I am a philosopher at Jagiellonian University's Interdisciplinary Centre for Ethics in Kraków, Poland, where I serve as a university professor (profesor uczelni).
My research focuses on the psychological underpinnings of philosophical concepts and theories. Recently, the main themes of my work have been personal identity, death, and memory. I am also interested in computational approaches—ranging from natural language processing to citation analysis—applied to philosophy, including its history. My publication list.
I hold a PhD in Philosophy from the Centre for Philosophy of Memory, Grenoble Alpes University, France.
Google Scholar profile | Affiliated member: Centre for Philosophy of Memory | Visiting lecturer: Institute of Philosophy, Vilnius University & Vilnius Academy of Art | PhilPapers section editor: Experimental Philosophy: Persons | Associate editor: JME Practical Bioethics | Section editor: Experimental Philosophy | Steering committee member: Philosophy of Memory Organization
Reach me @ vilius.dranseika@uj.edu.pl
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Paper:
Tobia, K., Hannikainen, I., ..., Dranseika, V., ... et al. (2025). The nature of reasonableness. Stanford Journal of International Law. 61(2): 111–155.
Paper:
Neiders I., Dranseika V. (forthcoming). The case for pluralism in death determination: From empirical data to a policy proposal. Journal of Medicine and Philosophy.
Short essay:
Dranseika V. (forthcoming) Counting the souls. As a Journal.
Paper:
Bachmakova, M., Buyukbabani, M. B., Dranseika, V., [...], Hannikainen, I., & Earp, B. D. (2025). Even with diet and exercise, Ozempic use reduces perceived effort and praiseworthiness of resulting weight loss. Social Science & Medicine. 386: 118657.
Talk (LT):
How to count trees? On multi-stem lindens and the limits of language
Children's Forest Pavilion @ Stasys Museum
29 November 2025 | Panevėžys, LT
Talk (LT):
The list of largest mistakes
@ Aistros bendrabūtyje: KLYDINĖTI
5 December 2025 | Vilnius, LT
Paper:
Dranseika V., Bystranowski P., Żuradzki T. (forthcoming). Personal memory and distant reading can complement each other: a reply to Gillon. Journal of Medical Ethics.
Talk:
Bereavement and personal identity
@ Vilnius Philosophy Graduate Conference
21-22 November 2025 | Vilnius, LT
Talk:
Personal identity and practical interests
@ 2025 Legal Interpretation and Moral Reasoning Workshop
5-7 November 2025 | Granada, ES
Paper:
Dranseika V., Bystranowski P., Żuradzki T. (2025). Journal of Medical Ethics at 50. A data-driven history. Journal of Medical Ethics. 51: 472–480.
Paper:
Brussels Collaboration on Bodily Integrity. (2025). Genital modifications in prepubescent minors: When may clinicians ethically proceed? American Journal of Bioethics. 25(7): 53–102.
Short video:
On pluralism about death
(August 2024)
@ 5th International Conference of Death and Dying | Krakow, PL
Talk:
Bibliometric methods in bioethics
@ NUS Methods in Bioethics Workshop
12-13 September 2025 | Singapore
Talk (LT):
Landscapes of Vincas Krėvė
@ Literatūros salos 2025
28-31 July 2025 | Liškiava, LT
Short essay:
Dranseika V. (2025). The man who wrestled with memory. The Memory Palace.
Paper:
Dranseika V., Ziółkowski A. (2025). Depressurizing Gettier. Synthese. 205: 148.
Preprint:
Dranseika V., Bystranowski P., Tobia K., ... Hannikainen I. (unpublished manuscript). Phineas Gage goes abroad: A cross-cultural study on personal identity.
Poster:
Is it better to be a human being dissatisfied than a pig satisfied? (with Ivars Neiders)
@ 5th European Experimental Philosophy Conference
10-12 July 2025 | Norwich, UK
Paper:
Neiders I., Dranseika V. (2025). Is “terminally ill self-killing” suicide? Clinical Ethics. 20: 45–54.
Talk:
Gender and research topic choice in Bioethics and Philosophy of Medicine
@ Nordic-Baltic Network for Philosophy of Medicine Annual Workshop
9-10 June 2025 | Vilnius, LT
(LT) TV show:
Topic: Post-apocalyptic worlds in literature and film
Lithuanian National Television
Smalsumo genas | 19 April 2025
Talk:
Hackenschmidt on forgetting
@ Thought in Time: Tartu-Grenoble Workshop on Memory and Imagination
27-28 February 2025 | Tartu, EE
Paper:
Michaelian K., Sakuragi Sh., Dranseika V. (2025). Trends in philosophy of memory: A quantitative approach. Lexis [Online], Words about #1 | 2025.
Paper:
Żuradzki T., Bystranowski P., Dranseika V. (2025). Discussions on human enhancement meet science: A quantitative analysis. Science and Engineering Ethics. 31: 6.
Talk:
Gender and research topic choice in Bioethics and Philosophy of Medicine
@ Basel-Oxford-NUS BioXPhi Summit 2025
26-27 June 2025 | Basel, CH
Preprint:
Earp B., Porsdam Mann S., ... Dranseika V., ..., et al. (unpublished manuscript). Relational Norms for Human-AI Cooperation.
Talk:
Mapping the boundary between Philosophy of Medicine and Bioethics: A quantitative study
@ 5th European Experimental Philosophy Conference
10-12 July 2025 | Norwich, UK
Talk:
Delineating Philosophy of Medicine: A data-driven approach
@ Digital Dreams and Practices. DHNB2025
5-7 March 2025 | Tartu, EE