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Dario Škarica, Full Professor, PhD

Title: Full Professor

Location:
216
Consultations:

Fridays, 10-11

Public phone number:
021545582
Department:
Department of Philosophy
Graduation year:
1988
mr.sc. graduation year:
1993
PhD graduation year:
1998
Employed in this institution since:
2013

Teaching

undergraduate

graduate

doctoral

Biography

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.

Scientific publications (CroRIS)

Zimmermann's critique of asubjective logic
Škarica, Dario
(2026)
Zimmermann’s Early Doctrine of Epistemic States
Škarica, Dario
Prilozi za istraživanje hrvatske filozofske baštine, 52 (2026) str. 47-77, doi: 10.52685/pihfb.52.1(103).3
The Experience of Mind
Škarica, Dario
(2026)
God, Existence, and Abstract Entities
Institut za filozofiju, Zagreb, (2026)
Baars' Approach to Consciousness
Škarica, Dario
Filozofski fakultet Sveučilišta u Splitu, (2026)
Škarica, Dario
Logic, Knowledge, and Tradition. Essays in Honor of Srećko Kovač, Brill, (2026) str. 161-183
MERCIER AND ZIMMERMANN’S CRITIQUE OF SCEPTICISM
Škarica, Dario
Kačić : zbornik Franjevačke provincije Presvetoga Otkupitelja, 58-59 (2026) str. 5-29
The Unholy at the Faculty of Philosophy. Part One: Zimmermann’s Habilitation
Škarica, Dario
Institut za filozofiju, (2026)
Mind, Object, Truth, and Time
Škarica, Dario
Filozofski fakultet u Splitu, (2025)
Zimmermann’s General Formulation of the Problem of Knowledge
Škarica, Dario
(2025)
Zimmermann on Certitude
Škarica, Dario
(2025)
MERCIER'S STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM OF KNOWLEDGE
Škarica, Dario
Crkva u svijetu : CUS, 60 (2025) str. 679-700, doi: 10.34075/cs.60.4.1
Škarica, Dario; Macut, Ivan
Prilozi za istraživanje hrvatske filozofske baštine, 1 (2025) str. 31-57
Presentation of the project Wundt, Mercier and recent Croatian philosophy
Skuhala Karasman, Ivana; Hostić, Bernard; Škarica, Dario
(2024)
Filozofija i astronomija od antičkih vremena do Newtona
Mučić, Margareta
(2024)
MERCIER'S CRITIQUE OF THE MODERN STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM OF KNOWLEDGE
Škarica, Dario
Crkva u svijetu : CUS, LIX (2024) str. 15-36, doi: 10.34075/cs.59.1.1
Stjepan Zimmermann, Znanje i vjera, priredio Ivan Macut (Zagreb: Kršćanska sadašnjost, 2020), 693 pp.
Škarica, Dario
Prilozi za istraživanje hrvatske filozofske baštine, 49 (2023) str. 339-342
Mercier’s Concept of Philosophy
Škarica, Dario
Prilozi za istraživanje hrvatske filozofske baštine, 49 (2023) str. 29-56, doi: 10.52685/pihfb.49.1(97).2
Aleksandra Golubović: Croatian Philosophers through the Prism of Philosophy of Religion: Selected authors and topics, Rijeka: Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, 2022.
Škarica, Dario
Obnovljeni život, 78 (2023) str. 403-405
Studies of the Research Center "Berislav Žarnić"
Filozofski fakultet Sveučilišta u Splitu, (2022)
Slobodna volja
Teklić, Ilija
(2022)
Ivan Dodlek, Nenad Malović, Željko Pavić (urednici), Religija između hermeneutike i fenomenologije. Zbornik u čast prof. dr. sc. Josipu Osliću povodom 65. godine života (Zagreb: Katolički bogoslovni fakultet Sveučilišta u Zagrebu – Kršćanska sadašnjost, 2018), 530 str.
Škarica, Dario
Prilozi za istraživanje hrvatske filozofske baštine, 47. (2021) str. 121-129
Krešimir Čvrljak, Filozofija i teologija na Mediteranu između antike i renesanse
Škarica, Dario
Obnovljeni život, 76 (2021) str. 415-417
The Relationship Between Philosophy, Science and Art in the Work of Ivan Supek
Skočibušić, Ivana
(2021)
The reliability of reports on Bonnet's hallucinations
Škarica, Dario
Služba Božja, 61 (2021) str. 164-187, doi: 10.34075/sb.61.2.3
The understanding of reports on hallucinations
Škarica, Dario
Služba Božja, 61 (2021) str. 316-337, doi: 10.34075/sb.61.3.3
Pojava, ideja, um
Škarica, Dario
Služba Božja, 60 (2020) str. 273-292, doi: 10.34075/sb.60.3.3
Truth in Aquinas, Mercier, and Zimmermann
Škarica, Dario
Služba Božja, 60 (2020) str. 5-28, doi: 10.34075/sb.60.1.4
Fr. Vicko Kapitanović and the Research of the Croatian Philosophical Heritage
Škarica, Dario ; Macut, Ivan
Diacovensia : teološki prilozi, 28 (2020) str. 425-443, doi: 10.31823/d.28.3.7
Balić's Approach
Škarica, Dario
Crkva u svijetu : CUS, 55 (2020) str. 25-46, doi: 10.34075/cs.55.1.5
Animal Consciousness
Cvitanović, Sanja
(2019)
Percept, Mental Image, Aleph
Škarica, Dario
Acta ladertina,Acta Iadertina, 15 (2018) str. 27-48, doi: 10.15291/ai.2812
Speech Acts Logic and Its Application, Especially with Regard to Artificial Intelligence
Ćurčić, Ana
(2018)
The Frame Problem in Philosophy and Artificial Intelligence
Bubalo, Iva
(2018)
The Many Worlds of Quantum Mechanics and Modal Realism
Radović, Milena
(2018)
Computational Theory of Mind
Delić, Marko
(2017)
The Word carved - a new approach to Meštrović's sculpture
Škarica, Dario
Hrvatska revija, 16 (2016) str. 59-61
Pyrrhonism and Academic Skepticism
Pensa. Maša
(2016)
Linguistic Relativity and Metaphor
Marin, Andrijana Mirna
(2015)
The Problem of Induction from Hume to Popper
Radović, Milena
(2015)
Intencionalnost, introspekcija i psihologija u Brentana i Zimmermanna
Hanžek, Ljudevit
(2015)
Sources of Psychological Knowledge - according to Brentano, 1874
Škarica, Dario
Acta ladertina,Acta Iadertina, 12 (2015) str. 57-77
In memoriam: fra Vicko Kapitanović (1944-2015)
Škarica, Dario
Prilozi za istraživanje hrvatske filozofske baštine, 41 (2015) str. 539-541
Epistemology. A Handbook
Hanžek, Ljudevit ; Škarica, Dario
Filozofski fakultet Sveučilišta u Splitu, (2015)
Stjepan Zimmermann, On the Essence of Knowledge
Matica hrvatska, (2013)
Intellectualism in Stadler's Psychology
Škarica, Dario
Prilozi za istraživanje hrvatske filozofske baštine, 39 (2013) str. 243-262
Stjepan Zimmermann - life, work and noetics
Škarica, Dario
Stjepan Zimmermann: O biti spoznaje, Matica hrvatska, (2013) str. 245-276
The Coherence Theory of Truth
Beović, Mate
(2012)
Mind and Body in Descartes' Meditations
Lepur, Marko
(2012)
A Zimmermann Argument for Objectivism
Škarica, Dario
Prilozi za istraživanje hrvatske filozofske baštine, 75 (2012) str. 93-104
Language Holism
Babić, Nikša
(2012)
Zimmermann on Historical Testimony
Hanžek, Ljudevit ; Škarica, Dario
Prilozi za istraživanje hrvatske filozofske baštine, 37 (2011) str. 51-73
Slobin's Theory of "Thinking for Speaking"
Marin, Andrijana Mirna
(2011)
Wittgenstein's Language-games
Mlikotić, Tina
(2011)
Naturalized Epistemology
Hanžek, Ljudevit
(2010)
The Problem of Induction
Beović, Mate
(2010)
Collective intentionality
Babić, Nikša
(2009)
Stjepan Zimmermann's Original Doctrine of the Perception of Relation
Škarica, Dario
Prilozi za istraživanje hrvatske filozofske baštine, 35 (2009) str. 99-121
BonJour's Critique of Externalist Foundationalism
Hanžek, Ljudevit
(2008)
Külpe and Zimmermann on the Starting and Closing Subjects of Psychology
Škarica, Dario
Prilozi za istraživanje hrvatske filozofske baštine, 34 (2008) str. 217-259
Testimony as a Source of Knowledge
Čopac, Nediljka
(2008)
On Zimmermann's Notion of Thought and Knowledge
Škarica, Dario
Filozofska istraživanja, 25 (2005) str. 189-225
Bibliography of Contributions to the Research of Croatian Philosophical Heritage 1-2 (1975) – 59-60 (2005)
Grgić, Filip; Škarica, Dario; Zenko, Nives
Prilozi za istraživanje hrvatske filozofske baštine,31 (2005) str. 363-384
Zimmermann's Critique of Pragmatism
Škarica, Dario
Filozofska istraživanja, 24 (2004) str. 578-600
Metodološki aspekt Boškovićeve analize sraza
Škarica, Dario
Interpreting tradition and Modernity, Institut za filozofiju, (2004) str. 117-146
Zimmermann's Critique of Skepticism
Škarica, Dario
Prilozi za istraživanje hrvatske filozofske baštine, 30 (2004) str. 149-171
Zimmermann on Three Modes of Knowledge
Škarica, Dario
Filozofska istraživanja, 24 (2004) str. 929-976
Zimmermann's Epistemological Polemic with Hijacint Bošković
Škarica, Dario
Prilozi za istraživanje hrvatske filozofske baštine, 29 (2003) str. 193-220
Philosophische Anthropologie
Haeffner, Gerd
Naklada Breza, (2003)
Bošković's Metaphysical Proof of the Principle of Continuity
Škarica, Dario
Prilozi za istraživanje hrvatske filozofske baštine, XXVIII (2002) str. 179-205
Bošković's Analysis of Collision - a Methodological Aspect
Škarica, Dario
Prilozi za istraživanje hrvatske filozofske baštine, XXVII (2001) str. 91-125
Contributions to the Philosophy of Language
Cassirer, Ernst
Matica hrvatska, (2000)
Spoznaja i metoda u Ruđera Boškovića
Škarica, Dario
Hrvatsko filozofsko društvo, (2000)
Bošković's Critique of Sensory Perception
Škarica, Dario
Prilozi za istraživanje hrvatske filozofske baštine, XXVI (2000) str. 187-109
Žarko Dadić, Franjo Petriš i njegova prirodnofilozofska i prirodoznanstvena misao / Franciscus Patricius and His Natural Philosophical and Natural Scientific Thought, Školska knjiga, Zagreb, 2000
Škarica, Dario
Prilozi za istraživanje hrvatske filozofske baštine, 26 (2000) str. 285-287
Bošković's Methodological Phenomenalism
Škarica, Dario
Prilozi za istraživanje hrvatske filozofske baštine, 1-2 (1999) str. 125-141
Škarica, Dario
Studia historiae philosophiae Croaticae, 4 (1999) str. 107-123
Škarica, Dario
Studia historiae philosophiae Croaticae, 4 (1999) str. 295-302
Branko Franolic, works of Croatian Latinists recorded in the British Library general catalogue
Škarica, Dario
Prilozi za istraživanje hrvatske filozofske baštine, 24 (1998) str. 265-266
The philosophy of rationalism
Škarica, Dario
Filozofska istraživanja, 18 (1998) str. 247-250
Paul Richard Blum: Syncretism of Theories in Antonius Zara
Paul Richard Blum
Prilozi za istraživanje hrvatske filozofske baštine, 24 (1998) str. 5-13
The Notion of Truth in Boskovic. Boskovic and Kant
Škarica, Dario
Prilozi za istraživanje hrvatske filozofske baštine, 24 (1998) str. 79-92
Škarica, Dario
Synthesis philosophica, 13 (1998) str. 297-300
Induktivna metoda u Ruđera Boškovića
Škarica, Dario
(1998)
Damir Barbaric, ed: The philosophy of German Idealism
Škarica, Dario
Filozofska istraživanja, 18 (1998) str. 993-996
On Einstein's Theory of Relativity
Cassirer, Ernst
Demetra, (1998)
Erna Banić-Pajnić, Mihaela Girardi Karšulin, Marko Josipović: A Great Miracle - Man
Škarica, Dario
Filozofska istraživanja, 17 (1997) str. 1131-1135
Hans-Peter Schütt: Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
Schütt, Hans-Peter
Filozofija racionalizma, Školska knjiga, (1997) str. 325-351
Franjo Zenko (ed.), Early Croatian Philosophy
Škarica, Dario
Prilozi za istraživanje hrvatske filozofske baštine, 23 (1997)
Paracelsus: Sagacious Philosophy
Paracelsus
Filozofija renesanse, Školska knjiga, (1996) str. 257-270
Škarica, Dario
Studia historiae philosophiae Croaticae, 3 (1996) str. 253-264
Paracelsus: Five Philosophical Treatises
Paracelsus
Filozofija renesanse, Školska knjiga, (1996) str. 271-282
Oration on the Dignity of Man
Pico della Mirandola; Girardi-Karšulin, Mihaela ; Škarica, Dario
Filozofija renesanse, Školska knjiga, (1996) str. 207-237
Boškovićeva kauzalna tumačenja sjetilnog opažanja
Škarica, Dario
Prilozi za istraživanje hrvatske filozofske baštine, 21 (1995) str. 123-149
Stipe Kutlesa, Boskovic`s natural philosophical concepts
Škarica, Dario
Društvena istraživanja : časopis za opća društvena pitanja, 4 (1995) str. 992-994
V. Kapitanović, Manuscript and book heritage of the Franciscan Higher Seminary in Makarska. Franjevačka visoka bogoslovija Makarska i Arhiv Hrvatske, Zagreb – Makarska, 1993
Škarica, Dario
Prilozi za istraživanje hrvatske filozofske baštine, 20 (1994) str. 485-490
Anto Slavko Kovačić, Biobibliography of the Franciscans of Bosnia Srebrena (A Contribution to the History of Croatian Literature and Culture), ‘Svjetlost’, Sarajevo, Narodna i univerzitetska biblioteka Bosne i Hercegovine, Franjevački provincijalat ‘Bosne Srebrene’, Sarajevo, 1991.
Škarica, Dario
Prilozi za istraživanje hrvatske filozofske baštine, 19 (1993) str. 317-320
Bošković o znanju
Škarica, Dario
Synthesis philosophica, 8 (1993) str. 255-267
Law as the Reality of Mind. On One of Hegel's Lasting Insights
Koch, Lutz
Godišnjak za povijest filozofije,9 (1991) str. 88-101
Damir Barbarić, The Philosophy of Andrija Dorotić. Odjel za povijest filozofije Instituta za povijesne znanosti Sveučilišta u Zagrebu, Zagreb 1987
Škarica, Dario
Filozofska istraživanja, 10 (1990) str. 571-573
Immanuel Kant, Metaphysical Foundations of Natural Science, Biblioteka Logos, Veselin Masleša, Sarajevo, 1990, translated by Milan Soklić
Škarica, Dario
Prilozi za istraživanje hrvatske filozofske baštine, 16 (1990) str. 245-248
Dithey's concept of the Renaissance
Flasch, Kurt
Godišnjak za povijest filozofije, 8 (1990) str. 70-91
Bibliography of Contributions for Research into Croatian Philosophical Heritage 1-2/1975 to 29-30/1989.
Škarica, Dario
Prilozi za istraživanje hrvatske filozofske baštine,15 (1989) str. 229-236
Giordano Bruno, The Optimism of Free Thought. Translated by Mate Zorić. Naprijed, Zagreb, 1985.
Škarica, Dario
Filozofska istraživanja, 7 (1987) str. 671-674
Treatises on the earliest philosophers
Škarica, Dario
Filozofska istraživanja, 7 (1987) str. 1009-1019
Publications in the Book Series Logos
Škarica, Dario
Filozofska istraživanja,6 (1986) str. 1243-1252
Bhagavad-gîtâ. Translated by Đ. Robotić. SNL, Zagreb, 1983.
Škarica, Dario
Filozofska istraživanja, 5 (1985) str. 177-179
Arthur Schopenhauer, The World as Will and Representation − I / 1, 2. Translated by Božidar Zec. Grafos, Beograd, I/1, 1981; I/2, 1984.
Škarica, Dario
Filozofska istraživanja, 5 (1985) str. 865-868
David Hume, A Treatise of Human Nature. Translated by Borivoje Nedić. Veselin Masleša, Sarajevo, 1983. (Biblioteka Logos)
Škarica, Dario
Filozofska istraživanja, 5 (1985) str. 605-609

Projects (CroRIS)

Science memberships

philosophy of mind, epistemology, history of philosophy

List of select 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.

Past employments

1989–present: Institute of Philosophy, Zagreb.

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