Mark Anthony L. Dacela
Chair and Associate Professor
Educational Background
Dr. Mark Anthony L. Dacela is an Associate Professor of Philosophy at De La Salle University Manila, where he also completed his Ph.D. in Philosophy. His research spans epistemology, ethics, and education. He currently serves as Chairperson of the Department of Philosophy, following over a decade as the department’s undergraduate program coordinator. Dr. Dacela has held leadership roles in various institutions, including Vice President for Administration and Operations at SOFA Design Institute, Vice Principal for its Arts and Design Program, Program Coordinator of Cosmic Sonic Arts Music Production School, and Associate Dean at the One School College of Entrepreneurship. He is also a co-editor of Stephen Hetherington on Epistemology: Knowing, More or Less, recently published by Bloomsbury.
Research Interest
Selected Publications
- Biana, H. T., Dacela, M. A., & Domingo, R. (2022). Disrupting epistemic injustice: Gender equality and progressive Philippine Catholic communities. Intersections: Gender and Sexuality in Asia and the Pacific, 48.
- Boyles, Robert James M.; Dacela, Mark Anthony; Evangelista, Tyrone Renzo; and Rodriguez, Jon Carlos (2022) “COVID-19 and Singularity: Can the Philippines Survive Another Existential Threat?,” Asia-Pacific Social Science Review: Vol. 22: Iss. 2, Article 13. DOI: https://doi.org/10.59588/2350-8329.1428
- Fungo, J. E., & Dacela, M. A. (2022). Objectual Understanding as the Primary Epistemic Aim of Education. KRITIKE, 16(1), 96.
- Mabaquiao, N., & Dacela, M. A. (2022). Moral right to healthcare and COVID-19 challenges. https://philpapers.org/rec/MABMRT
- Joaquin, J. J. B., Biana, H. T., & Dacela, M. A. (2020). The Philippine higher education sector in the time of COVID-19. Frontiers in Education, 5. https://doi.org/10.3389/feduc.2020.576371
- Dacela, M. A. (2019). Are modal conditions necessary for knowledge? https://philpapers.org/rec/DACAMC
- Dacela, M. A. (2017). Where sensitivity don’t work. https://philpapers.org/rec/DACWSD
- Boyles, R. J. M., Joaquin, J. J., & Dacela, M. A. (2016). Powers of the mind. https://philpapers.org/rec/BOYPOT-6
- Dacela, M. A., & Rodriquez, R. J. M. (2015). Breast Kanser, Seksuwalidad, at Pagbalikwas. https://philpapers.org/rec/DACSKA
- Joaquin, J. J., Boyles, R. J. M., Dacela, M. A., & Lualhati, V. R. (2013). The nature of truth. https://philpapers.org/rec/JOATNO-4
- Limin, J., & Dacela, M. A. (2012). Ontology of Gender: The Trans Community in the Gender Realism and Gender Nominalism Discourse. Psychologist, 67(1), 10.
- Dacela, M. A. (2011). Sexuality, Power, and Gangbang: A Foucouldian analysis of Aannabel Chong’s dissent. https://philpapers.org/rec/DACSPA
- Dacela, M. A. (2009). Peter H. Spader: Scheller’s Ethical Personalism: It’s logic, development, and promise. https://philpapers.org/rec/DACPHS
- Dacela, M. L. (2008). Book review: Peter H. Spader: Scheler’s ethical personalism: Its logic, development and promise. Pilosopia, 37 (1), 109-111. Retrieved from https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/faculty_research/6562
- Dacela, M. A. L. (2004). Where Epistemic Safety Fails. Pacific Philosophical Quarterly, 85, 396-406.
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