Victor Gijsbers

University Lecturer Metaphysics and Philosophy of Science

Name: Dr. V.A. Gijsbers
Telephone: +31 71 527 1250
E-mail: v.gijsbers@hum.leidenuniv.nl

Victor Gijsbers is a University Lecturer at the Institute for Philosophy.

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Research

My research is concentrated in two areas. First, in the philosophy of explanation and understanding, where I focus on topics such as the relation between explanation, understanding and unification, the contrastive nature of explanation, and the relation between causal and mathematical explanation. Second, on the border between philosophy of science and metaphysics, especially concerning the topics of causation and time.

Fields of interest

My tastes in philosophy are wide. In addition to metaphysics, philosophy of science and epistemology, I am most interested in philosophy of physics, the history of (modern) philosophy, hermeneutics, and connections between analytic and continental thought.

Websites:

The Gaming Philosopher - blog on roleplaying games
Slouching towards Wisdom - blog on philosophy

University Lecturer Metaphysics and Philosophy of Science

Faculty of Humanities
Instituut voor Wijsbegeerte

Work address

P.J. Veth
Nonnensteeg 1-3
2311 VJ Leiden
Room number 2.23

Contact

Gijsbers V.A. (2017), A Quasi-Interventionist Theory Of Mathematical Explanation, Logique et Analyse 60(237): 47-66.article in journal
Regt H. de & Gijsbers V.A. (2017), How false theories can yield genuine understanding. In: Grimm S.R., Baumberger C., Ammon S. (Eds.) Explaining Understanding.: Routledge. 50-75.book chapter
Gijsbers V.A. (2016), Denker in het donker. Tien columns voor Naturalis After Dark. Leiden: Naturalis Biodiversity Centre.book
Gijsbers V. A. (2016), Explanatory Pluralism and the (Dis)Unity of Science: The Argument from Incompatible Counterfactual Consequences, Frontiers in Psychiatry 7(32): 1-10.article in journal
Gijsbers V.A. (2016), Modale kennis, Wijsgerig perspectief op maatschappij en wetenschap 56(3).article in magazine/newspaper
Gijsbers V.A. (2016), Rorty, scepticisme en het einde van de filosofie, Filosofie Magazine 56(1).article in magazine/newspaper
Gijsbers V.A. (2015), Can probabilistic coherence be a measure of understanding?, Theoria 30(1).article in journal
Gijsbers V.A. (2015), Fading foundations en het conditioneel a priori, Algemeen Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Wijsbegeerte 107(2).article in journal
Gijsbers V.A. (2015), Het scepticisme voorbij. Wittgenstein, Heidegger en Rorty over het probleem van de externe wereld. In: Mey T. de (Ed.) Het nadeel van de zekerheid.: Lemniscaat.book chapter
Gijsbers & V.A. (2014), Unification as a Measure of Natural Classification, Theoria .article in journal
Gijsbers V.A. (2013), Understanding, explanation, and unification, Studies in History and Philosophy of Science 44(3): 516-522.article in journal
Gijsbers V.A. & Bruin L. de (2013), "Agency and Woodward’s Interventionism" (with Leon de Bruin). Causality and Experimentation in the Sciences, Paris, July 3, 2013. (Lecture).other
Gijsbers V.A. (2013), Discussion presentation on Jody Azzouni's Knowledge and Reference in Empirical Science, Erasmus University Rotterdam, January 23, 2013. (Lecture).other
Gijsbers V.A. (2013), "Een spel met de dood", Filosofisch café Den Bosch, March 11, 2013. (Lecture).other
Gijsbers V.A. (2013), "Entropie en tijdsasymmetrie", Studentenvereniging Symposion, Leiden, February 7, 2013. (Popular) (Lecture).other
Gijsbers V.A. & Bruin L. de (2013), How agency can solve interventionism’s problem of circularity, Synthese 191(8): 1775–1791.article in journal
Gijsbers V.A. (2013), "How Agency Can Solve Interventionism's Problem of Circularity", Philosophy of Science in a Forest, May 24, 2013. (Lecture).other
Gijsbers V.A. (2013), Interview about "Walging", including a declamation of Wordsworth's 12th Sonnet upon the Punishment of Death, Raamsteeg2, Leiden, March 22, 2013. (Popular) (Lecture).other
Gijsbers V.A. (2013), Philosophical introduction to the movie La cinquième saison, Filmtheater 't Hoogt, Utrecht, February 22, 2013. (Popular) (Lecture).other
Gijsbers V.A. (2013), "Reduction", Leiden Honours Community, Leiden, March 1, 2013. (Popular) (Lecture).other
Gijsbers V.A. (2013), Spoken column "Alchemie", Raamsteeg2 Science Late Night Show, Leiden, November 8, 2013. (Popular.) (Lecture).other
Gijsbers V.A. (2013), Spoken column "De horizon", Raamsteeg2 Science Late Night Show, Leiden, September 20, 2013. (Popular) (Lecture).other
Gijsbers V.A. (2013), Spoken column "Vampiers", Raamsteeg2 Science Late Night Show, Leiden, October 31, 2013. (Popular) (Lecture).other
Gijsbers V.A. (2013), "Vampiers", Pindaconcert, Utrecht, December 14, 2013. (Popular.) (Lecture).other
Gijsbers V.A. (2013), "Wat was er cool aan Copernicus? Psychologie van het heliocentrisme", Pindaconcert, Utrecht, January 19, 2013. (Popular talk.) (Lecture).other
Gijsbers V.A. (28 September 2011), Explanation and Determination (PhD thesis). Leiden. Supervisor(s) and Co-supervisor(s):Sundholm B.G., McAllister J.W., Hitchcock C.R.PhD thesis
Gijsbers V.A. (2011), Asymmetrie van de tijd (Lecture). Wageningen.other
Gijsbers V.A. (2011), Explanation and Determination (PhD thesis). Leiden: -.PhD thesis
Gijsbers V.A. (2011), Filosofie van de tijd (Lecture). Utrecht.other
Gijsbers V.A. (2011), Het essentiële kenmerk van de moderne wetenschap (Lecture). Utrecht.other
Gijsbers V.A. (2011), Keuzevrijheid en autoriteit: literaire experimenten met interactieve fictie, nY: Tijdschrift voor literatuur, kritiek en amusement .article in magazine/newspaper
Gijsbers V.A. (2011), Mathematical Explanation (Lecture). Gent.other
Gijsbers V.A. (2011), Pynchons paranoia (Lecture). Leiden.other
Gijsbers V.A. (2011), Tijdasymmetrie (Lecture). Amsterdam.other
Gijsbers V.A. (2011), Tijdasymmetrie (Lecture). Tilburg.other
Gijsbers V.A. (2011), Unification and Causation: Two Different Kinds of Understanding? (Lecture). Düsseldorf.other
Gijsbers V.A. (2008), Wittgenstein als verleider, Filosofie. Tweemaandelijks tijdschrift van de Stichting Informatie Filosofie 18(4): 2-6.article in magazine/newspaper
Gijsbers V.A. (13 August 2007), Explanation as Determination (Lecture). Beijing.other
Gijsbers V.A. (19 January 2007), Verklaren: Determinatie en/of unificatie? (Lecture). Amsterdam.other
Gijsbers V.A. (2007), Why Unification is neither Necessary nor Sufficient for Explanation, Philosophy of Science 74: 481-500.article in journal
Gijsbers V.A. (25 November 2006), Autonomie in de 21e eeuw (Lecture). Brussel.other

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