CURRICULUM VITAE (short)
OLAV GJELSVIK
MA. DPhil. (Oxon
Full name: Olav Gjelsvik,
Date and place of birth: 30.06.56, Røros, Norway
Marital status: married, one daughter.
Address: Røaveien 16B, 0752 Oslo
Present occupation: Professor in Philosophy, University of Oslo
Education:
1972-75: Examen Artium
1975-80: Cand. Mag, University of Oslo
(1981-82: National Service)
1982-83: Visiting Postgraduate Student, Balliol College Oxford
1983-86: Postgraduate student for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy, Balliol
College, University of Oxford. Thesis entitled "The Token-Token Identity-
Theory and Recent Theories of Reference" submitted Trinity Term 1986 and
defended the same year.
Scholarships, Grants and Awards:
1982-84: Brynie-Jordan Scholarship at Balliol College
1983-86: Anderson Scholarship, Balliol College
1984-85: British Council Scholarship
1985-86: Overseas Research Scholarship, awarded by the committee of Vice-
Chancellors and Principals of the Universities of the United Kingdom
1989-90: Norwegian Research Council Fellowship to do research at the
University of California, Berkeley
1989-90: Scholarship from the Norway-America Association to do research at
the University of California, Berkeley
1994-95: Scholarship from the Norwegian Research Council to do work in the
Addiction Project (Addicton-Rationality and Irrationality, project running from
1993 to 1997, collaborator in project directed by Jon Elster.)
1995: Scholarship from the London School of Economics, University of London,
to be a Visiting Scholar/Professor at The Centre for Philosophy Science.
2001: Scholarship from the Norwegian Research Council to do research at the
University of Oxford.
2003-04 : Grant from the Centre for Advanced Study at the Norwegian Academy of Science
2007-12: CSMN I: Grant for a Centre of Excellence, NRC, to be followed by
2012-2017: CSMN II. Grant for a Centre of Excellence, NRC.
2009-2012: Grant from Research Council Norway. Director, large project: ‘Addiction, Choice & Responsible Agency’.
2011-2016 ERC, ‘ALICE RAP (Addictions and Lifestyles in Contemporary Europe - Reframing Addictions’, leader of the part of the project at University of Oslo.
2011-2016 Resource person in EU-advanced grant project ‘Distorted Normativity’, led by Herlinde Pauer-Stuber, University of Vienna.
2012-2016 Participant in ‘Personal Autonomy, Addiction and Mental Disorder’, FRIPRO grant, NRC, collaborator in project directed by Edmund Henden (Oslo).
Positions:
1986-90 Research fellow, Department of Philosophy, University of Oslo
1989-90 Research Associate, University of California, Berkeley
1991- 94 Associate Professor (Senior Lecturer) in Philosophy, University of
Oslo
1994- present Professor of Philosophy, University of Oslo
1995. Visiting Professor, London School of Economics
2000-01 Visiting Fellow, (Governing Body), Balliol College, University of Oxford.
2003/4 Director of the international project “Towards a New Understanding of
the Mental “at the Centre for Advanced Study, The Norwegian Academy of
Science and Letters.
2007- Research Director, Centre for the Study of Mind in Nature, a centre of
excellence at the University of Oslo, funded by the Norwegian Research
Council.
2010 – 2017 Director, Centre for the Study of Mind in Nature, a centre of
excellence at the University of Oslo, funded by the Norwegian Research
Council.
2015. Visiting professor, EHESS, University of Paris
2019-2022 Board of Directors, Alexander von Humboldt Centre of Excellence, University of Bayreuth, Germany.
Scientific Societies:
Member/fellow of The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters since 2002.
Member/fellow of The Royal Norwegian Society of Sciences and Letters since 2011.
Member of The European Academy, Academia Europaea, since 2012.
Membre titulaire, Institut International de Philosophie, since 2012.
Offices:
Many offices at the University of Oslo, including service on the Faculty Board, Faculty of Humanities, and Oslo University Board (Until 2020).
University of Oslo:
Chairman of the Section of Philosophy, 1991-92.
Chairman, Department of Philosophy, 1997-2000.
Chairman of The Section of Philosophy, 2003 until 2005.
Presently until 2021: Member of University Board.
Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters:
Chairman of Group 3, 2005-11, and again from 2018 to 2021, and 2021-2024.
Board Member (Assesseur), Institut Internationale de Philosophie.
(International Philosophy Academy), 2017 to present.
Service for the Profession:
Member, Steering Committee, Philosophy of Science in a European Perspective, 2007-2012
Member, Steering Committee, European Society of Analytical Philosophy, 2011-2017
Member, scientific evaluation board in Riksbankens Jubileumsfond, Sweden, 2010-2015.
Member, evaluation panels in various European countries.
Talks: Talks at many conferences and at many European and American
Universities throughout the years.
Edited Journal Issues:
Synthese no 1. 1994, with a preface.
Inquiry, no. 5, 2013.
Inquiry, No. 3, 2017
Edited Book:
Understanding Choice, Explaining Behaviour, edited with Jon Elster, A.
Hylland and K. Moene, Unipub Publishers, Oslo 2006.
Scientific Publications by Olav Gjelsvik:
1) "A Kripkean Objection to Kripke’s Argument against Identity-Theories",
Inquiry 1987, pp. 435-450.
2) "Freges Begreper" (Frege´s Concepts) Norsk Filosofisk Tidsskrift, 1987,
pp.213-235.
3) "A Note on Objects and Events", Analysis 1988, pp.15-18.
4) "Shootings, Killings and Rifles" Conceptus, 1988.
5) "On the Location of Actions and Tryings", Erkenntnis 1990, pp.39-56.
6) "Representational Content and the Explanation of Behaviour", Inquiry 1990,
pp. 333-353.
7) "Dretske on Knowledge and Content", Synthese 1991, pp. 425-441.
8) "Konsepsjoner av språk og forklaring av kommunikasjon", (Conceptions of
Language and the Explanation of Communication) i H. Grimen og K.
Knapskog, Teori og Narrasjon, Bergen 1992., pp. 210-241.
9) "Korte Tilsvar til Grimen", (Short Replies to Grimen) i Grimen og Knapskog,
Teori og Narrasjon, Bergen 1992., pp. 288-300.
10) "Referanse og Intensjonalitet", (Reference and Intentionality), Norsk
Filosofisk Tidsskrift, 1993, pp. 43-60.
11) "Davidson´s Use of Truth in Accounting for Meaning", in Language, Mind
and Epistemology, Essays on Donald Davidson´s Philosophy, ed. G. Preyer,
F. Siebelt, and A Ulfig, Synthese Library, 1994, pp. 21-43.
12) "On Convention T, and Whether a Tarskian Truth-definition Catches Hold
of the Classical Conception of Truth" , in James Hill and Petr Kotatko, (ed)
Language and Logic. Selected Papers from the Karlovy Vary Meetings on
Analytical Philosophy, Prague 1995. (22 pages)
13) "Intention and Alternatives", in Philosophical Studies, 1996, pp. 159-177.
14) "Matters of Metaphysics.", in Theoria. 1996, pp. 73-78.
15) "Tracking Truth and Solving Puzzles", Inquiry, 1997, pp. 209-224.
16) "Mind and Matter", in Georg Meggle (ed) Actions, Norms, Values, Walter
De Gruyter, Berlin 1999, pp. 65-79.
17) "Addiction, Weakness of the Will, and Relapse", in J. Elster and O.-J. Skog,
(Ed) Getting Hooked, Cambridge University Press, 1999, pp. 47-65.
18) "Freedom of the Will and Addiction" in Jon Elster (ed) Addiction, New
York, Russell Sage 1999, pp. 29-54.
19) "The Epistemology of Decision-Making Naturalised", in A. Orenstein and
P. Kotatko (eds) Knowledge, Language and Logic. Questions for Quine,
Boston Studies in the Philosophy of Science, Kluwer Academic Press, 2000, pp.
109-129.
20) "Fisk, smerte og etikk", (Fish, Pain and Ethics) in Føllesdal, Andreas (ed.)
Dyreetikk, Fagbokforlaget 2000, pp. 227-245.
21) "Can Two Envelopes Shake the Foundations of Decision-Theory?".
in M.Kiikeri and P. Ylikoski, (ed) Explanatory Connections - Electronic essays
dedicated to Matti Sintonen, Helsinki 2001 14pages.
22) “Paradox Lost, but in which Envelope?” Croatian Journal of Philosophy,
2002; 2(6): 353-362.
23) "Reason and Addiction", in Choice, Behavioural Economics and Addiction
edited by N. Heather and R. Vuchinich, Elsevier Publishers 2003, pp. 219-238.
24) "Reply to Ainslie" in Choice, Behavioural Economics and Addiction edited
by N. Heather and R. Vuchinich, Elsevier Publishers 2003, pp. 245-249.
25) "Experience", in Theoria, nr.2-3 2004, pp. 167-191, a special issue with
invited papers on John McDowell´s Mind and World.
26.)“Facing Facts and Facing Motivations”, Special issue of the journal
Protosoziologie devoted to Stephen Neale’s book Facing Facts. Edited by
Gerhard Preyer. 2006. pp.157-168.
27)“Radikal Tolkning” (Radical Interpretation) Norwegian Journal of
Philosophy 2004, .
28) “Fri vilje, Motivasjon, Addiksjon.”. Lecture for the Norwegian Academy of
Science and Letters, December 11th 2003, published in the Academy’s
Proceedings for 2003, Oslo 2004.
29. “ Causal Explanation Provides Knowledge Why”. In Boston Studies in the
Philosophy of Science: Rethinking Explanation. Edited by Petri Ylikoski and
Johannes Persson. Springer. Dordrecht 2006. pp 71-97..
30. “Bullshit Illuminated”, in Elster, Gjelsvik, Hylland and Moene (eds)
Understanding Choice, Explaining Behaviour, Oslo 2006, pp. 101-111.
31. “On Meaning and Experience”. Forthcoming in a volume edited by
Michael Frauchiger on D. Føllesdal’s philosophical contributions,
Reference, Rationality and Phenomenology, Ontos Verlag, 2013, pp. 221-236
32. “Are there Reasons to be Rational”, in Hommage a Wlodek,
a Festschrift for W. Rabinowicz. (ed. T. Rönnow-Rasmussen and others.), Lund 2007.
33. “David Hume, Natur og Fornuft”. In a collection of articles for
the basic philosophy teaching at the University of Oslo, edited by A. Pedersen,
Oslo 2008.
33. ”Avhengighet som skade. Høyesteretts dom i røkesaken reist av Robert Lund.”
Tidsskrift for Erstatningsrett, 2008. Pp. 211-222.
34. ”Rationality, Prudence and Procrastination”. In ”The Thief of Time”, eds. White
and Andreou, Oxford University Press 2010, pp. 147-170
35. “Integrering, en skotsk idealist, og CSMN. Svar til Alastair Hannay”.
Norsk Filosofisk Tidsskrift, 2009, p..158-161.
36. “Darwin og filosofi, (Darwin and Philosophy”. In N.Chr.Stenseth,
T.Lie and D.O.Hessen (ed) Verden ble aldri den samme, Gyldendal, Oslo, 2009.
37.(with Edmund Henden): ‘Når er samtykke til
rusavhengige personer etisk og juridisk bindende?’ (“When is consent from drug
addicts ethically and legally binding” in Ruyter & Solbakk & Waal (eds.)
Rusmiddelbrukeren og forskeren, etiske prinsipper, erfaringer og ettertanker,
SERAF og SME, ISBN:978-82-303-1257-5. (2009)
38. “Pengar og Fridom. (Money and Freedom)”, in Maaseide og Skirbekk,
Filosofi i Vår Tid. Det Norske Samlaget, Oslo, 2009, pp. 83-91.
39. ”Nærsynthet og sofistikasjon.” (Myopia and Sophistication) in Rune
Slagstad (Ed) ‘Elster og Sirenenes sang, Essay for Jon Elster til 70årsdagen,
med tilsvar fra forfatteren. Oslo, Pax forlag, 2010, pp. 171-84
40. “Knowledge and Error. A New Approach to Radical Translation”, in
Donald Davidson on Truth, Meaning and the Mental, edited by Gerhard Preyer,
Oxford University Press, 2012, pp. 169-91.
41. “Philosophy as Interdisciplinary Research”, in New Challenges to the
Philosophy of Science, Philosophy of Science in a European Perspective, ed.
Hanne Andersen, Dennis Dieks, W.J. Gonzales, T. Uebel, G. Wheeler, Springer,
Berlin, 2013, pp. 447-455.
42. “Tenke langt, handle rett”. (Think long, act right), Nytt Norsk Tidsskrift,
no 1-2, 2010, pp. 22-30
43. “Forskning og Etterforsking” (Research and Criminal Investigation),
Proceedings of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters 2011, Oslo 2012.
44. “Freedom to Act”, in The Blackwell Companion to Davidson, John Wiley,
Blackwell’s, 2013, edited by Kirk Ludwig and Ernie Lepore.
45. “Quine on Observationality”, in The Blackwell Companion to Quine, John Wiley,
Blackwell’s, 2014, edited by Gilbert Harman and Ernie Lepore, pp. 313-333.
46. “Philosophy, Addiction and Inquiry”, in Inquiry, vol. 56, 2013, pp. 417-427.
47. “Addiction and Responsibility. A Survey of Opinions.” (with Edmund Henden
and Hans Melberg) Inquiry, vol. 56. 2013. pp. 558-570.
48. “Understanding Enkratic Reasoning” Organon F, vol. XX, 2013, pp. 464-484.
49. “Epistemiske grunner og epistemiske plikter”, Norsk Filosofisk Tidsskrift,
2013, no. 2, pp. 133-143.
50. “Fregean Inferences”, Festschrift for Pascal Engel 2014. (Hommage á Pascal).
51. “Some Aristotelian Concepts: Practical Inference. In E. Emilsson, A. Maravela,
and M. Skoie, (eds) Paradeigmata. Studies in Honour of Øivind Andersen, Papers
and Monographs from The Norwegian Institute in Athens, No.2, vol. 2, Norwegian Institute
in Athens, pp. 163-171.
51. ’Rationality, Capacity and Inference’, Teorema Vol. XXXIV/2, 2015, pp.105-116
ISSN: 0210-1602 [BIBLID 0210-1602 (2015) 34:2; pp. 105-116].
52. Indexicals: What are they Essential For?. Inquiry. ISSN 0046-9580. 2017.
53. ‘Om Næss, Skjervheim og den store striden i norsk filosofi ‘.
Norsk Filosofisk Tidsskrift. ISSN 0029-1943. 50(2), s 55- 66.
54. (2016) (With Edmund Henden). ‘What is Wrong With the Brain of Addicts?’.
Neuroethics. ISSN 1874-5490. . doi:10.1007/s12152-016-9285-4
55.(2017) ‘Anscombe and Davidson on Practical Knowledge’, in
The Journal for the History of Analytical Philosophy, vol 5, no. 6. DOI: (2017) ).
56. ‘Bullshit Production’, In Eliot Michaelson & Andreas Stokke (ed.), Lying. Language, Knowledge, Ethics, Politics. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780198743965. Kapittel 6. s 129 – 145. 2018
57.’Dagfinn Føllesdal: Et personlig og faglig portrett.’ Norsk Filosofisk tidsskrift. ISSN 0029-1943. doi: 10.18261/issn.1504-2901-2020-01-02
58. ‘On enthusiasm in history and elsewhere)’. Inquiry (Oslo). ISSN 0020-174X. . doi:10.1080/0020174X.2020.1821959 Full text in Research Archive. (2020).
59. (2020). ‘Reason and Oughts: Fundamentals within the Normative.’ Acta Philosophica Fennica. ISSN 0355-1792. 96, s 155- 177 (2020)
