Victor Gijsbers
Biographic Data
| ID | 1239859 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Victor Gijsbers |
| GIVEN NAMES | Victor |
| FAMILY NAME | Gijsbers |
| SIGNATURE | GIJSBERS V |
| AFFILIATIONS | Leiden University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 22 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 8 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2007 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Presentist Velocities
The Paradox of Predictability
Scriven’s paradox of predictability arises from the combination of two ideas: first, that everything in a deterministic universe is, in principle, predictable; second, that it is possible to create a system that falsifies any prediction that is made of it. Recently, the paradox has been used by Rummens and Cuypers to argue that there is a fundamental difference between embedded and external predictors; and by Ismael to argue against a governing c…
How (not) to judge a theory of causation
Philosophical theories of causation are commonly judged by their ability to correctly determine whether there is a causal relation present in intuitively clear example scenarios. If the theories survive this test, they are then used to answer big philosophical questions about causation. This Method of Examples is attractive because it seems to allow us to determine the quality of a theory of causation independently of answering the big philosophi…
Perceiving causation and causal singularism
Explanatory Pluralism and the (Dis)Unity of Science
What is the relationship between different sciences or research approaches that deal with the same phenomena, for instance, with the phenomena of the human mind? Answers to this question range from a monist perspective according to which one of these approaches is privileged over the others, through an integrationist perspective according to which they must strive to form a unity greater than the sum of its parts, to an isolationist perspective a…
How agency can solve interventionism’s problem of circularity
Understanding, explanation, and unification
Why Unification Is Neither Necessary Nor Sufficient for Explanation
In this paper, I argue that unification is neither necessary nor sufficient for explanation. Focusing on the versions of the unificationist theory of explanation of Kitcher and of Schurz and Lambert, I establish three theses. First, Kitcher's criterion of unification is vitiated by the fact that it entails that every proposition can be explained by itself, a flaw that it is unable to overcome. Second, because neither Kitcher's theory nor that of …
Understanding, explanation, and unification
Why Unification Is Neither Necessary Nor Sufficient for Explanation
In this paper, I argue that unification is neither necessary nor sufficient for explanation. Focusing on the versions of the unificationist theory of explanation of Kitcher and of Schurz and Lambert, I establish three theses. First, Kitcher's criterion of unification is vitiated by the fact that it entails that every proposition can be explained by itself, a flaw that it is unable to overcome. Second, because neither Kitcher's theory nor that of …
Perceiving causation and causal singularism
How agency can solve interventionism’s problem of circularity
Why Unification Is Neither Necessary Nor Sufficient for Explanation
In this paper, I argue that unification is neither necessary nor sufficient for explanation. Focusing on the versions of the unificationist theory of explanation of Kitcher and of Schurz and Lambert, I establish three theses. First, Kitcher's criterion of unification is vitiated by the fact that it entails that every proposition can be explained by itself, a flaw that it is unable to overcome. Second, because neither Kitcher's theory nor that of …
Understanding, explanation, and unification
How agency can solve interventionism’s problem of circularity
Explanatory Pluralism and the (Dis)Unity of Science
What is the relationship between different sciences or research approaches that deal with the same phenomena, for instance, with the phenomena of the human mind? Answers to this question range from a monist perspective according to which one of these approaches is privileged over the others, through an integrationist perspective according to which they must strive to form a unity greater than the sum of its parts, to an isolationist perspective a…
How (not) to judge a theory of causation
Philosophical theories of causation are commonly judged by their ability to correctly determine whether there is a causal relation present in intuitively clear example scenarios. If the theories survive this test, they are then used to answer big philosophical questions about causation. This Method of Examples is attractive because it seems to allow us to determine the quality of a theory of causation independently of answering the big philosophi…
Perceiving causation and causal singularism
The Paradox of Predictability
Scriven’s paradox of predictability arises from the combination of two ideas: first, that everything in a deterministic universe is, in principle, predictable; second, that it is possible to create a system that falsifies any prediction that is made of it. Recently, the paradox has been used by Rummens and Cuypers to argue that there is a fundamental difference between embedded and external predictors; and by Ismael to argue against a governing c…
Presentist Velocities
Epistemology (8 works) · Philosophy (8 works) · Computer Science (6 works) · Philosophy and History of Science (5 works) · Philosophy and Theoretical Science (4 works) · Causation (3 works) · Epistemology, Ethics, and Metaphysics (3 works) · Mathematics (3 works) · Metaphysics (3 works) · Philosophy (3 works)