Olav Gjelsvik#
| Membership Number: | 3340 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | PHILOSOPHY, THEOLOGY & RELIGIOUS STUDIES |
| Elected: | 2012 |
| Main Country of Residence: | NORWAY |
| Homepage(s): | http://folk.uio.no/olavgj |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2000-01 Visiting Fellow and Oliver Smithies Lecturer, Balliol College, Oxford
- 1994- Professor of Philosophy, University of Oslo
- 1986-90 Research fellow, Department of Philosophy, University of Oslo
- 1991- 94 Associate Professor (Senior Lecturer) in Philosophy, University of Oslo
- 1989-90 Honorary Research Associate, University of California, Berkeley
Fields of Scholarship
- Philosophy of mind
- Philosophy of language
- Philosophy of action
- Philosophy of science, especially economics
- Epistemology
- Metaphysics
Honours and Awards
- 2002 Member, The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters
- 2005-09 Chairman of Group 3, Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters
- 2011 Member, The Royal Norwegian Society of Sciences and Letters
- 2012 Membre titulaire, Institut International de Philosophie
