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Easy Does It: Unnsteinsson on Saying and Gricean Intentions - Croatian Journal of Philosophy Indrek Reiland, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria Abstract: This paper critically examines Unnsteinsson’s Collapse Argument, which contends that “Easy” views of saying something or expressing a pr...

In "Easy Does It: Unnsteinsson on Saying and Gricean Intentions", Indrek Reiland critically examines Unnsteinsson’s Collapse Argument, which contends that “Easy” views of saying something or expressing a proposition collapse into the Gricean view. All CJP papers are open acces. #philsky

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Sobel-esque Sequences and Felicity Judgments in Philosophy of Language - Croatian Journal of Philosophy Adam Michael Sennet, University of California, Davis, USATyrus Fisher, Independent scholar Abstract: This paper considers reverse Sobel sequences, NPI licensing, and related speaker judgments as they ...

In "Sobel-esque Sequences and Felicity…", Adam Michael Sennet and Tyrus Fisher consider reverse Sobel sequences, NPI licensing, and related speaker judgments as they bear on von Fintel-style dynamic approaches to the semantics of subjunctive conditionals. All CJP papers are open acces. #philsky

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Articulations and associations: Comments on Stojnić and Lepore’s Inflammatory Language - Croatian Journal of Philosophy Matthew Stone, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, USA Abstract: I critically examine Stojnić and Lepore’s key claim from their book Inflammatory Language that articulations are particularly important ...

In "Articulations and associations…", Matthew Stone accepts Stojnić and Lepore’s evidence for theorizing some slurs through associations at the level of articulations, but argues for continuing to account for slurs in part through prohibitions and through... All CJP papers are open access. #philsky

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A Defense of Lexical Accounts of Slurs: Comments on Stojnić and Lepore’s Inflammatory Language - Croatian Journal of Philosophy Louise Antony, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, USA and Rutgers University, New Brunswick, USA Abstract: I defend a lexical account of slurs against criticisms mounted by Stojnić and Lepore, and present positive reasons for preferring a lexical account over the articulation account they put forward. A lexical account, I argue, explains why articulations of a slur […]

In "A Defense of Lexical Accounts of Slurs: Comments on Stojnić and Lepore’s Inflammatory Language", Louise Antony defends a lexical account of slurs and faces it off against Stojnić and Lepore's articulation account. All CJP papers are open acces. #philsky

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Inflammatory Content: Reply to Stojnić and Lepore’s Inflammatory Language - Croatian Journal of Philosophy Christopher Hom, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, USA Abstract: In their Inflammatory Language, Stojnić and Lepore present four major criticisms of content-based views of pejorative language: 1) the Pr...

In "Inflammatory Content: Reply to Stojnić and Lepore’s Inflammatory Language", Christopher Hom argues that a content-based view, which Stojnić and Lepore criticize, can be successfully defended. On the other hand, Hom criticizes Stojnić and Lepore's... All CJP papers are open acces. #philsky

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The Evolving Understanding of Slurs: An Inquiry into Meaning and Effect of Slurs - Croatian Journal of Philosophy Una Stojnić, Princeton University, Princeton, USAErnie Lepore, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, USA Abstract: In this précis, we summarize the key themes and arguments of the Inflammatory Language: Its Linguistics and Philosophy. Keywords: Slurs; pejoratives; content; taboo; pejorative tone; articulations.

The newest issue of the Croatian Journal of Philosophy kicks off with a precis of Una Stojnić and Ernie Lepore's book "Inflammatory Language: Its Linguistics and Philosophy", followed by critiques and comments. All CJP papers are open access. #philsky

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Archive - Croatian Journal of Philosophy Current Issue — Vol. 25 No. 75 In memoriam: Dunja Jutronić, 1943–2025 In memoriam Dunja Jutronić (1943–2025) Boran Berčić Eulogy for Dunja Jutronić (1943–2025) Barry C. Smith Swimming into Memory and ...

In the latest issue of Croatian Journal of Philosophy, we say goodbye to an irreplacable member of our editorial team, Professor Dunja Jutronić. Dunja will be sorely missed.
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The Cost of Dying: Biological Naturalism and the Value of Life - Croatian Journal of Philosophy Sun Demirli, Boğaziçi University, Istanbul, Turkey Abstract: This paper explores the metaphysical and normative dimensions of death within a biological naturalist framework. It defends the view that p...

In 'The Cost of Dying: Biological Naturalism and the Value of Life', Sun Demirli argues that life has only instrumental value—deriving its significance from the experiences, relationships, and projects it enables. On this view, death is not harmful in itself… All CJP papers are open acces. #philsky

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On the Ethics of the New Conspiracism - Croatian Journal of Philosophy Juha Räikkä, University of Turku, Turku, FinlandBarbora Baďurová, Matej Bel University, Banská Bystrica, Slovakia Abstract: Conspiracy theories and conspiracy theorizing have raised various ethical qu...

In 'On the Ethics of the New Conspiracism', Juha Räikkä and Barbora Baďurová explain that a new conspiracism, known for either doubt-sowing or agitation, raises various new ethical problems and its practitioners face new kinds of blames. All CJP papers are open access. #philsky

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Twin-Earth Externalism Revisited - Croatian Journal of Philosophy Simon Dierig, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany Abstract: The aim of this article is twofold: First, it is argued that Tyler Burge’s case for externalism in the philosophy of mind, which is based on Hilary Putnam’s twin-earth thought experiment, fails. Second, it is shown that a convincing argument for externalism can be nonetheless construed by relying […]

In 'Twin-Earth Externalism Revisited', Simon Dierig points out an unsuccessful attempt to ground externalism in Putnam's twin-Earth thought experiment (that of Tyler Burge), but claims that a case for it can nevertheless be made based on the stated example. All CJP papers are open access. #philsky

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Words Without Intentions - Croatian Journal of Philosophy J. T. M. Miller, University of Durham, Durham, UK Abstract: A commonly held position in the literature on the metaphysics of words holds that intentions are either jointly or independently necessary o...

In 'Words Without Intentions', J.T.M. Miller analyses a standard assumption in metaphysics of language that for a tokening of a word, intentions are jointly or independently necessary or sufficient. Miller offers a counterexample. All CJP papers are open access. #philsky

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Two Faces of Politics: Political Implications of Kant’s Aesthetics - Croatian Journal of Philosophy Lukas Ivanauskas, Vilnius University, Vilnius, Lithuania Abstract: This paper aims to define political life as transcendentally ideal and empirically real by proposing an unorthodox reading of Kant’s ...

In 'Two Faces of Politics: Political Implications of Kant’s Aesthetics', Lukas Ivanauskas proposes an unorthodox reading of Kant’s aesthetics of the beautiful and the sublime in the light of Schmitt’s concept of the political. All CJP papers are open access. #philsky

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Kant on Educating for Disgust: An Aesthetic and Ethical Tool for Humanity - Croatian Journal of Philosophy Serena Feloj, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy Abstract: This paper explores the role of disgust education in Kant, considering its aesthetic and moral implications. Kant distinguishes between physical education, shared with animals, and moral education, which is essential for living according to freedom. Disgust, according to Kant, functions as a defense mechanism against one’s animality […]

In 'Kant on Educating for Disgust...', Serena Feloj discusses the role of digust in Kant's conception of moral education. She argues that digust is valuable pedagogical and cultural tool in the process of human civilization and refinement. All CJP papers are open access. #philsky

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Response to My Critics - Croatian Journal of Philosophy Lara Ostaric, Temple University, Philadelphia, USA Abstract: In this article, I give a short précis of my recently published book, The Critique of Judgment and the Unity of Kant’s Critical System, and...

To the critics of her book 'The Critique of Judgment and the Unity of Kant’s Critical System' - Andrija Šoć, Monika Jovanović, Ted Kinnaman, and Luigi Filieri (all contained in this CJP special issue) - Lara Ostaric offers an exhaustive response. All CJP papers are open access. #philsky

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Commentary on Ostaric’s Critique of Judgment and the Unity of Kant’s System - Croatian Journal of Philosophy Ted Kinnaman, George Mason University, Fairfax, USA Abstract: In my commentary, I focus on Ostaric’s account of the relation between the faculty of reflective judgment and empirical reality. She empha...

In ‘Commentary on Ostaric’s Critique of Judgment…’, Ted Kinnaman argues that Ostaric’s ‘moral image realism’ can’t secure a realist link between reflective judgment and nature, and that Kant’s real solution lies in aesthetic judgment and the role of pleasure. All CJP papers are open access. #philsky

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Unity, Freedom, and History: The Primacy of the Practical and Lara Ostaric’s “Moral Image Realism” Thesis within Kant’s Critical System - Croatian Journal of Philosophy Andrija Šoć, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia Abstract: In this paper, I explore the concept of unity in Kant’s system, as laid out by Lara Ostaric. One of the key claims Ostaric makes is that...

In ‘Unity, Freedom, and History…’, Andrija Šoć, building on Lara Ostaric’s thesis, argues Kant’s primacy of the practical makes freedom a transcendental condition even for theoretical cognition, so the moral ‘image’ has real historical-political significance. All CJP papers are open access. #philsky

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Beautiful Mind, Unconquerable Soul: Productive Imagination and the Unity of Kant’s System - Croatian Journal of Philosophy Monika Jovanović, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia Abstract: In this paper, I examine the scope and relevance of Lara Ostaric’s thesis on “The ‘Moral Image’ of the ‘Supersensible within’” and ...

In 'Beautiful Mind, Unconquerable Soul: Productive Imagination and the Unity of Kant’s System', Monika Jovanović, leaning on Lara Ostaric's views about Kant's aesthetics, claims that Kant was an aesthetic cognitivist in a strong sense of the word. All CJP papers are open-access. #philsky

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Aim of Nature, Aims of Freedom - Croatian Journal of Philosophy Luigi Filieri, Scuola Normale Superiore, Pisa, Italy Abstract: In these comments, I focus on Chapter 9 of Lara Ostaric’s The Critique of Judgment and the Unity of Kant’s Critical System, titled “Kant’...

In 'Aim of Nature, Aims of Freedom', Luigi Filieri challenges Lara Ostaric’s reading of Kant’s teleological philosophy of history, arguing that the 'aim of nature' is at most a regulative, analogical lens, and not a real driver of moral progress. All CJP papers are open-access. #philsky

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Archive - Croatian Journal of Philosophy Current Issue — Vol. 25 No. 73 Safety and Future Dependence Bin Zhao The Holism of Doxastic Justification Erhan Demircioğlu Thought Experiments, Fictions, and Irrelevant Details Bojan Borstner, Tadej ...

The newest issue of the Croatian Journal of Philosophy, featuring articles on thought experiments, religious diversity, pornography and more, is available at:

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