18th International Conference on Philosophical Practice
12–14 June 2025, Zagreb, Croatia
Since 1994, International Conferences on Philosophical Practice have been held in different countries of the world. Countries such as Canada (1994), the Netherlands (1996, 2010), USA (1997), Germany (1998), United Kingdom (1999), Norway (2001), Denmark (2004), Spain (2006), Italy (2008), South Korea (2012), Greece (2013), Serbia (2014), Switzerland (2016), Mexico (2018), Russia (2021), Romania (2023) hosted these conferences. For additional details, please visit: https://icpp.site/.
In 2025, the conference will be held 12–14 June in Zagreb, capital of Croatia, at various venues.
Ethics of friendship in philosophical practice
Love and care in philosophical practice
Aesthetics of community – aesthetics of love
Bioethical aspects of philosophical practice
Modal logic in philosophical counseling
Roots of philosophical practice in the history of philosophy
Existential-phenomenological aspects of philosophical practice
Wars and trauma in the contemporary era
Fear in philosophical counseling
Irony in philosophical counseling
Diagnosis in philosophical counseling
Philosophical aspects of the subject “syntonic”
Philotheatre
Creativity in the context of philosophical practice
Logic-based therapy
Croatian Philosophical Practice Association is an organization whose goal is to promote philosophical practice in the Republic of Croatia and the region, primarily in the context of conceptual planning, organization and implementation of philosophical counseling, education, support groups and philosophical cafés.
Amigdala Centre has been the organizer and provider of education services in psychotherapy propaedeutics in the Republic of Croatia, with a mission to advance the field of psychotherapy and its positive impact on individual personal development. In 2024, it was the first in Croatia to introduce the Philosophy Counseling program, popular in the USA and Western Europe, and since 2023, it has been implementing the ‘Therapy Companion’ project, which involves the creation of a digital platform for psychotherapists.
Starting from the fundamental principles, the Centre for Bioethics wants to: deepen anthropology in a permanent and faithful relationship to church doctrine. Promote interdisciplinary research related to ethical and moral issues in the field of life sciences. Systematically develop the method of work and education in the field of bioethics: discussions among competent scientists, public lectures, media, publishing and teaching activities.
The scientific work of the Centre is based on the concept of integrative bioethics (developed in numerous Croatian and international projects) and guides its work according to the approved scientific program which encompasses different aspects: scientific research, development of scientific infrastructures, education, publishing activities, scientific dialogue, international cooperation and implementation of research results.
The year 2007 marked the fiftieth anniversary of the Croatian Philosophical Society. This places it among the longest-standing professional and scientific societies in Croatia and in this part of Europe. Over the course of more than fifty years, the Croatian Philosophical Society has established itself not only as the main medium of philosophical life in this region but also as one of the fundamental cultural institutions in Croatia.
The Faculty of Philosophy and Religious Studies (Croatian acronym: FFRZ) was founded by the Vatican Congregation for Catholic Education on July 31st, 1989. The Jesuit philosophical studies that had existed from 1937 at the Jesuit College in Zagreb were thus raised to the rank of faculty education. Until 2015, the name of the Faculty was the Faculty of Philosophy of the Society of Jesus. The University of Zagreb accepted the Faculty of Philosophy of the Society of Jesus as its full member of University on December 8th, 2015 under the present name, the Faculty of Philosophy and Religious Studies. The Faculty offers programs in two scientific fields in the humanities: philosophy and religious studies, and it has a permanent licence for the performance of undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral study programs in these fields.
The University Centre for Integrative Bioethics has been founded in 2017 as a constituent of the Centre of Excellence for Integrative Bioethics at the University of Zagreb and its head is full professor Hrvoje Jurić, PhD.
The scientific work of the Centre is based on the concept of integrative bioethics (developed in numerous Croatian and international projects). It guides its work according to the approved scientific program which encompasses different aspects: scientific research, development of scientific infrastructures, education, publishing activities, scientific dialogue, international cooperation and implementation of research results.
José Barrientos-Rastrojo, Aleksandar Fatić and Aleksandar Prica participated in the symposium.