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
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.
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 Tuškanac Summer Stage was opened on July 6, 1954. It was designed by Kazimir Ostrogović, an architect, author of many remarkable projects. The summer stage siezed to function around 1970 and was forgotten for 42 years until the restoration and the new re-opening on June 27, 2012. Even though most citizens experience the Summer Stage only as an open-air cinema, the stage is also suitable for a variety of performative projects. The seating area of the auditorium is made of wooden benches and can accommodate about 700 visitors. The film program consists of Centers own film program and of collaboration with several film festivals throughout the summer season. The venue is managed by Center for Culture and Film August Cesarec since 2016.
The Scientific Centre of Excellence for Integrative Bioethics has been founded as a constituent of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences at the University of Zagreb and its director is full professor Ante Čović, 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.