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ANNOUNCEMENT: Rijeka Workshop With Mark Balaguer

    The MetPhil research project invites you to participate in the Workshop with Mark Balaguer, which will take place on 23.10.2026. and 24.10.2026. at the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Rijeka, Croatia.

    • Date: 23.10. – 24.10.2026.
    • Time: Friday (12.15 – 18.15), Saturday (10.00 – 15.30)
    • Venue: Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Rijeka
    • Research project: Metaphilosophy HRZZ-IP-2022-10-2550

    Programme

    Friday, October 23rd

    12.15 – 13.30 (F-138) Mark Balaguer: What is Neo-Positivism and How Could We Argue For It?

    13.30 – 14.00 (F-420) Lunch

    14.00 – 14.45 (F-412) Boran Berčić: Balaguer on Conceptual Analysis

    14.45 – 15.30 (F-412) Matija Rajter: Against Platonism in Conceptual Engineering

    15.30 – 15.45 (F-420) Coffee Break

    15.45 – 16.30 (F-412) Filip Čeč: Torn Humean Compatibilism: Alternative Possibilities Without Miracles

    16.30 – 17.15 (F-412) Majda Trobok: Platonism in Mathematics

    17.15 – 17.30 (F-420) Coffee Break

    17.30 – 18.15 (F-412) Filip Grgić: The Puzzle of Practical Knowledge

    Saturday, October 24th

    10.00 – 11.30 (F-412) Mark Balaguer: Welcome to Flatland: Against the Layered View of Reality

    11.30 – 12.00 (F-420) Coffee Break

    12.00 – 12.45 (F-412) David Grčki: Logical Monism and Metaphysics

    12.45 – 13.30 (F-412) Vito Balorda: Rethinking Cascades: The Causal Profile of Metastasis

    13.00 – 14.00 (F-420) Lunch

    14.00 – 14.45 (F-412) Andrej Jandrić: Balaguer on Presentism

    14.45 – 15.30 (F-412) Ljudevit Hanžek: Something on Nothing

    For further information and registration, please contact matija.rajter@uniri.hr.

    We warmly invite all interested researchers, students, and members of the academic community to join us for this event.