Kilala si Mananzan bilang isa sa mga pangunahing pilosopong Pilipino. Sa pagpanaw ni Emerita Quito noong 2017, tiyak na si Mananzan na ngayon ang pinakabatikang pilosopong Pilipinang nabubuhay. May ilan nang pakikipanayam kay Mananzan ang nailathala na. Ngunit ang mga ito ay nakatuon lamang sa kaniyang pagiging feminista at/o aktibistang madre. Wala pang pakikipanayam ang nailathala tungkol sa kaniyang pagiging pilosopong Pilipina. Para mapunan ang puwang na ito, binalikan ng pangunahing may-akda ang kaniyang mga naisulat at nailathala tungkol kay Mananzan bilang pilosopong Pilipina para madisenyo ang pakikipanayam na ito na nakatuon tungkol sa pilosopiya at praxis ng nasabing pantas. Sa tulong ng pangalawang may-akda, na isang guro sa kolehiyong kinaroroonan ni Mananzan, nabuo nila ang pinal na disenyo at daloy ng proyekto at naisagawa ang pakikipanayam na ito noong ika-12 ng Oktubre at ika-22 ng Nobyembre ng taong 2017. Sr. Mananzan is known as one of the leading Filipino philosophers. With the demise of Emerita Quito last 2017, it became certain that Mananzan is now the most important living Filipina philosopher. A number of interviews with Mananzan had already been published. However, this these study interviews focused only either on her being a feminist and/or her being an activist nun. There is no published interview yet on her being a Filipina philosopher. To fill in this gap, the primary author of this paper returned to her own writings and publications on Mananzan in order to be able to design this interview that focused on the philosophy and praxis of the said thinker. In collaboration with the second author of this paper, who is currently teaching in the institution where Mananzan still works, they were able to craft the structure of this project and conduct a personal interview with Sr. Mananzan on 12 October and 22 November 2017.
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