Publications

Journal Articles

Jurjako, M. & Wilkinson, S. (2025). The personal and the subpersonal: three desiderata and a pragmatist proposal. Philosophical Studies. DOI: 10.1007/s11098-025-02381-1

Jurjako, M. (2025). How general are Marr's levels of analysis? An assessment of Bermudez’s view. Theoria: An International Journal for Theory, History and Foundations of Science. https://doi.org/10.1387/theoria.25896 

Jurjako, M. (2025). Higher-order motivational constructs as personal-level fictions: A solution in search of a problem. Behavioral and Brain Sciences.  Commentary on “A critique of motivation constructs to explain higher-order behavior: We should unpack the black box”.

Jurjako, M. (2024). Are Mental Dysfunctions Autonomous from Brain Dysfunctions? A Perspective from the Personal/Subpersonal Distinction. Discover Mental Health. WoS, Scopus, https://doi.org/10.1007/s44192-024-00117-x 

Jurjako, M. Malatesti, L., and Brazil I. (2024). How to Advance the Debate on the Criminal Responsibility of Antisocial Offenders. Neuroethics 17 (1), 1-17.

Jurjako, M. (2022). Can predictive processing explain self-deception? Synthese, 200 (4): 1-20. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11229-022-03797-6 

Biturajac, M. and Jurjako, M. (2022). Reconsidering harm in psychiatric manuals within an explicationist framework. Medicine, Health Care and Philosophy, 25, 239-249.

Bošnjak, M., Jurjako, M., and Malatesti, L. (2022). The Criminal Responsibility of High-Functioning Autistic Offenders in Croatia. Balkan Journal of Philosophy 14 (2), 137-148.

Jurjako, M., Malatesti, L., and Brazil, I. A. (2022). The societal response to psychopathy in the community. International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology. https://doi.org/10.1177/0306624X21102 

Jurjako, M. Malatesti, L. & Brazil, I. (2020). Biocognitive classification of antisocial individuals without explanatory reductionism. Perspectives on Psychological Science, 15(4), 957-972.

Jurjako, M., and Malatesti, L. (2020). In what sense are mental disorders brain disorders? Explicating the concept of mental disorder within RDoC. Phenomenology and Mind, 18, 182-198.

Malatesti, L., Jurjako, M., and Meynen, G. (2020). The insanity defence without mental illness? Some considerations. International Journal of Law and Psychiatry. 71, 101571.

Jurjako, M. (2019). Is psychopathy a harmful dysfunction? Biology & Philosophy. 34:5.

Jurjako, M., Malatesti, L., & Brazil, I. (2019). Some ethical considerations about the use of biomarkers for the classification of adult antisocial individuals. International Journal of Forensic Mental Health, 18(3), 228-242.

Jurjako, M., and Malatesti, L. (2018). Neuropsychology and the criminal responsibility of psychopaths: reconsidering the evidence. Erkenntnis, 83(5), 1003-1025.

Jurjako, M., and Malatesti, L. (2018). Psychopathy, executive functions, and neuropsychological data: a response to Sifferd and Hirstein. Neuroethics, 11(1), 55–65.

Brzović, Z., Jurjako, M., and Malatesti, L. (2018). Il Modello medico forte e i disturbi antisociali della personalità (Eng. The strong medical model and antisocial personality disorders). Sistemi Intelligenti, 30(1), 175–188. 

Jurjako, M. (2017). Normative reasons: response-dependence and the problem of idealization. Philosophical Explorations, 20(3), 261–275. Winner of the Philosophical Explorations Essay Prize 2017

Brzović, Z., Jurjako, M., and Šustar, P. (2017). The kindness of psychopaths. International Studies in the Philosophy of Science, 31(2): 189–211.

Jurjako, M., and Malatesti, L. (2016). Instrumental rationality in psychopathy: Implications from learning tasks. Philosophical Psychology, 29(5), 717–731.

Jurjako, M. (2016). Do philosophical intuitions need calibration? Anthropology & Philosophy 12, 73-84. https://philpapers.org/rec/JURDPI 

Malatesti, L., and Jurjako, M. (2016). Metaphilosophy in practice: the responsibility of psychopathic offenders as a case study. Anthropology & Philosophy, 12, 85–100. https://philpapers.org/rec/JURMIP 

Jurjako, M. (2013). Self-deception and the selectivity problem. Balkan Journal of Philosophy, 5(2), 151–162. Scopus, Scimago Q3 (2020), WoS. https://philarchive.org/rec/JURSAT 

Jurjako, M. (2011). Parfit’s Challenges. Croatian Journal of Philosophy, 11, 32, 237-248. WoS, Scopus, Scimago Q2 (2011). 

Book chapters

Jurjako, M. and Malatesti, L. (2023). Psychopathy and Criminal Responsibility. In Sellers, M. and Kirste, S. (eds.), Encyclopedia of the Philosophy of Law and Social Philosophy. Springer,

Jurjako, M., and Malatesti, L. (2022). The value-ladenness of psychopathy. In Malatesti, L., McMillan, J., and Šustar, P. (eds.), 215-233. Psychopathy: Its Uses, Validity and Status. Springer. 

Jurjako, M. (2017). Agency and reductionism about the self. In B. Berčić (ed.), Perspectives on the Self (pp. 255–284). Rijeka: University of Rijeka. https://philpapers.org/rec/JURAAR 

Edited issues, volumes, and editorials

Jurjako, M. and Lalumera, E. (eds.) (2025). Book symposium on Justin Garson’s Madness: A Philosophical Exploration. European Journal of Analytic Philosophy 21 (2).

Jurjako, M. (2024). Marking the 40th Issue of the European Journal of Analytic Philosophy. European Journal of Analytic Philosophy 20 (2): I-IV.

Jurjako, M., Malatesti, M. and McMillan, J. (eds.) (2018). Psychopathy: Philosophical and Empirical Challenges. Special issue of the European Journal of Analytic Philosophy, 14:1.

Book reviews

Jurjako, M. (2011). Luca Malatesti and John McMillan (eds.), Responsibility and Psychopathy: Interfacing Law, Psychiatry, and Philosophy. Prolegomena 10 (1):147-154 (in Croatian)

Jurjako, M. (2010). Torbjörn Tännsjö, From Reasons to Norms. Croatian Journal of Philosophy 10(3): 292-296.