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!
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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...

Poster with mechanical Brain-Heart-like structure as decoration and with the following text: 11-12 June 2026 workshop on FUNCTIONS AND DYSFUNCTIONS IN MEDICINE AND PSYCHIATRY Facultat de Filosofia i Ciències de l'Educació • Universitat de València Virginia Ballesteros (University of Valencia) Francesca Bellazzi (Durham University) Harriet Fagerberg (University of Cambridge) Victor Fernández (University of Granada) Fabian Hundertmark (University of Valencia) John Matthewson (Massey University) Miguel de Prado (University of Granada) Henrik Røed Sherling (University of Cambridge) Ema Sullivan-Bissett (University of Birmingham) Marko Jurjako (University of Rijeka) James urnel (Umeå University Jerome Wakefield (New York University) Organizers: Virginia Ballesteros • Fabian Hundertmark • James Turner VLC Philosophi LAB a 8 GENERALITA STATAL DE NIVERSITA VALENCI

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.

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...

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...

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.
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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 : )

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Not sure if anyone has mentioned this, but the University of Cambridge, UK should definitely be on the list, particularly Dr Claire Benn. See also newn.cam.ac.uk/newnham-news...

Here is a brief update on the positioning of EuJAP articles on Google Scholar:
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“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...

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...

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...

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!

Egenis seminar: "The Explanatory Value of Historical Classifications"

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...

Research Assistant 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...

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

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

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

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...
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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...

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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!

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...

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
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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...

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...

Here’s me paying homage to my favorite philosopher of criminal law, Katrina Sifferd, at BSPS2025! Thank you, Glasgow, for having us, and for enduring our whole family! The traces of our whereabouts in the James McCune Smith Building will definitely be noticed tomorrow!

The European Journal of Analytic Philosophy @EujapP
lost more than 20 citations overnight on Google Scholar!
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I wonder what that’s all about!

Save the dates of 18-19th of September 2026 for the 6th Biennial EENPS Conference at the University of Bucharest!!!

Please expect a call for abstracts in autumn 2025 with submissions due likely in winter 2026!

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CFP - Special issue "Function and Dysfunction: Revising, Expanding, and Questioning Two Core Concepts in the Philosophy of the Life Sciences", to appear in Mefisto: Journal of Medicine, Philosophy, and History - philhead.org/cfp/special-...

Yeah, it doesn’t really seem like a counterexample. The disputed view sees diseases as (localized) disruptions in normal causal chains in the brain, while your view frames diseases as chains of dysfunctions. It’s almost like they’re mirror images of each other, though.

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