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Dr. Boris Kožnjak

Senior Research Fellow

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Curriculum Vitae

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 2426, 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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