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Education
2009: Ph.D. in philosophy (Faculty of Humanities and Social
Sciences, University of Zagreb)

2005:
M.Phil. in philosophy (Centre for Croatian Studies,
University of Zagreb)

1999: B.Sc. in physics (Faculty
of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, University of Zagreb)

Employment
2013 - present: Institute of Philosophy, Zagreb, Croatia
2000 - 2012: History and
Philosophy of Science Division, Faculty of Natural Sciences
and Mathematics, Physics Department, University of Zagreb
Projects
2025.‒2027. "Natura historiae, historia naturae:
Unveiling Nature's Historicity through Early Modern Analyses
of Continuity, Time, and Human History" (Institute of
Philosophy Zagreb, Center for Theoretical Study, Charles
University, Czech Academy of Sciences / Czech Science
Foundation / Croatian Science Foundation);
Investigator
2024.‒2027:
“Qualities, Soul, and Mind in Aristotelian Philosophy”
(Institute of Philosophy, Zagreb / Recovery and Resilience
Facility - NextGenerationEU);
Ivestigator
2024.‒2027:
“Public Philosophy” (Institute of Philosophy, Zagreb /
Recovery and Resilience Facility - NextGenerationEU);
Ivestigator
2024.‒2027:
“New Topics in Croatia Philosophy from 1874 to 1945”
(Institute of Philosophy, Zagreb / Croatian Science
Foundation); Investigator
2014–2018: “Free Will, Causality
and Luck” (Institute of Philosophy, Zagreb / Croatian Science Foundation);
Investigator
2013: “Science in Context” (project in science
popularization, Institute of Philosophy, Zgreb / Ministry of
Science, Education and Sports of the Republic of Croatia);
Project leader
2007–2012: “The Development and
Role of Physics in Croatian society“ (Physics Department of
the Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb / Ministry of Science,
Croatia);
Investigator
2007–2013: “Naturalistic
Philosophy of Physics - II“ (Physics Department of the
Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb / Ministry of Science, Croatia);
Investigator
2009–2012: MGNI (Metanexus
Global Network Initiative) Continuation Program project
"Study Group on Science and Spirituality" at the University
of Zagreb (Physics Department of the Faculty of Science,
University of Zagreb / Metanexus Institute / John Templeton Foundation);
Investigator
2006–2009: Metanexus Institute
LSI (Local Societies Initiatives) project "Study Group on
Science and Spirituality" at the University of Zagreb
(Physics Department of the Faculty of Science, University of
Zagreb / Metanexus Institute / John Templeton Foundation);
Investigator
2000–2007: “Naturalistic
Philosophy of Physics - I“ (Physics Department of the
Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb / Ministry of Science, Croatia);
Investigator
Teachnig experience
2013–2014: Centre for Croatian Studies,
Philosophy Department, University of Zagreb, Croatia;
graduate course “Philosophy of experimental practice”
2000–2012: Faculty of Natural Sciences and
Mathematics, Physics Department, University of Zagreb,
Croatia; undergraduate courses: Modern Physics and
Philosophy, Philosophy of Science, History of Physics,
Philosophy of Physics, Development of Science, Physics and
Philosophy, History of Technology.
Conferences & Talks (selection)
"Contributions of the Benedictine Order to the
Development of Experimental Natural Science", First CePOZiR
Conference – 2025: The
Relationship between Science and Religion,
Center for the Study of the Relationship between Science and
Religion, Faculty of Philosophy and Religious Studies of the
University of Zagreb, September 24–26, 2025.
„Metaphysical Foundations of Quantum Mechanics:
An Aristotelian Perspective“, The Institute for Quantum Optics and
Quantum Information (IQOQI) & Österreichische Akademie der
Wissenschaften (ÖAW), Vienna, June 5th, 2025.
"War and
Peace: What can Scientists do?’’, 4th Security, Science and Peace
Conference, Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs & World
Academy of Art and Science & Ideje.hr, 22 January 2025, Zagreb.
„Fragmentation and
Wholeness: Bohm and G.W.F. Hegel“ (online),
Beyond Bohm 2024 – Part 2: Science and
Philosophy, The Pari Center,
August 24, 2024 (with Paavo Pylkkänen, Jonathan Allday,
Jens Allwood, Samuli Isotalo, Thelma Nylund, Michael Richter,
and William Seager).
„The Genius, the Madman, and the
Psychology of Worldviews: The Case of Ruđer Bošković“,
International Conference 'Philosophy and Psychology of
Worldviews: On the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the
publication of Karl Jaspers’ Psychology of Worldviews,
Institute of Philosophy, 25 October 2019
"Technology,
Philosophy and Science", Summer School 2019: Philosophy and
Technology, Institute of Philosophy, Zagreb, June 17
– 20, 2019
„Narrative in Science: Informative and Formative
Aspects“, International Conference Narratology and its
Discontents: Narrating Beyond Narration, Academy
of Dramatic Art, University of Zagreb, April 6 – 8, 2017
"Kuhn, Maslow, Relativism",
Summer School on 'Relativism in the Study of Science',
Inter-University Centre Dubrovnik, July 4 - 10, 2016
"Should
Scientific Realists Rely on Technological Success?",
Conference
Formal Methods and Science in Philosophy,
Inter-University Centre, Dubrovnik, Croatia. March
26–28, 2015
„Science, Philosophy and Society“, International
Conference of Physics Students - ICPS 2015, Zagreb, August
12 – 19, 2015
“What is
Poietic in Quantum Mechanics?”, Internation conference Science and
Interpretation by the Académie Internationale de
Philosophie des Sciences (AIPS), Zadar, 6-10
September 2010
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