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Victor Gijsbers

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760

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2007

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Affiliations

Leiden University(Current)

Victor Gijsbers is an author at Leiden University specializing in epistemology, social sciences, and cognitive science.

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EpistemologySocial SciencesCognitive ScienceLanguageSemanticsLinguisticsPhilosophy Of MindAutomated ReasoningEngineeringFormal Methods

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2007–2016

5

Publications

5

Depth: An Account of Scientific Explanation

Victor Gijsbers · International Studies in the Philosophy of Science · 2009 · 599 citations

Scientific Explanation, Cognitive Science, History Of Science +10

Understanding, explanation, and unification

Victor Gijsbers · Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part A · 2012 · 72 citations

Formal Semantics, Knowledge Representation, Engineering +7

How False Theories Can Yield Genuine Understanding

Henk W. de Regt, Victor Gijsbers · 2016 · 35 citations

Cognitive Science, False Theories, Epistemology +3

Why Unification Is Neither Necessary Nor Sufficient for Explanation

Victor Gijsbers · Philosophy of Science · 2007 · 33 citations

Paraconsistent Logic, Abductive Reasoning, Automated Reasoning +12

Explanatory Pluralism and the (Dis)Unity of Science: The Argument from Incompatible Counterfactual Consequences

Victor Gijsbers · Frontiers in Psychiatry · 2016 · 21 citations · Full text

Responsible Science, Incompatible Counterfactual Consequences, Cognitive Science +13

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