2018. - 2024.

PhD in Philosophy

Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences Rijeka

University of Rijeka, Croatia

2016. - 2018.

MA in Philosophy and History

Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences Rijeka

University of Rijeka, Croatia

2012. - 2016.

BA in Philosophy and History

Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences Rijeka

University of Rijeka, Croatia

2026.

Assistant Professor

Assistant professor (replacement position) at the Department of Philosophy, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Rijeka, teaching courses related to the philosophy of science.

University of Rijeka

2026.

Postdoc

Postdoc Fellowship: EPSA (European Philosophy of Science Association), 1 month

University of Louvain

2024. - 2025.

Senior Assistant / Postdoc

Department of Philosophy, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Rijeka; funded by the Croatian Science Foundation ("Metaphilosophy" IP-2022-10-2550)

University of Rijeka

2022. - 2023.

Doctoral Research Fellow

University of Alberta (Edmonton, Canada), Wirth Institute for Austrian and Central European Studies

University of Alberta

2019. - 2024.

Assistant / Doctoral Researcher

Department of Philosophy, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Rijeka; funded by the Croatian Science Foundation ("Theoretical Underpinnings of Molecular Biology" IP-2018-01-3378; DOK-2018-09-7078)

University of Rijeka

15.05.2023.

Nagrada rektorice za izvrsnost za studente doktorskog studija

2017.

1. mjesto na Baccalaureadi Filozofskog fakulteta u Rijeci

2017.

Najbolji studentski filozofski rad za 2017. u Hrvatskoj (Institut za filozofiju u Zagrebu)

2025.

BSPS: British Society for Philosophy of Science

2023.

WAN (Wirth Alumni Network)

2019.

EPSA (European Philosophy of Science Association)

2019.

ISHPSSB (International Society for the History, Philosophy, and Social Studies of Philosophy)

2019.

HDAF (Hrvatsko društvo za analitičku filozofiju)

2025. - 2026.

Evolucija i vrijednosti

Filozofija

Filozofski fakultet u Rijeci

Predavač

2025. - 2026.

Znanost i vrijednosti

Filozofija

Filozofski fakultet u Rijeci

Predavač

2025. - 2026.

Uvod u filozofiju

Filozofija

Filozofski fakultet u Rijeci

Seminarska nastava

2024. - 2026.

Filozofija znanosti

Filozofija

Filozofski fakultet u Rijeci

Predavač

2024. - 2026.

Filozofija znanosti

Kognitivne znanosti

Filozofski fakultet u Rijeci

Predavač

2024. - 2026.

Filozofski modul

Kognitivne znanosti

Filozofski fakultet u Rijeci

Predavač

2024. - 2026.

Filozofija biologije

Filozofija

Filozofski fakultet u Rijeci

Predavač

2020. - 2022.

Filozofsko istraživanje i pisanje

Odsjek za filozofiju, prijediplomski studij

Filozofski fakultet u Rijeci

Asistent

2025.

Mehanicizam: atomisti, Descartes i novi mehanicisti

Vito Balorda

Bogoslovska smotra - 95 851 - 869

https://hrcak.srce.hr/clanak/496331

A1 WOS

2025.

Natural Selection: A Mechanism, a Pathway or a Little Bit of Both?

Balorda, Vito; Šustar, Predrag

Journal for General Philosophy of Science

https://rdcu.be/eh4j2

Q1 WOS

2023.

Reductionism Debate in Molecular Biology: Max Delbrück's Complementarity Approach

Vito Balorda

Studia Historiae Scientiarum - 22 587-610

https://www.ceeol.com/search/article-detail?id=1211249

Q1 WOS

2021.

Explanatory Hierarchy of Causal Structures in Molecular Biology

Brzović, Zdenka; Balorda, Vito; Šustar, Predrag

European Journal for Philosophy of Science - 11

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs13194-021-00380-7

Q1 WOS

2020.

Justin Garson, A Critical Overview of Biological Functions

Vito Balorda

Croatian Journal of Philosophy - 20 129-132

https://www.ceeol.com/search/journal-detail?id=43

Q1 WOS

2025.

Waismann’s Open Texture: The Many Faces of Biological Mechanism

Vito Balorda

Contributed paper

Vienna Circle: A Century of Scientific Philosophy University of Maribor, Slovenia

2025.

The Conceptual Mess in Neuroscience: What Counts as a Mechanism?

Vito Balorda

Contributed paper

Philosophy and Cognitive Science University of Rijeka, Croatia

2025.

Responsibility Without Blame: Philosophers and the Decline of Trust in Science

Vito Balorda and Tamara Crnko

Contributed paper

ZAEC 2025: Zagreb Applied Ethics Conference Institute of Philosophy, Zagreb, Croatia

2025.

Bridging the Science-Public Communication Gap: Why Philosophy of Science Matters

Vito Balorda and Tamara Crnko

Contributed paper

EPSA25: European Philosophy of Science Association biennial conference University of Groningen, Netherlands

2025.

Mechanisms vs Pathways: Ontological and Conceptual Differences

Vito Balorda

Poster

EPSA25: European Philosophy of Science Association biennial conference University of Groningen, Netherlands

2025.

Mechanisms vs Pathways: Ontological and Conceptual Differences

Vito Balorda

Contributed paper

ISHPSSB 2025: International Society for the History, Philosophy, and Social Studies of Biology University of Porto, Portugal

2025.

Mechanisms vs Pathways: Ontological and Conceptual Differences

Vito Balorda

Contributed paper

BSPS 2025: British Society for Philosophy of Science University of Glasgow, Scotland, UK

2025.

Life and Mechanism Between Vagueness and Open Texture

Vito Balorda and Aleksandar Božić

Contributed paper

Analytic Philosophy Inter University Center Dubrovnik, Croatia

2025.

The One Over Many as Explanatory Unification: Bridging Metaphysics and Scientific Explanation

Vito Balorda

Contributed paper

Metaphysics Inter University Center Dubrovnik, Croatia

2025.

Causal Explanation in Biology: Mechanisms, Pathways, and Cascades

Vito Balorda

Contributed paper

Philosophy of Science Inter University Center Dubrovnik, Croatia

12.2024.

Facing Public Trust in Science: Engaging Philosophers of Science

Vito Balorda and Tamara Crnko

Contributed paper

Public Philosophy Institute of Philosophy, Zagreb, Croatia

7.2024.

The Role of Philosophers in Rebuilding Trust in Science

Vito Balorda and Tamara Crnko

Contributed paper

Contemporary Philosophical Issues, University of Rijeka, Croatia

6.2024.

Causal Explanations in Metaphysics

Boran Berčić and Vito Balorda

Contributed paper

Philosophy and Science, University of Rijeka, Croatia

6.2024.

From Crisis to Confidence: Rebuilding Trust in Science

Vito Balorda

Contributed paper

Wirth Alumni Network Conference, University of Rijeka, Croatia

6.2024.

Metaphysical Explanations

Boran Berčić and Vito Balorda

Contributed paper

Metaphysics, Inter University Center Dubrovnik, Croatia

5.2023.

Causal Explanation in Molecular Biology

Vito Balorda

Invited talk

XV Annual Convention of the Centers for Austrian and Central European Studies Berkeley, USA

https://ies.berkeley.edu/sites/default/files/2023_austrian_studies_conference_program.pdf

2.2023.

Causal Explanation in Molecular Biology

Vito Balorda

Invited talk

Central European Talks 2023 Edmonton, Canada

https://www.ualberta.ca/wirth-institute/cet-2023.html

9.2022.

Natural Selection: A Mechanism or a Pathway?

Vito Balorda

Poster

EASPLS 2022 (The European Advanced School in the Philosophy of the Life Sciences) Bordeaux, France

https://www.bib.irb.hr/1221452

8.2022.

Natural Selection: Pathway or Mechanism? Insights from Cancer Research

Vito Balorda and Predrag Šustar

Contributed paper

GWP.2022 Berlin, Germany

https://www.bib.irb.hr/1212046

09.2021.

Categories of Reductionism in Molecular Biology

Vito Balorda

Contributed paper

ESHS Athens 2021: Second Early Career Scholars Conference Athens, Greece (online)

https://www.bib.irb.hr/1145103

09.2021.

Categories of Reductionism in Molecular Biology

Vito Balorda

Contributed paper

22nd Rijeka Conference in Philosophy: Contemporary Philosophical Issues Rijeka, Croatia (online)

https://www.bib.irb.hr/1144386

07.2021.

Molecular Biology Origins: Max Delbrück's Complementarity Approach and the Reductionism Debate

Vito Balorda

Contributed paper

ISHPSSB Biennial Meeting 2021 New York, USA (online)

https://www.bib.irb.hr/1140763

01.2021.

Molecular Biology: Origins

Vito Balorda

Contributed paper

1st International PhD Student Conference "Contemporary Philosophical Issues PhD" Rijeka, Croatia (online)

https://www.bib.irb.hr/1106726

09.2019.

Explanation in Molecular Biology: The Explanatory Force of the Details

Vito Balorda and Predrag Šustar

Contributed paper

EPSA19 Geneva, Switzerland

https://www.unige.ch/lettres/philo/files/1615/6750/8391/Book_of_Abstracts.pdf

07.2019.

Explanation in molecular biology: The explanatory force of the details

Vito Balorda

Contributed paper

ISHPSSB Biennial Meeting 2019 Oslo, Norway

https://ishpssb2019.tekniskmuseum.no/images/pdf/ISHPSSB2019_Book_of_abstracts.pdf

09.2018.

New Mechanistic Debate: the Devil is in the Details

Vito Balorda

Contributed paper

SOPhiA 9th Salzburg Conference for Young Analytic Philosophy Salzburg, Austria

https://www.sbg.ac.at/sophia/SOPhiA/2018/languages/en/contribution.php?slotrow=7&slotcolumn=4

2025.

Znanost na aparatima? Filozofi dolaze u pomoć!

Pint of Science Croatia

Rijeka, Croatia

3.2022.

Causal Explanation in Molecular Biology

Rijeka PhD Café #3

Rijeka, Croatia

2025.

Balorda, V. & Crnko, T. (2025). Pitaj filozofa: Kako vratiti povjerenje u znanost? Kronika: Filozofski magazin, Institute for Philosophy, Zagreb (Croatia)

Paper

Institute for Philosophy, Zagreb, Croatia

2025.

Balorda, V. & Crnko, T. (2025). How Can Philosophers Rebuild Trust in Science?, Blog of the APA: Public Philosophy

Paper

Blog of the APA: Public Philosophy

2025.

Pitaj filozofa: Kako vratiti povjerenje u znanost?

Kronika: Filozofski magazin

Institut za filozofiju, Zagreb, Centar za javnu filozofiju

2021. - 2022.

Član

Stručno vijeće Doktorske škole Sveučilišta u Rijeci

2021. - 2022.

Član

Senat Sveučilišta u Rijeci

2019. - 2022.

Član Fakultetskog vijeća

Filozofski fakultet u Rijeci

2019. - 2022.

Član Upravnog vijeća

Sveučilišna knjižnica Rijeka (SVKRI)

2024. - 2025.

Metaphilosophy

Postdoc

Croatian Science Foundation

2019. - 2023.

Theoretical Underpinning of Molecular Biology

Research Assistent / Doctoral Researcher

Croatian Science Foundation