Neven Sesardic

Neven Sesardić (born July 30, 1949 in Belgrade , Yugoslavia (now Serbia )) is a Croatian philosopher who is known for his writings on heredity and race and who worked as a professor at Lingnan University in Hong Kong for most of his career .

Life

Sesardić studied Philosophy and Ancient Greek Philology at the Philosophical Faculty of the University of Zagreb in 1974 and received his doctorate in 1982 . From 1989–91 he was a fellow of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation at the University of Gießen and assistant at the Center for Interdisciplinary Research at Bielefeld University . He was visiting professor at the University of Notre Dame (1994/95) and at the Miyazaki International College (1997-99), scholarship holder of the National Science Foundation at the University of Minnesota (1995/96) and researcher atKing's College London . He taught at Lingnan University in Hong Kong from 2000 until his retirement in 2015 as a full professor .

Sesardić is a member of the American Philosophical Association , Philosophy of Science Association and the Croatian Philosophical Society. He was a columnist for Jutarnji list and Večernji list . He stood up for the ideas of Karl Popper and criticized the practical philosophy .

Publications

• Fizikalizam (Fisicalism), 1984.
• Filozofija nauke ( Theory of Science ), 1985.
• Marxian Utopia? , 1985.
• Iz analitičke perspective , 1991.
• Making Sense of Heritability , 2005.
• Iz desne perspective , 2012.
• When Reason Goes on Holiday: Philosophers in Politics , 2016.

Web links

• Neven Sesardić in the Croatian Encyclopedia
• List of publications in the Google Scholar
• Personal pages on the WordPress
• Columns for Jutarnji list

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Tko je Neven Sesardić? (Who is Neven Sesardić?) Jutarnji list . Retrieved May 8, 2020.
2. ↑ Neven Sesardić, 2013: Amerika nije zlo: ima pravo držati teroriste iza rešetaka Guantanama Večernji list . Retrieved May 8, 2020.
3. ↑ Neven Sesardić, 2002: Ministrovo novo Ruho Jutarnji list . Retrieved May 8, 2020.