About the conference
Organized by the Croatian Philosophical Society and the Department of Philosophy of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences in Split, the annual scientific conference Mediterranean Roots of Philosophy was launched in March 2007 in Split. It is a bilingual conference held in Croatian and English language.
Over the past 18 years, the conference has brought together a number of domestic and international scientists and researchers. Contributions from the conference have been published in the international scientific journals Philosophical Investigations, Synthesis Philosophica and Methodological Review, as well as in three edited books: Filozofija Mediterana (Philosophy of the Mediterranean, 2009), Mediteranski korijeni filozofije (Mediterranean Roots of Philosophy, 2016), and Filozofija i kultura Mediterana (Philosophy and Culture of the Mediterranean, 2023.)
Why Mediterranean Roots of Philosophy?
Western philosophy and science begin their historical development at the start of the 6 century BC on the eastern shores of the Mediterranean sea, specifically in Asia Minor, in the Greek colonies of Miletus and Ephesus and surrounding islands; it then spreads to Elea and Sicily and reaches its peak in Athens, one of the centers of ancient Mediterranean. Later development of ancient philosophy, from Hellenism to the medieval epoch, through new intellectual centers of Alexandria, Antioch, Carthage, and Rome is also crucially related to the Mediterranean. Creation, conflict, and mutual permeation of Mediterranean cultures, a distinctive Mediterranean multiculturalism gave an essential mark to the future growth of philosophy in the West. Ancient Greece and Rome, the Hellenistic-Roman heritage, the Byzantine world, and Oriental Arabic traditions all blend into Arabic medieval philosophy, culture, and civilization. The Byzantines introduced the Arabs to Greek philosophy, and they, with their leading philosophers Avicenna, Averroes, and Ibn Haldun returned the forgotten legacy of Aristotelian philosophy to Europe. Because of that, our permanent focus is on exploring the Mediterranean roots of philosophy.
The next aspect relevant for choosing this topic is the foundation of Croatian philosophy which, both in its beginnings and at its zenith, has its roots in the Mediterranean part of its multiregional cultural identity (Hermann of Dalmatia, Marko Marulic, Matthias Flacius Illyricus), Franciscus Patricius, Roger Joseph Boscovich).
The third set of themes congenial to the idea of this symposium relates to the philosophical and interdisciplinary reflection of the peculiarities of the Mediterranean multicultural space which gave birth to the inter-civilizational tensions threatening to escalate into the clash of civilizations, but also open the possibility of dialogue and reconciliation (the Mediterranean sea divides, but also connects us). It suggests the following set of questions:
Do the Mediterranean roots of philosophy influence the origin and development of the contemporary philosophy of the Mediterranean?
Philosophical reflection on the Mediterranean multiculturalism
Incentives of the Mediterranean philosophy for the establishment of global ethos as a prerequisite of inter-civilizational dialogue
Philosophy of the Mediterranean as a globalization paradigm
Organisers:
UNIVERSITY OF SPLIT
FACULTY OF HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES
DEPARTMENT OF PHILOSOPHY
Poljička cesta 35, 21000 Split
Tel.: +385-(0)21-541-902
e-mail: mkf.ffst@gmail.com
CROATIAN PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY
Filozofski fakultet, Ivana Lučića 3
HR–10000 Zagreb
Tel.: +385-(0)1-6111-808
Fax: +385-(0)1-6117-012
e-mail: hrfd@hrfd.hr
Committees:
Program committee:
Prof. Mislav Kukoč, Chair
Anita Lunić, PhD, Conference secretary
Prof. Hrvoje Relja
Prof. Dževad Zečić
Assoc. Prof. Marita Brčić Kuljiš
Assoc. Prof. Bruno Ćurko
Assoc. Prof. Zoran Dimić
Assoc. Prof. Tomaž Grušovnik
Josip Guć, PhD
Antonio Kovačević, MA
Organising committee:
Prof. Mislav Kukoč, Chair
Anita Lunić, PhD, Conference secretary
Prof. Jasna Jeličić-Radonić
Prof. Dunja Jutronić
Prof. Hrvoje Relja
Prof. Luka Tomašević
Assoc. Prof. Marita Brčić Kuljiš
Assoc. Prof. Bruno Ćurko
Assoc. Prof. Borislav Dadić
Josip Guć, PhD
Danica Radoš, MA
Antonio Kovačević, MA
Mira Matijević, business secretary
Event Archive
I. Mediteranski korijeni filozofije
II. Mediteranski korijeni filozofije
IV. Mediteranski korijeni filozofije
V. Mediteranski korijeni filozofije
VII. Mediteranski korijeni filozofije
VIII. Mediteranski korijeni filozofije
IX. Mediteranski korijeni filozofije
X. Mediteranski korijeni filozofije
XI. Mediteranski korijeni filozofije
XII. Mediteranski korijeni filozofije
XIII. Mediteranski korijeni filozofije
XIV. Mediteranski korijeni filozofije
XV. Mediteranski korijeni filozofije
XVI. Mediteranski korijeni filozofije
XVII. Mediteranski korijeni filozofije
XVIII. Mediteranski korijeni filozofije