For those curious about what a pluralist approach to the concept of mental disorder might look like, you may be interested in my new paper, The Pluralist Turn in the Philosophy of Mental Disorder, forthcoming in Teorema: philpapers.org/rec/JURTPT

A few days left for our call for papers on Philosophy through Art, Games and Fiction, dedicated to Helen De Cruz think.taylorandfranc... I am convinced that being playful and creative makes us better philosophers. Prove me right! #philsky #philosophy

Please share! The final call for admission in October 2026 is now open!

We have a new post on the EENPS blog! 🔥🎉📝 This time, Silviu-Constantin Federovici shares his journey into the philosophy of mathematics, reflecting on doing research from Romania and building connections across Central and Eastern Europe. You can read it here: eenps.weebly.com/blog

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Doing Research in Philosophy of Mathematics from Romania - Contribution to the EENPS Blog Silviu-Constantin Federovici PhD Student in Philosophy Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iași Between...

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A centenary special issue of Philosophy, one of the journals of @triphilosophy.bsky.social dedicated to Bernard Williams’s question of how to think about the function of philosophy. Some great looking articles! #philsky

Happy to announce the publication of the new issue of EuJAP! It features a symposium on Manuel Almagro's The Rise of Polarization, with papers by Michael Lynch, Patrizia Pedrini & Jacopo Marchetti, Justin Tosta, Aarón Álvarez-González & Aida Roige, and Neftalí Villanueva hrcak.srce.hr/en/broj/27009

We had a great time at our annual conference, Contemporary Philosophical Issues 2026, held at the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences in Rijeka! Here are a few snapshots as proof!

Our annual CSAP Rijeka conference is fast approaching! The conference program is available here: hdaf.ffri.hr?p=2155 Everyone is welcome to attend without preregistration!

I'm pleased to share that EuJAP is among Q1 philosophy journals on SCImago for the fourth year in a row. Thanks to our authors, reviewers, and editors for continuing the great work! www.scimagojr.com/journalsearc... Recent papers are available here: hrcak.srce.hr/eujap?lang=en

Another TIPPS outcome: Bošnjak & Jurjako (2026), How to Understand the Concept of Mental Disorder in Criminal Law? Erkenntnis. In the paper we argue that a naturalist, dysfunction-based account is most adequate for criminal law. For the twists and turns of the argument, see doi.org/10.1007/s106...

Workshop announcement: Functions and Dysfunctions in Medicine and Psychiatry (11–12 June 2026 at @vlc-lab.bsky.social) with @moody-philosopher.bsky.social, Virginia Ballesteros, @harrif.bsky.social, @frabellazzi.bsky.social, @mjurjako.bsky.social, @hsherl.bsky.social, @emas-b.bsky.social and more.

New output of the project TIPPS where we apply the personal/subpersonal distinction to forensic psychiatry. We've got nice results ! Bošnjak, M., Jurjako, M. (2026) Personal and Subpersonal Explanations in Forensic Psychiatry: A Co-evolutionary Perspective. Acta Analytica. doi.org/10.1007/s121...

Personal and Subpersonal Explanations in Forensic Psychiatry: A Co-evolutionary Perspective - Acta Analytica

Doubts about an offender’s criminal competence typically lead courts to mandate a psychiatric evaluation to determine whether a mental disorder impaired the defendant’s capacity to understand their ac...

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Volume 21, Issue 1 (2025) of EuJAP is devoted to Katherine Puddifoot’s book How Stereotypes Deceive Us: eujap.uniri.hr/volume-20-no...

A bit of advertising for EuJAP: we now have two printed issues from 2025. Vol. 21, Issue 2 is devoted to Justin Garson’s Madness: A Philosophical Exploration, featuring critical discussions and a reply from the author. eujap.uniri.hr/volume-21-no...

Happy New Year from me and everyone at the European Journal of Analytic Philosophy! Keep sending us the good stuff!

I'm recruiting a PhD student to study how predation shapes animal cognition and the conservation opportunities of animal cognition. Lots of fun field work in beautiful places : ) Please share !! www.eifwooster.org/opportunities

Here is a brief update on the positioning of EuJAP articles on Google Scholar: eujap.uniri.hr/updates-on-g... “Thinking Outside the Toolbox” still has no real competition, though philosophy-of-psychiatry papers are gaining ground!

Re-sharing this paper in the hope it reaches a wider audience. "HOW GENERAL ARE MARR’S LEVELS OF EXPLANATION?" The paper, among other things, examines how active inference/FEP can straddle the personal–subpersonal distinction doi.org/10.1387/theo...

Another excellent co-authored publication supported by the TIPPS project: sway.cloud.microsoft/xtU0m67IbRR0... Congrats to Miguel Núñez de Prado Gordillo and his colleagues! Beyond Belief? Delusions and the Regulative Account of Folk Psychology. Rev.Phil.Psych. (2025). doi.org/10.1007/s131...

Beyond Belief? Delusions and the Regulative Account of Folk Psychology - Review of Philosophy and Psychology

Belief ascription in Western contexts is typically guided by the congruency principle: believing something entails, ceteris paribus, acting and reasoning in accordance with that belief. Some people wi...

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Zdenka exploring the nightlife in Exeter. To explain the significance of the photo: in some parts of Italy (specifically at the University of Padua), Zdenka is also known as Vena. She has finally found her space!

Zdenka is scheduled to give her talk “The Explanatory Value of Historical Classifications” later today at the Egenis Centre, University of Exeter. I must say, her bio looks impressive! www.exeter.ac.uk/events/detai...

Egenis seminar: "The Explanatory Value of Historical Classifications"

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PhD Job Advertisement: The Department of Philosophy at the University of Rijeka (Croatia) invites applications for a Research Assistant position (PhD track) within project TIPPS, for six years, circa €1400 net per month euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/378085

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Research Assistant, for a fixed term of 6 years, full-time, employed through the Croatian Science Foundation programme “Project for Career Development of Young Researchers – Training of New Doctors of...

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What does it mean to be a 'realist' in the debate about natural kinds? Should this involve a 'mind-independence' criterion? In her new article in JGPS, Zdenka Brzović argues that natural kind realism is a many-faced issue 📝 👇 link.springer.com/article/10.1... #philsci #philsky

EuJAP has a new a new publication: “What is a Response to Wrongdoing?” by Dr Nicolas Nayfeld’s article. the paper can be accessed at this link: hrcak.srce.hr/en/335370 @ksifferd.bsky.social @lisabortolotti.com @annelijefferson.bsky.social

When journalists approach me, I don’t hesitate to share my view. In two Croatian dailies, I’ve commented on post-truth and the continuing relevance of Dawkins’s The Selfish Gene, respectively: www.glas-slavonije.hr/magazin/2025... uniri-my.sharepoint.com/:b:/g/person...

Marko Jurjako: Informacijska buka svuda je oko nas, izloženi smo gomili kontradiktornih poruka

U suvremeno doba jedno od ključnih pitanja postaje uloga istine u javnom prostoru i diskursu. Iako je potraga za istinom oduvijek bila središnji ideal

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Scimago's introduced a new feature allowing users to identify diamond open access journals: www.scimagojr.com/diamond/jour... On this list, the European Journal of Analytic Philosophy is currently ranked 11th. With a little more promotion, I think we could reach the top ten next year! eujap.uniri.hr

We have a new publication in EuJAP: Alice Morelli (Venice) – “Habits and Dispositions in Frank Ramsey’s Philosophy”. A thought-provoking paper on the distinction between habits and dispositions! 👉 hrcak.srce.hr/en/clanak/48...

My new book, Slime Mould and Philosophy, is now available — and for the next month, you can download it for FREE here: doi.org/10.1017/9781... Thanks to everyone who made this book come to life and shared the rather intense journey with me. Enjoy!

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Cambridge Core - Philosophy of Science - Slime Mould and Philosophy

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Happy that this paper with Sam Wilkinson is out! Especially proud of its humble ambition to serve as a prolegomena for any future discussion of the personal/subpersonal distinction :).The personal and the subpersonal: three desiderata and a pragmatist proposal. Phil Studies doi.org/10.1007/s110...

The personal and the subpersonal: three desiderata and a pragmatist proposal - Philosophical Studies

Despite its widespread use in philosophy and cognitive science, there remains disagreement regarding how to conceptualise the distinction between the personal and the subpersonal. While the distinctio...

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Another great output from the TIPPS project: new paper by our Co-I Katrina Sifferd: Psychiatric Diagnoses and Criminal Responsibility: An Argument for the Relevance of Intellectual Disability 👉 doi.org/10.1080/0731...

Psychiatric Diagnoses and Criminal Responsibility: An Argument for the Relevance of Intellectual Disability

This paper explores the relevance of psychiatric diagnoses to responsibility assessments, with a focus on criminal law. There is wide agreement that certain mental disorders and developmental condi...

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