Background
Vranicki was born in 1922, in Benkovac, Croatia.
Vranicki was born in 1922, in Benkovac, Croatia.
He received a diploma in philosophy from the University of Zagreb in 1947 and earned his Doctor of Philosophy from the University of Belgrade Faculty of Philosophy in 1951.
During World World War II he fought with the National Liberation Army against the Fascist occupation of Yugoslavia. From 1964 to 1966 he was dean of the Faculty of Philosophy in Zagreb, and rector of the Zagreb University from 1972 to 1976. When the dissident Praxis journal was initiated in 1965, he joined its editorial board.
Vranicki became president of the Yugoslav Society for Philosophy in 1966, and in 1979 he was elected as a full member of the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts.