Victor Gijsbers
University Lecturer Metaphysics and Philosophy of Science
- Name
- Dr. V.A. Gijsbers
- Telephone
- +31 71 527 1250
- v.gijsbers@hum.leidenuniv.nl
Victor Gijsbers is a University Lecturer at the Institute for Philosophy.
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News
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Three tips on how to celebrate World Philosophy Day -
Science & Cinema: Leiden researchers at the Leiden International Film Festival -
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Victor Gijsbers wins the 2017 Faculty Education Award -
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Lecturer Hebrew Studies Martin Baasten wins 2013 LSr Teaching Prize
PhD candidates
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
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