine science
3. William Padolina- known in the field of chemistry and president of National Academy
of Science and Technology (NAST)- Philippines
4. Angel Alcala- marine science
There are other scientists in the Philippines who were not identified in the list. Yet, the
Philippines still need more scientists and engineers, and there is a need to support
scientific research in the country.
The University of the Philippines- Los Banos is a science paradise for agriculture,
forestry, plant and animal science, and veterinary science. It has produced numerous
scientists and various research in the field mentioned.
The University of the Philippines- Visayas is also a national center for marine science,
fisheries and other related sciences.
The University of the Philippines- Manila is a center of excellence and has produced
many researchers, doctors, health professionals, and scientists in the area of medical
and public health.
THE GOOD LIFE
Self-Directed Reading on THE GOOD LIFE
LESSON OBJECTIVES
At the end of this lesson, the students should be able to:
examine what is meant by a good life;
identify how humans attempt to attair: what is deemed to be a good life; and
recognize possibilities available to human being to attain the good life.
INTRODUCTION
In Ancient Greece, long before the word "science" has been coined, the need to
[Link] the world and reality was bound with the need to understand the self and
the good life. For Plato, the task of understanding the things in the world runs parallel
with the job of truly getting into what will make the soul flourish, In an attempt to
understand reality and the external world, man must seek to understand himself, too. It
was Aristotle who gave a definitive distinction between the theoretical and practical
sciences. Among the theoretical disciplines, Aristotle included logic, biology, physics,
and metaphysics, among others. Among the practical ones, Aristotle counted ethics and
politics. Whereas "truth" is the aim of the theoretical sciences, the "good" is the end
goal of the practical ones. Every attempt to know is connected in some way in an
attempt to find the "good" or as said in the previous lesson, the attainment of human
flourishing. Rightly so, one must find the truth about what the good is before one can
even try to locate that which is good.
In the previous lesson, we have seen how a misplaced or an erroneous idea of human
flourishing can turn tables for all of us, make the sciences work against us rather than
for us, and draw a chasm between the search for truth and for the good. In this lesson,
we endeavor to go back a little and answer these questions: What does it really mean
to live a good life? What qualifies as a good existence? Granting this understanding, we
are assumed to be in a better position to reconcile our deepest existential needs as
human beings and science as tool to maneuver around the world.