Claro R. Ceniza was one of the Philippines foremost philosophers with a fascination of metaphysics, the philosophy of science, analytic philosophy and the philosophy of language.
Dr. Ceniza's interest in philosophy began during World War II at age sixteen with a reading of Descartes Discourse on Method. The first ideas for his metaphysics came to him shortly thereafter.
At age 24 he was noted as one of the promising writers of the country with the publication of his essays and poems.
Claro Rafols Ceniza, obtained his M.A. and Ph.D. degrees from Syracuse University in Syracuse, New York. He also has an LLB. degree from Silliman University in Dumaguete City and is a member of the Philippine Bar.
He started teaching at De La Salle University in 1977, and was its first Lucian Athanasius chairholder in philosophy. He was Professor Emeritus of De La Salle University.
He also taught philosophy at Silliman University, University of Santos Tomas, Philippine Christian University and the Philippine Dominican Center for Institutional Studies at Santo Domingo in Quezon City, and as visiting professor at Drury College, Springfield, Missouri and at Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan.
His published works are mostly original books and papers on metaphysics, logic, philosophy of law, philosophy of science, philosophy of language, symbolic logic, epistemology, ethics, and political philosophy.
He is a member of the Philippine Association for Philosophical Research (PAPR) and the Philosophy Association of the Philippines (PAP), to which he contributed not a few professional papers, including his valedictory article for the PAPR entitled "Two Senses of Non-Being.”
Claro is married to Dr. Riorita Espina Ceniza, who holds a Ph.D. Instructional Technology from Syracuse University.
They have six children: Manuel, Susan, Cecille, Ana, Vivian, and Gary.
Claro died July, 2001
This website is a tribute to him
His work and writings.