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Milenko Lasnibat

@milenkolasnibat.bsky.social

Philosopher writing on essence, modality, and natural kinds. PhD, University of Bristol. Currently teaching at Universidad Adolfo Ibañez

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Milenko Lasnibat @milenkolasnibat.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Taking some time to look back on the memorable @ecap12th.bsky.social in Madrid. It was a fantastic conference, with great ideas and wonderful people. Many thanks to the organizers, especially @mariacerezophil.bsky.social and @marcoportillo.com, for his help and the conversations.

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Milenko Lasnibat @milenkolasnibat.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

Tomorrow I will be presenting “Assessing Essentialist Claims within an Aristotelian Perspective on Metaphysical Modality” at Issues of the Impossible XII, hosted by the Institute of Philosophy of the Slovak Academy of Sciences in Bratislava, at 12:30 (Central European Time). impossible.sk

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Milenko Lasnibat @milenkolasnibat.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

Delighted to share that I have been awarded the Early-Career Prize in Metaphysics at the 12th European Congress of Analytic Philosophy (ECAP12) for my paper “Essence and Explanation-Based Justification.” Grateful to the committee and organizers. Looking forward to presenting in Madrid this summer!

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Milenko Lasnibat @milenkolasnibat.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

I am thrilled to share my latest paper, "Explanatory Essentialism and Cryptic Species," on this platform. I show how concrete biological research challenges one of the strongest arguments for biological essentialism. #philosophy #biology #essentialism #newpaper link.springer.com/article/10.1...

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Explanatory essentialism and cryptic species - European Journal for Philosophy of Science

Explanatory Essentialism (EE) is the view that a property is the essence of a kind because it causally explains the many properties that instances of the kind exhibit. This paper examines an applicati...

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