Dr Luka Boršić


Institution: Institute of Philosophy
Country: Croatia
e-mail: luka@ifzg.hr

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Luka Boršić obtained his 1st PhD in 2001, and his 2nd PhD in 2010. He is assistant research fellow at the Institute of philosophy in Zagreb and lecturer at the Rochester Institute of Technology (Zagreb Campus). His scholarly and academic work is concentrated on two areas: the Ancient Greek and Roman philosophy and culture and Renaissance (Italian and Croatian) philosophy and culture. He is author, co-author, translator and/or editor of 10 books, and author of 17 (mostly peer-reviewed) articles and book-chapters. He will contribute to the project through the study of historical sources and critical approach to their authors.

 

Contact

Institut za filozofiju / Institute of Philosophy
Ulica grada Vukovara 54
10000 Zagreb

tel: +385 1 6111532
fax: +385 1 6150338
e-mail: luka@ifzg.hr


EDUCATION

  • 2001 – PhD in philosophy, Ancient Greek language and culture (title of the thesis: Scio me nihil scire – Paradoxon Socraticum), Internationale Akademie für Philosophie, doctoral advisor: Giovanni Reale (San Raffaelle, Milan).
  • 2010 – PhD in philosophy, history of science (title of the thesis: Renaissance peripatetic discussions and the new concept of science), Centre of Croatian Studies at the University of Zagreb, doctoral advisor: Mihaela Girardi-Karšulin (University of Zagreb, Zagreb).

CURRENT POSITION

  • 2002–ongoing Institute of Philosophy in Zagreb (presently: assistant research fellow)

PREVIOUS POSITIONS

  • 1999–2001 Research and teaching assistant position at the “International Academy of Philosophy” in the Principality of Liechtenstein.

INSTITUTIONAL RESPONSABILITIES

  • 2014 – Vice director of the Institute of philosophy in Zagreb, Croatia.

PARTICIPATION IN PROJECTS

  • 2002–2006 "Renaissance Peripatetic Polemics" (Project Assistant) (funded by the Ministry of Science, Republic of Croatia, principal investigator: Mihaela Girardi-Karšulin)
  • 2007–2012 "Grisogono and Patrizi – Two Worlds of Renaissance Philosophy" (Project Assistant) (funded by the Ministry of Science, Republic of Croatia, principal investigator: Mihaela Girardi-Karšulin)
  • 2014- "Toward a comprehensive theory of privacy in the internet": Rochester Institute of Technology, USA, University of Malmö, Sweden.

TEACHING ACTIVITIES

  • 1999–2001 Lecturer in Latin and Ancient Greek and Ancient Philosophy, International Academy of Philosophy in the Principality of Liechtenstein, assistant at the “Platon Institut – Internationales Zentrum fur Studien uber Platon und die platonischen Wurzel der abendlandischen Philosophie”
  • 2003–2004 Lecturer in Introduction to Philosophy, University of Rijeka
  • 2004–2008 Lecturer and assistant in various seminars on Ancient and Renaissance Philosophy at the Centre for Croatian Studies, University of Zagreb
  • 2011–2013 Lecturer in Introduction to Philosophy at the Rochester Institute of Technology
  • 2013 Lecturer in Ethics in Computing at the Rochester Institute of Technology
  • 2014–2015 Lecturer in Ethics in Computing and Critical thinking at the Rochester Institute of Technology

CONFERENCE ORGANISATION

  • 2000 “Dialoge uber Platon – die Idee des Guten (Die neuen Platonbilder)”, Liechtenstein, organizer of the symposium.
  • 2003 “Philosophy and Aesthetics”, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Hercegovina, organizer of the Symposium as a member of the Matrix Croatica.
  • 2004 “The Idea of Justice and the Idea of Goodness”, Zagreb, Croatia, organizer of the Symposium as a member of the Society for Promotion of Philosophy.
  • 2010 “Aristotle’s De caelo”, Zadar, Croatia, organizer of the workshop at the University of Zadar as a member of the Society for Promotion of Philosophy.
  • 2012 “Philosophy in dialogue with the sciences”, Zagreb, Croatia, organizer of the Symposium in the Institute of Philosophy.
  • 2014 “Aristotle’s Physics I”, Zagreb, Croatia, organizer of the Symposium as a member of South East European Association of Philosophy
  • 2015 "Helene von Druskowitz", Zagreb Croatia, organizier of the Round Table Discussion (in cooperation with Ivana Skuhala Karasman)

CONFERENCE PARTICIPATION

Lectures at international conferences and meetings

  • Presentations at 32 conferences (17 of which are international), selection of the last 6 years:
    • 2008
      • “Epicurus' Letter to Herodotus”, Berlin, presentation, translation and commentary on a selected text from Epicurus' Letter to Herodotus.
      • “17th Days of F. Patrizi”, Cres; presentation: “Patrizi’s approach to Plato in Discussiones peripateticae”.
    • 2009
      • “18th Days of F. Patrizi”, Cres; presentation: “A contribution on Patrizi’s understanding of music and his influence on musical theory and practice of his age”
      • “Pavao Skalic and his age”, Zagreb; presentation: “Biography of P. Skalic”.
    • 2010
      • “19th Days of F. Patrizi”, Cres; presentation: “Leibniz’s ‘Introduction’ to Nizolio’s De veris principiis”.
    • 2011.
      • “The work of Erasmus in past and present of European thought”, Olomouc, CZ; paper: “Erasmus and Marulić”.
      • “Ps.-Plato's Epinomis, 7. International SEEAP Workshop”, Sofia, BG; presentation, translation and commentary on a selected text from Ps.-Plato’s Epinomis.
    • 2012
      • “Galen's treatise On the Regimen”, Berlin–Prague–Budapest–Zagreb–axis, Prague; presentation, translation and commentary on a selected text.
      • “Philosophy in dialogue with the sciences”, Zagreb, presentation: “On authorities”
    • 2013
      • “Physics & Philosophy”, Split, presentation: “Some Remarks on the Origins of Modern Science”.
      • “Does philosophy need its history?”, Zagreb, presentation: “Post–Renaissance Distance from Tradition”.
    • 2014
      • ”Physics & Philosophy”, Split, presentation: “Galileo Galilei on causality”.
      • ”Mind and Culture”, Zagreb, presentation: ”The mind has no sex” (together with Ivana Skuhala Karasman)
      • ­”Malmö University – Rochester Institute of Technology Partnership Symposium”, presentation of the project on cyberprivacy
    • 2015
      • "Die Frauen sind von vollkommenerer und adeliger Abstammung – Helene von Druskowitz und die Anfänge des heutigen Feminismus”", Zagreb, presentation: "Helene von Druskowitz und ihre Philoosphie"
      • "Physics and Philosophy", Split, presentation: "Patrizi on space and time"
  • Invited lectures
    • 3          invited           lectures          (as       a          separate            event):
      • Early 2013 in Olomouc (CZ) and late 2013 in Prague (CZ). The topics of the lectures were the birth of modern science.
      • Mid 2013 invited lecture on Nikola Tesla as a part of manifestation “Tesla – genius for the future”.

SUMMER SCHOOLS / TRAINING / WORKSHOPS

  • 2001. International summer school Metaphysik und ihre Grenzen im Ursprung der Metaphysik, Tubingen, Germany. (Presentation: “Das sokratische Nichtwissen – der Anfang oder das Ende der Metaphysik?”)
  • 2002. Hermeneutik der Moderne V: Humanismus. Interuniversity Centre Dubrovnik
  • 2006. Summer University at the Central European University, Budapest. The workshop Philosophy and Science in the Graeco–Roman World 

MEMBERSHIP IN PROFESSIONAL AND OTHER ASSOCIATIONS

  • Society of Promotion of Philosophy
  • Plato Society (vice director 2006–2012)
  • South East European Association of Philosophy

EDITORIAL AND ADVISORY BOARDS

  • 2012, 2014 Reviewer, Institute of philosophy in Zagreb, Croatia.
  • 2013, 2014 Several Scientific Advisory Boards, Institute of philosophy in Zagreb, Croatia.

EXHIBITIONS

BIBLIOGRAPHY

  • Books (as author, co-author and/or translator):
    • 2000. Plato’s Apology of Socrates, bilingual translation (Ancient Greek, Croatian), commentaries and introduction, Zagreb: Demetra.
    • 2003. G. Reale, Socrates – in search of human wisdom, translation from Italian, Zagreb: Demetra.
    • 2007. N. Cusanus: De docta ignorantia, bilingual translation (Latin, Croatian) with introduction and commentaries, Zagreb: Institut za filozofiju.
    • 2007. W. K. C. Guthrie, Aristotle: an encounter, translation from English, Zagreb: Naklada Jurcic.
    • 2013. F. Patricius: Peripatetic Discussions vol. II, bilingual translation (Latin, Croatian) with introduction and commentaries. Zagreb: Institut za filozofiju.
    • 2013. Renaissance Polemics with Aristotle. Zagreb: KruZak.
    • 2014. (co-authorship with Ivana Skuhala Karasman). Catalogue of the Exhibition 485th Anniversary of Francesco Patrizi. Zagreb: NSK and Institut za filozofiju.
    • 2015. Anthology of Croatian Latin Philosophers (translation of a part of the 3–volume book, redaction of the entire Latin text), Zagreb: Institut za filozofiju.
    • 2015. Lexicon of outstanding women in Croatia from XI till XX century (co-author: Ivana Skuhala Karasman), Zagreb: Naklada Jurcic [in print]

 

  • Books (as editor):
    • 2013. Philosophy in Dialogue with Sciences, (co–editor with Ivana Skuhala Karasman), Zagreb: Institut za filozofiju.
    • 2014. Philosophy and the Croatian Language (co–editor with T. Jolic and P. Segedin), Zagreb: Institut za filozofiju.
    • 2015. Physics & Philosophy (in English) (co–editor with I. Skuhala Karasman, F. Sokolic and B. Zarnic), Zagreb: Institut za filozofiju.

 

  • Book chapters:
    • 2004. “Ta endoxa – probabilia oder opinions receptae”, in Interpreting Tradition and Modernity, Zagreb, pp. 65–89. (In German).
    • 2005. “Machiavelli between Thrasymachus and Socrates”, in Platon über das Gute und die Gerechtigkeit, Wurzburg, pp. 211–231. (In English).
    • 2006. “Renaissance critique of Aristotle and the beginning of modern scientific though”, in Philosophy and Science (I), Sarajevo, pp. 63–77. (In Croatian).
    • 2006. “Translation as a hermeneutical problem – an example in F. Patrizi”, in Proceedings of the International scientific symposium ‘Latinitas in Europa’, Rijeka, pp. 272–284. (In Croatian).
    • 2007. (co-authorship with Mladen Borsic) “METPQI XPQ”, in Thesaurus Archigymnasii, Zagreb, pp. 219–236. (In Croatian).
    • 2012. “Erasmus and Marko Marulic. An attempt of establishing a mutual influence”, in Erasmus Work in the Past and the Present of the European Thought. Brno, pp. 288–311. (In Czech, originally written in English).
    • 2013. “What is (Aristotelian) leisure?” in Tradition of Antiquity, Zagreb, pp. 55–69. (In Croatian).
    • 2013. “On Authority” in Philosophy in Dialogue with Sciences, Zagreb, pp. 86–102. (In Croatian).
    • 2014. “Patrizi and His Women”, in Francesco Patrizi: Philosopher of the Renaissance, Olomouc: Palacky University, pp. 162–184. (In English) Coauthorship with Ivana Skuhala Karasman)
    • 2014. “Patrizi and history of philosophy” in Francesco Patrizi: Philosopher of the Renaissance, Olomouc, pp. 104–117. (In English)
    • 2015. “Some Roots of Modern Philosophy of Nature in the Renaissance Critique of Aristotle”, in Physics & Philosophy, Zagreb, pp. 9–27. (In English)
    • 2015. “Post-Renaissance Distance toward Tradition”, in Does Philosophy need its History?, Zagreb, in print. (In English)

 

  • Articles
    • 2003. “The agon between the poet and the prophet – the concept of memory in the pre–Socratic culture”, Skepsis, XIII–XIV, pp. 25–42. (In English).
    • 2004. “Is Amor a god or a demon?”, Prilozi za istrazivanje hrvatske filozofske bastine. 59–60, pp. 91–102. (In Croatian).
    • 2007. “Measure between mathematics and ethics” in Filozofska istrazivanja 108, pp. 751–764 . (In Croatian).
    • 2009. “Petric’s           critique          of        Aristotle’s concept of ousia in Discussiones peripateticae”, Cris 1/2009, pp. 177–185. (In Croatian).
    • 2009. “An Italian reception of F. Petric – M. Muccillo” in Prilozi za istrazivanje hrvatske filozofske bastine, 69–70, pp. 383–389. (In Croatian).
    • 2015. “Isotta Nogarola – The Beginning of Gender Equality in Europe” (co-author: I. Skuhala Karasman), Monist 98: 1, pp. 43–52.
  • Besides the above–mentioned bibliography, I have published ten reviews, and wrote several encyclopaedic entries.


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