undergraduate

• Epistemology II (67479) - Lecturer in charge

graduate

• Consciousness (163995) - Lecturer in charge
• PHILOSOPHY OF MIND (67881) - Lecturer in charge

doctoral

• Croatian Epistemological Heritage (268091) - Lecturer in charge

Personal Information

Date of Birth: December 11, 1963

Place of Birth: Split, Croatia

Education

PhD in Philosophy (1998), Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb. Thesis title: "The Inductive Method in Ruđer Bošković" (Induktivna metoda u Ruđera Boškovića).

MSc in Philosophy (1993): Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb. Thesis title: "Bošković's Conception of Knowledge" (Boškovićevo poimanje spoznaje).

MA in Philosophy and Comparative Literature (1988), Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb.

Employment

1989–present: Institute of Philosophy, Zagreb.

2013–present: Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Split.

Positions

2021–present: Full Professor, Department of Philosophy, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Split.

2013–2021: Associate Professor, Department of Philosophy, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Split.

2010–present: Research Advisor, Institute of Philosophy, Zagreb.

2005–2013: Assistant Professor, Department of Philosophy, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Split.

2005–2010: Senior Research Associate, Institute of Philosophy, Zagreb.

1999–2005: Research Associate, Institute of Philosophy, Zagreb.

1989-1999: Assistant, Institute of Philosophy, Zagreb.

Projects

2024–present: New Topics in Croatian Philosophy from 1874 to 1945. Funder: Croatian Science Foundation. Member.

2024–present: Intentionality and Modes of Existence. Funder: Croatian Science Foundation. Member.

2024–present: Wundt, Mercier, and Modern Croatian Philosophy. Funder: NextGenerationEU. Member.

2014–2018: Free Will, Causality and Luck. Funder: Croatian Science Foundation. Member.

2007–2012: Stjepan Zimmermann. Funder: Ministry of Science, Education and Sports of the Republic of Croatia. Principal Investigator.

2007–2012: The Embodied Mind and Intentional Act. Funder: Ministry of Science, Education and Sports of the Republic of Croatia. Member.

2002–2006: Zimmermann's Noetics. Funder: Ministry of Science, Education and Sports of the Republic of Croatia. Principal Investigator.

1996–2001: History of Croatian Philosophy and Fundamental Problems of Philosophy. Funder: Ministry of Science, Education and Sports of the Republic of Croatia. Member.

Teaching

Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Split:

     2006/2007–present: Epistemology (undergraduate).

     2016/2017–present: Consciousness (graduate).

     2018/2019–present: Philosophy of Mind (graduate).

     2011/2012–present: Croatian Epistemological Heritage (postgraduate).

Department of Philosophy, University of Zadar:

     2004/2005–2015/2016:  Philosophy of Knowledge (undergraduate).

     2009/2010–2015/2016: PhD Supervisor and Co-supervisor.

Catholic Faculty of Theology, University of Zagreb:

     2000/2001–2003/2004: Epistemology and Cosmology (undergraduate).

     2004/2005–2012/2013: Ontology and Cosmology (undergraduate).

     2006/2007, 2009/2010, and 2015/2016: Zimmermann's Noetics (postgraduate). 

Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Osijek:

     2005/2006–2009/2010: Gnoseology (undergraduate).

Conferences

2005: "Characteristics of the Approach to Bošković's Philosophy - Franjo Marković", Croatian Philosophical Heritage: On the 30th Anniversary of the Journal "Prilozi za istraživanje hrvatske filozofske baštine" (1975–2005), Institute of Philosophy, Zagreb, May 12–14, 2005.

2018: (with Ivan Macut, OFM), “Vicko Kapitanović, OFM, and Research into Croatian Philosophical Heritage”, The Life and Work of Vicko Kapitanović, OFM, Catholic Faculty of Theology, University of Split; Department of History, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Split; Pontificia Università Gregoriana, Rome; Pontificia Università Antonianum, Rome; University of Mostar – BiH; Split, December 6, 2018.

2025: “Zimmermann on Certainty”, New Topics in Croatian Philosophy from 1874 to 1945, Institute of Philosophy, Zagreb, June 5–6, 2025.

2025: “Zimmermann’s General Formulation of the Problem of Knowledge”, Croatian Philosophy: Celebrating the Fiftieth Anniversary of the Journal "Prilozi za istraživanje hrvatske filozofske baštine", Institute of Philosophy, Zagreb, December 4–5, 2025, keynote lecture.

2026: “The Experience of Mind”, Philosophy and Psychology: On the 50th Anniversary of the Death of Pavao Vuk-Pavlović, Institute of Philosophy, June 9–10, 2026, keynote lecture.

Professional Service

1996–1999: Studia historiae philosophiae Croaticae, journal, editorial board member.

1999: Open Issues in the History of Croatian Philosophy, conference (Institute of Philosophy, Zagreb, June 23-25, 1999), organizing committee member.

2000–present: Prilozi za istraživanje hrvatske filozofske baštine (Contributions to the Research of Croatian Philosophical Heritage), journal, editorial board member.

2000: International Reception of Croatian Philosophers, conference (Institute of Philosophy, Zagreb, November 8-9, 2000), organizing committee member.

2002–2010: Filozofska istraživanja (Philosophical Research), journal, editorial board member. 

2002–2010:  Synthesis philosophica, journal, editorial board member.

2002–2011: Filozofska istraživanja (Philosophical Research), book series, editorial board member.

2005: Croatian Philosophical Heritage: On the 30th Anniversary of the Journal "Prilozi za istraživanje hrvatske filozofske baštine" (1975–2005), conference (Institute of Philosophy, Zagreb, May 12–14, 2005), organizing committee member.

2012–2016: Croatian Parliament's Committee for National Science Awards, member of the Expert Committee for the Humanities.

2017–2020: Head of the Research Center Berislav Žarnić (Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Split).

2025: New Topics in Croatian Philosophy from 1874 to 1945, conference (Institute of Philosophy, Zagreb, June 5–6, 2025), organizing committee member.

2025: Croatian Philosophy: Celebrating the Fiftieth Anniversary of the Journal "Prilozi za istraživanje hrvatske filozofske baštine", conference (Institute of Philosophy, Zagreb, December 4–5, 2025), organizing committee member.

2026: Philosophy and Psychology: On the 50th Anniversary of the Death of Pavao Vuk-Pavlović, conference (Institute of Philosophy, June 9–10, 2026), organizing committee member.

philosophy of mind, epistemology, history of philosophy

2024–present: New Topics in Croatian Philosophy from 1874 to 1945. Funder: Croatian Science Foundation. Member.

2024–present: Intentionality and Modes of Existence. Funder: Croatian Science Foundation. Member.

2024–present: Wundt, Mercier, and Modern Croatian Philosophy. Funder: NextGenerationEU. Member.

2014–2018: Free Will, Causality and Luck. Funder: Croatian Science Foundation. Member.

2007–2012: Stjepan Zimmermann. Funder: Ministry of Science, Education and Sports of the Republic of Croatia. Principal Investigator.

2007–2012: The Embodied Mind and Intentional Act. Funder: Ministry of Science, Education and Sports of the Republic of Croatia. Member.

2002–2006: Zimmermann's Noetics. Funder: Ministry of Science, Education and Sports of the Republic of Croatia. Principal Investigator.

1996–2001: History of Croatian Philosophy and Fundamental Problems of Philosophy. Funder: Ministry of Science, Education and Sports of the Republic of Croatia. Member.

1989–present: Institute of Philosophy, Zagreb.

2013–present: Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Split.