Vladimir Krstic

Vladimir Krstic

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Vladimir Krstic (Krstić)

I am an Assistant Professor at the United Arab Emirates University who specializes in philosophy of mind, philosophy of language, and philosophy of deception.
krstic.v@uaeu.ac.ae
drpop1@yahoo.com

About me

I finished a PhD in Philosophy at the University of Auckland under the supervision of John Bishop and Fred Kroon. Jordi Fernández (University of Adelaide) and Andy Egan (Rutgers) examined my dissertation.
Currently, I live and work in the UAE. Before that, I lived in Astana (Kazakhstan), Auckland (New Zealand), and Belgrade (Serbia), where I was born. I have an Honours degree in Theology from the University of Belgrade, Faculty of Theology, and an MA in Philosophy from the University of Belgrade, Faculty of Philosophy.

Current Research

My current research focuses on some traditional themes in the philosophy of language and philosophy of mind, and on a cluster of issues at the intersection of the philosophy of language, philosophical psychology, ethics, and, increasingly, the philosophy of technology.
Specifically, I am developing novel theories of lying, manipulation, deception (including the nature of information and misinformation), and self-deception. By improving our theories of lying and deception, I aim to make self-deception less mysterious.


I am also developing a new epistemological framework to account for the harm caused by using deepfakes. This framework is specifically designed to account for the epistemic harm caused by the use of non-malevolent deepfakes; specifically, I investigate how using deepfakes for fun aids those using them for deceptive purposes.

Publications

BOOKS
  • 2025. Deception and Self-Deception: a Unified Account. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009362887
  • 2. 2024. The Cain and Abel Story: Yahweh’s Criticism of a Dysfunctional Social Arrangement. The Journal for the Study of the Old Testament 49: 218–242. doi:110.1177/03090892241269342
  • 1. 2021. Sworn Virgins of the Balkan Highlands. (with Marija Brujić.) Traditiones 50: 113–130. doi:10.3986/Traditio2021500306

Teaching

As an Assistant Professor (Lecturer)

  • Philosophy of Mind
  • Cognitive Science
  • Ethics
  • Ethics of AI
  • Critical Thinking
  • Knowledge and Reality
  • Mind, Knowledge, and Reality

As an Invited Lecturer

  • Philosophy of Action (University of Auckland) Semester 1 in 2014
  • The Philosophy and Ethics of Lying and Deception (Northeastern University) 2020, 2021
  • Ethics for Policymakers (PhD in Global Health, Invited Lecturer) (NU) 2022–2023

As a Full Time High School Teacher

  • Religious Studies (Belgrade) 2004 – 2012

Teaching Achievements

  • I was nominated for the Academic Faculty Member of the Year award offered by NU Student Awards 2021.

Talks

Conferences

• ASCS = Australasian Society for Cognitive Science (founding member)

• AAP = Australasian Association of Philosophy

• NZAP = New Zealand Association of Philosophy

• SAP = Serbian Association of Philosophy

• AXPhi = Australasian Association of Experimental Philosophy

Peer Reviewed

• International Symposium: Manipulation – What It Is, Why It Matters, and How It Shapes Our Lives. 23 – 25/07/2025.

• 4th International Conference on Natural Cognition, Macau. 22–23/11/2024.

• CaL2019, Cognition and Lying, Brno, Czech Republic. 28/11–1/12/2019

• AXPhi III Conference, Victoria University, Wellington. 14–15/10/2018

• AAP NZAP Conference, Victoria University, Wellington. 08–12/07/2018

• ASCS 2017 Conference, Port Macquarie, Australia. 07–08/12/2017

• European Conference on Ethics, Religion and Philosophy, Brighton, UK. 04–05/07/2017

• AAP 2015 Conference, Sydney, Australia. 05–09/07/2015

• NZAP 2014 Conference, Christchurch. 02–05/12/2014

Invited

• SAP Conference, Sremski Karlovci (Serbia). 16–18/09/2011

• International conference Serbian theology today. 27–29/05/2011

• International conference Serbian theology today. 28–30/05/2010

Seminar or Colloquia Talks

• A Functional Analysis of Self-deception. (NYU Abu Dhabi, HKBU, Lingnan University, University of Hong Kong) October, November 2024

• Deceiving Without Intending to Deceive in Human Deception. (UAEU). March 2021

• Can you lie by asserting what you believe is true? (Ruhr University Bochum). July 2020

• Did May Lie (NU, WIP speaker series). September 2019

• Something New on Deception and Manipulation (NU, workshop). August 2019

• Transparent Delusion and How to Explain it. (University of Auckland). March 2018

• You Should be a Manipulativist About Deception (University of Auckland). May 2017

• A Bald Case on Bald-Faced Lying. (UoA). October 2016

• Must a liar say what he believes is false? (UoA). October 2015

• Can omitting information make you a liar. (University of Arizona). September 2015

• Must a liar say what he does not believe? (University of Arizona). September 2015

• A Peculiar case of a Saint who wanted to avoid lying. (University of Melbourne). May 2015

• Must a liar believe that what he says is false? (University of Melbourne). April 2015

• Fallis was almost right about lying. (University of Queensland). September 2014

• Lying, Other-deception, Self-deception. (UoA). June 2014

• Yahweh’s Capriciousness in the Cain and Abel Story. (UoA). June 2014

• Philosophical Analysis of Self-deception. (UoA). October 2014

• Analysis of Self-deception. (UoA). November 2013

• On How Beliefs Influence Behaviour. (UoA). September 2013

Service and Outreach

Referee for: Noûs, Mind, Philosophical Studies, Ethics, Philosophical Quarterly, Analysis, American Philosophical Quarterly, Ergo, Philosophical Psychology, Synthese, Erkenntnis, Inquiry, Ratio, Dialectica, Review of Philosophy and Psychology, Philosophers’ Imprint, Studies in History and Philosophy of Biological & Biomedical Sciences, Episteme, Journal of Documentation, Acta Analytica, Rivista Italiana di Filosofia del Linguaggio, Routledge Book Publishing, ERC.

• CITI ethics training course for IRB (Institutional Review Board) members – completed.

• Philpapers bibliographies Area Editor: ‘Misinformation’ and ‘Lying vs Misleading’ sections.

• Philosophy PhD students representative for 2015.

• Philosophy Department Graduate Seminar Series Organizer for 2014.

Professional Memberships

• Nazarbayev University Senate (ended with my contract)

• Nazarbayev University IREC Committee (ended)

• New Zealand Association of Philosophy

• Australasian Philosophical Association

• Australasian Society for Cognitive Science

Languages

English – Excellent understanding, reading, speaking and writing

Russian – Advanced understanding, reading, and writing; intermediate speaking

German – Basic speaking, advanced understanding and reading

Serbian, Croatian, Bosnian – Native

New Testament Greek – Basic understanding, reading, and intermediate writing

Ancient Slavic – Intermediate understanding, reading, and writing

Old Testament Hebrew – Basic reading and writing