Olav Gjelsvik
Present occupation: Professor of Philosophy and Director of CSMN, 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.
Scholarships:
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, organised by Jon Elster.)
1995:Scholarship from the London School of Economics, University of London, to be a Visting Professor at The Centre for Philosophy Science.
2001: Scholarship from the Norwegian Research Council to do research at the University of Oxford.
Positions:
1986-90 Research fellow, Department of Philosophy, University of Oslo
1989-90 Honorary Research Associate, University of California, Berkeley
1991- 94 Associate Professor (Senior Lecturer) in Philosophy, University of Oslo
1994- Professor of Philosophy, University of Oslo
2000-01 Visiting Fellow and Oliver Smithies Lecturer, Balliol College, Oxford.
2003/4 Director (with Bjørn Ramberg) for 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, CSMN, a centre of excellence at the University of Oslo, funded by the Norwegian Research Council.
2010 – Director, CSMN, a centre of excellence at the University of Oslo, funded by the Norwegian Research Council.
Scentific Societies:
Member of The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters since 2002.
Member of the Royal Norwegian Society of Science 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.
Chairman of the Section of Philosophy, 1991-92.
Chairman, Department of Philosophy, 1997-2000.
Norwegian National Representative for the European Society for Analytic Philosophy.
Chairman of The Section of Philosophy, 2003 until 2005.
Chairman of Group 3, Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters, 2005-11
Service for the Profession:
Member, Steering Committee, Philosophy of Science in a European Perspective,
Member, Steering Committee European Society of Analytical Philosophy
Member, evaluation panels for philosophy in several European Countries
Publications
- Gjelsvik, Olav (2012). Knowledge and error: a new approach to radical interpretation, In Gerhard Preyer (ed.), Donald Davidson on Truth, Meaning and the Mental. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0199697515. Part 2. s 167 - 191
- Gjelsvik, Olav & Pogge, Thomas Winfried (2011). Making an Impact. Public Science Review: European Science & Technology. ISSN 2045-3876. (10), s 206- 208
- Gjelsvik, Olav (2010). Nærsynthet og sofistikasjon, I: Rune Slagstad (red.), Elster og sirenenes sang. Pax Forlag. ISBN 9788253032733. Kapittel.
- Gjelsvik, Olav (2010). Procrastination, Rationality and Prudence, In C Andreou & M. D. White (ed.), Thief of Time. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0195376684. Kapittel.
- Gjelsvik, Olav (2010). Tenke langt, handle rett. Nytt Norsk Tidsskrift. ISSN 0800-336X.
- Gjelsvik, Olav (2009). Darwin og filosofi, I: Dag Olav Hessen; Thore Lie & Nils Christian Stenseth (red.), Darwin - Verden ble aldri den samme. Gyldendal Litteratur. ISBN 9-788205-390348. Kapitel. s 349 - 371
- Gjelsvik, Olav (2009). Pengar og fridom, I: Gunnar Skirbekk & Atle Måseide (red.), Filosofi i vår tid. Festskrift til Jon Hellesnes. Det Norske Samlaget. ISBN 978-82-521-75165. kaptitel. s 83 - 89
- Gjelsvik, Olav & Henden, Edmund (2009). Når er samtykke til rusavhengige personer etisk og juridisk bindende?, I: Knut W Ruyter; Jan Helge Solbakk & Helge Waal (red.), Rusmiddelbrukeren og forskeren. Etiske prinsipper, erfaringer og ettertanker. Senter for rus- og avhengighetsforskning og Seksjon for medisinsk etikk. ISBN 978-82-303-1257-5. kaptitel.
- Gjelsvik, Olav (2008). Avhengighet som skade. Høyesteretts dom i røkesaken reist av Robert Lund. Tidsskrift for erstatningsrett. ISSN 1503-6782. (3), s 211- 222
- Gjelsvik, Olav (2008). Review of Don Ross, David Spurrett, Harold Kincaid, G. Lynn Stephens (eds.) Distributed Cognition and the Will: Individual Cognition and Social Context. Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews. ISSN 1538-1617.
- Gjelsvik, Olav (2007). Causal Explanation Provides Knowledge Why, In Johannes Persson & Petri Ylikoski (ed.), Rethinking Explanation. Springer. ISBN 1-4020-5580-3. Chapter 5. s 69 - 92
- Gjelsvik, Olav (2006). Bullshit Illuminated, In Jon Elster; Olav Gjelsvik; Aanund Hylland; Karl-Ove Moene & Hans Olav Melberg (ed.), Understanding Choice, Explaining Behaviour: Essays in Honour of Ole-Jørgen Skog. Unipub forlag. ISBN 82-7477-237-7. Chapter 7. s 101 - 111
- Gjelsvik, Olav (2006). Facing Facts and Motivations. ProtoSociology (CD-ROM): an international journal of interdisciplinary research. ISSN 1611-1281. 23, s 157- 168
- Smedal, Tori; Lygren, Hildegunn; Myhr, Kjell-Morten; Moe-Nilssen, Rolf; Gjelsvik, Bente; Gjelsvik, Olav & Strand, Liv Inger (2006). Physiotherapy based on the Bobath Consept improves balance and gait problems in patients with multiple sclerosis. Physiotherapy Research International. ISSN 1358-2267. 11(2), s 104- 116
- Gjelsvik, Olav (2004). Experience. Theoria. ISSN 0040-5825. (2-3), s 167- 191
- Gjelsvik, Olav (2004). Radikal tolkning. En refleksjon over Davidson og en skisse av et alternativ.. Norsk Filosofisk Tidsskrift. ISSN 0029-1943. (Årg. 39, nr 1-2), s 47-60
- Gjelsvik, Olav (2003). David Hume: natur og fornuft, I: Olav Asheim & Else I Wiestad (red.), Filosofi og Vitenskapshistorie. Unipub - Universitetet i Oslo. ISBN 82-91670-43-9. s 91 - 113
- Gjelsvik, Olav (2003). Reason and Addiction, In Choice, Behavioural Economics and Addiction. Elsevier. ISBN 0-08-044056-8. Chapter 8. s 219 - 239
- Gjelsvik, Olav (2003). Reply to Ainslie, In Choice, Behavioural Economics and Addiction. Elsevier. ISBN 0-08-044056-8. Chapter 8. s 245 - 249
- Gjelsvik, Olav (2002). Paradox lost, but in which Envelope?. Croatian Journal of Philosophy. ISSN 1333-1108. II(No. 6), s 353- 362
- Gjelsvik, Olav (2000). Fisk, smerte og etikk., I: Dyreetikk. Fagbokforlaget.
- Gjelsvik, Olav (2000). The Epistemology of Decision-Making "Naturalised"., In Alex Orenstein & Peter Kotatko (ed.), Knowledge, Language and Logic: Questions for Quine. Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht/Boston/London. ISBN 0-7923-5986-0. s 109 - 131
- Gjelsvik, Olav (1999). Freedom of the Will and Addiction, In Jon Elster (ed.), Addiction. Russell Sage, New York City, New York. ISBN 0-87154-235-8. s 29 - 55
- Gjelsvik, Olav (1998). Addiction, Weakness of Will and Relapse, In Jon Elster & Ole Jørgen Skog (ed.), Getting Hooked. Cambridge University Press.
- Gjelsvik, Olav (1998). On Mind and Matter, In Georg Meggle (ed.), Actions, Norms, Values: Discussions with Georg Henrik von Wright. de Gruyter, Berlin and New York.
- Elster, Jon; Gjelsvik, Olav; Hylland, Aanund; Moene, Karl-Ove & Melberg, Hans Olav (ed.) (2006). Understanding Choice, Explaining Behaviour: Essays in Honour of Ole-Jørgen Skog. Unipub forlag. ISBN 82-7477-237-7. 283 s.
- Gjelsvik, Olav (2012). Action, Ethics and Responsibility, edited by Joseph Keim Campbell, Michael O’Rourke, and Harry S. Silverstein. Mind (Print). ISSN 0026-4423. (4)
- Gjelsvik, Olav (2012). Action, Explanation and the Mind.
- Gjelsvik, Olav (2012). Davidson on Freedom to Act.
- Gjelsvik, Olav (2012). Forskning og etterforskning. Comments on Ottar Hellevik.. Det Norske Videnskaps-Akademi : proceedings. 2011, s 211- 216
- Gjelsvik, Olav (2012). Homo Responsibilis. Tidsskrift for Norsk Psykologforening. ISSN 0332-6470. (10), s 990- 993
- Gjelsvik, Olav (2012). Parfits moralske sannet. Salongen : Nettstedet for filosofi og idéhistorie.
- Gjelsvik, Olav (2012). Review of Causing Human Actions, New Perspectives on the Causal Theory of Action, edited by Jesús H. Aguilar and Andrei A. Buckareff. Mind (Print). ISSN 0026-4423. (4)
- Gjelsvik, Olav (2012). The Mental and the Physical.
- Gjelsvik, Olav (2012). The Norwegian Insanity Defence assessed from a philosophical point of view.
- Gjelsvik, Olav (2012). Two Accounts of Agency: Anscombe and Davidson.
- Gjelsvik, Olav (2012). What is happening to the budgets in humanities in Norway.
- Gjelsvik, Olav (2011). Arne Næss og psykoanalyse. Klassekampen. ISSN 0805-3839.
- Gjelsvik, Olav (2011). Autonomi og kjærlighet.
- Gjelsvik, Olav (2011). Frihet og ansvar.
- Gjelsvik, Olav (2011). Long-term and Value. The Ethics of Climate Change.
- Gjelsvik, Olav (2011). ’On Love as a Moral Emotion’..
- Gjelsvik, Olav (2011). Philosophy as Interdisciplinary Research.
- Gjelsvik, Olav (2011). Quine On Observation.
- Gjelsvik, Olav (2011). Svar til Erling eide. Nytt Norsk Tidsskrift. ISSN 0800-336X. (1), s 118- 120
- Gjelsvik, Olav (2011). What is progress?.
- Gjelsvik, Olav & duenger bøhn, einar (2011). ’Normative Supervenience’.
- Gjelsvik, Olav (2010). Experience and agency.
- Gjelsvik, Olav (2010). Freedom and Rationality. Comments on A.C. Grayling.
- Gjelsvik, Olav (2010). Knowing what we do.
- Gjelsvik, Olav (2010). On Discounting and Economic Thinking.
- Gjelsvik, Olav (2010). On present Norwegian Research Policy. Aftenposten (morgenutg. : trykt utg.). ISSN 0804-3116.
- Gjelsvik, Olav (2010). On the Relationship between Knowledge and Belief.
- Gjelsvik, Olav (2010). Tenke langt og handle rett.
- Gjelsvik, Olav (2010). Tenke langt, handle rett. Klassekampen. ISSN 0805-3839.
- Gjelsvik, Olav (2010). What is Normativity.
- Gjelsvik, Olav (2009). Agency and Knowledge.
- Gjelsvik, Olav (2009). Comments on ‘Intention and Self-deception’.
- Gjelsvik, Olav (2009). Comments on Tom Pink on ‘Power and Responsibility’.
- Gjelsvik, Olav (2009). Epistemic Reasons and Epistemic Duties.
- Gjelsvik, Olav (2009). Freedom and Money.
- Gjelsvik, Olav (2009). Freedom and Money.
- Gjelsvik, Olav (2009). Freedom and the Will and Knowledge.
- Gjelsvik, Olav (2009). Freedom, autonomy and the Law.
- Gjelsvik, Olav (2009). ‘Integrering, en skotsk idealist, og CSMN. Svar til Alastair Hannay’.. Norsk Filosofisk Tidsskrift. ISSN 0029-1943. s 58- 61
- Gjelsvik, Olav (2009). On the Difference between Analytical and Continental Philosophy.
- Gjelsvik, Olav (2009). Reason, reasoning, reasoners.
- Gjelsvik, Olav (2009). The Norwegian Insanity Defence.
- Gjelsvik, Olav (2009). Think long, act right.
- Gjelsvik, Olav & Henden, Edmund (2009). Avhengighet og ansvar.
- Henden, Edmund & Gjelsvik, Olav (2008). Frivillighetsprinsippet, forståelse og avgrensninger. Når er en rusmiddelbruker samtykke-kompetent?.
- Henden, Edmund; Gjelsvik, Olav & Hans Olav, Melberg (2008). Addiksjon, valg og ansvar.
- Gjelsvik, Olav (2004). Agency.
- Gjelsvik, Olav (2004). Knowledge of Meaning.
- Gjelsvik, Olav (2003). Fri vilje, motivasjon, addiksjon..
- Gjelsvik, Olav (2003). Raino Malnes: Mental og Materiell Virkelighet. Tidsskrift for samfunnsforskning. ISSN 0040-716X. 44(4), s 594- 599
- Gjelsvik, Olav (2002). Free Will and Knowledge.
- Gjelsvik, Olav (2002). Knowledge and Belief in Radical Interpretation.
- Gjelsvik, Olav (2002). Reason and Addiction.
- Gjelsvik, Olav (2002). Towards Theoretical Intregration in the Study of Addiction.
- Gjelsvik, Olav & Føllesdal, Andreas (2002, 11. februar). Forberedende må forbedres. [Radio]. Aftenposten.
- Gjelsvik, Olav (2001). Can Two Envelopes Shake the Foundations of Decision-Theory?.
- Gjelsvik, Olav (2001). Causal Explanation Provides Knowledge Why.
- Gjelsvik, Olav (2001). Free Will.
- Gjelsvik, Olav (2001). Freedom of the Will and Normative Knowledge.
- Gjelsvik, Olav (2001). Freedom of the Will and Norms.
- Gjelsvik, Olav (2001). Freedom, Valuing, and Desiring.
- Gjelsvik, Olav (2001). On valuing and Freedom.
- Gjelsvik, Olav (2001). The Two-Envelope Paradox.
- Gjelsvik, Olav (2001). Weak Will.
- Gjelsvik, Olav (2001). Weak Will and Hyperbolic Time-Discounting.
- Gjelsvik, Olav (2001). Weakness of the Will and Practical Reasoning.
- Gjelsvik, Olav (1998, 01. januar). Bertrand Russell. [Radio]. Radio - sånn er livet : NRK.
- Gjelsvik, Olav (1998). "Comments on Simon Blackburn".
- Gjelsvik, Olav (1998, 01. januar). Filosofi for begynnere.. [Radio]. NRK Radio : NRK.
- Gjelsvik, Olav (1998). Lite nytt of Wittgensteins filosofi. Apollon : Forskningsmagasin for Universitetet i Oslo. ISSN 0803-6926.