Victor Gijsbers
@victorgijsbers.mastodon.gamedev.place.ap.brid.gy
Philosopher (Leiden University) and interactive fiction writer; author of Turandot, The Baron and Kerkerkruip; Philosophy Videos @ […]
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Tried to sell my soul for the ability to neatly wrap gifts, but the Devil told me that my soul wasn't *that* good.
December 6, 2025 at 9:29 AM
Tried to sell my soul for the ability to neatly wrap gifts, but the Devil told me that my soul wasn't *that* good.
"Het lijkt wel een creatie
van Abercrombie & Fitch
deze prachtige onesie
van Lilo en Stitch."
...
Ok, prullenbak in, opnieuw beginnen...
van Abercrombie & Fitch
deze prachtige onesie
van Lilo en Stitch."
...
Ok, prullenbak in, opnieuw beginnen...
December 5, 2025 at 9:53 PM
"Het lijkt wel een creatie
van Abercrombie & Fitch
deze prachtige onesie
van Lilo en Stitch."
...
Ok, prullenbak in, opnieuw beginnen...
van Abercrombie & Fitch
deze prachtige onesie
van Lilo en Stitch."
...
Ok, prullenbak in, opnieuw beginnen...
Ik ga een shirt maken met dat chagrijnige hoofd van Schopenhauer en de tekst: "Geluk is een keuze." 😎
December 4, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Ik ga een shirt maken met dat chagrijnige hoofd van Schopenhauer en de tekst: "Geluk is een keuze." 😎
I'm replaying The Witcher (2007). It gets off to a slow start, there's a lot of rough edges, and it's now really weird to walk through a world populated by identical looking people because they just refuse the same skins again and again... but it's still a very good and engaging game! The way […]
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December 3, 2025 at 7:39 PM
I'm replaying The Witcher (2007). It gets off to a slow start, there's a lot of rough edges, and it's now really weird to walk through a world populated by identical looking people because they just refuse the same skins again and again... but it's still a very good and engaging game! The way […]
Started a new #ttrpg campaign, using the game 3:16 by Gregor Hutton. I GM'ed it around ten years ago or so, now I'm a player. You're all human soldiers sent away from paradise earth with the mission of killing every alien in the galaxy. Every single one. You're maybe, just maybe, not the good […]
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November 30, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Started a new #ttrpg campaign, using the game 3:16 by Gregor Hutton. I GM'ed it around ten years ago or so, now I'm a player. You're all human soldiers sent away from paradise earth with the mission of killing every alien in the galaxy. Every single one. You're maybe, just maybe, not the good […]
Question for people working in analytic #philosophy. Do you think that analysing concepts in terms of distances between possible worlds adds clarity?
It seems to me that our grasp of the geometry of modal space is significantly more tenuous than our pre-analytic grasp of concepts like […]
It seems to me that our grasp of the geometry of modal space is significantly more tenuous than our pre-analytic grasp of concepts like […]
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November 20, 2025 at 8:14 AM
Question for people working in analytic #philosophy. Do you think that analysing concepts in terms of distances between possible worlds adds clarity?
It seems to me that our grasp of the geometry of modal space is significantly more tenuous than our pre-analytic grasp of concepts like […]
It seems to me that our grasp of the geometry of modal space is significantly more tenuous than our pre-analytic grasp of concepts like […]
Mijn boek heeft een 5-sterren recensie in Trouw!
https://www.trouw.nl/recensies/met-scherpe-analyses-en-een-dosis-humor-laat-victor-gijsbers-zien-hoe-mooi-de-filosofie-kan-zijn~b32ed304/
https://www.trouw.nl/recensies/met-scherpe-analyses-en-een-dosis-humor-laat-victor-gijsbers-zien-hoe-mooi-de-filosofie-kan-zijn~b32ed304/
Met scherpe analyses en een dosis humor laat Victor Gijsbers zien hoe mooi de filosofie kan zijn
Victor GijsbersOneindigheid. Een filosofische gidsBoom; 240 blz. € 24,90★★★★★
www.trouw.nl
November 19, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Mijn boek heeft een 5-sterren recensie in Trouw!
https://www.trouw.nl/recensies/met-scherpe-analyses-en-een-dosis-humor-laat-victor-gijsbers-zien-hoe-mooi-de-filosofie-kan-zijn~b32ed304/
https://www.trouw.nl/recensies/met-scherpe-analyses-en-een-dosis-humor-laat-victor-gijsbers-zien-hoe-mooi-de-filosofie-kan-zijn~b32ed304/
I don't understand music and it drives me nuts! If you understand music, please help me. So, Mozart K545 here. I think I understand what is going on in the first few measures here: after a page of C major, we take a step into G minor, the dominant, it […]
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November 14, 2025 at 8:09 AM
I don't understand music and it drives me nuts! If you understand music, please help me. So, Mozart K545 here. I think I understand what is going on in the first few measures here: after a page of C major, we take a step into G minor, the dominant, it […]
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NRC, national Dutch newspaper, has a big article/interview about my book! 😎
https://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/11/13/oneindigheid-is-niet-iets-heel-groots-maar-iets-alledaags-a4911623
https://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/11/13/oneindigheid-is-niet-iets-heel-groots-maar-iets-alledaags-a4911623
‘Oneindigheid is niet iets heel groots, maar iets alledaags’
Victor Gijsbers | wetenschapsfilosoof: In zijn filosofische gids over oneindigheid gaat Victor Gijsbers in op vragen naar de zin van het leven, doodsangst of het verlangen naar ‘eeuwig leven’.
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November 13, 2025 at 9:26 PM
NRC, national Dutch newspaper, has a big article/interview about my book! 😎
https://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/11/13/oneindigheid-is-niet-iets-heel-groots-maar-iets-alledaags-a4911623
https://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/11/13/oneindigheid-is-niet-iets-heel-groots-maar-iets-alledaags-a4911623
I'm a big fan of Thomas #Pynchon, but his new book, Shadow Ticket, didn't do it for me. On the small scale he's still brilliant: snappy writing, intelligent observations, lovely details. But one feels one has seen it all before, and it doesn't cohere into a bigger whole. I totally agree with the […]
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November 4, 2025 at 3:44 PM
I'm a big fan of Thomas #Pynchon, but his new book, Shadow Ticket, didn't do it for me. On the small scale he's still brilliant: snappy writing, intelligent observations, lovely details. But one feels one has seen it all before, and it doesn't cohere into a bigger whole. I totally agree with the […]
Gestemd. Op wie? Da's geheim hè. Om jullie niets wijzer te maken zal ik alleen een feit geven dat op *elke* kandidaat op het stembiljet van toepassing is: de kandidaat waarop ik heb gestemd wordt *niet* de burgemeester van Tilburg.
October 29, 2025 at 8:11 AM
Gestemd. Op wie? Da's geheim hè. Om jullie niets wijzer te maken zal ik alleen een feit geven dat op *elke* kandidaat op het stembiljet van toepassing is: de kandidaat waarop ik heb gestemd wordt *niet* de burgemeester van Tilburg.
Ik mocht een wijsheid inspreken voor de podcast van Stine Jensen!
https://open.spotify.com/episode/0M6O53Inu4sm4rIPskPcAb?si=XoXj_h7NSPaMs6mwO9vblw
https://open.spotify.com/episode/0M6O53Inu4sm4rIPskPcAb?si=XoXj_h7NSPaMs6mwO9vblw
#456 - Oneindigheid
Zin van de dag · Episode
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October 27, 2025 at 8:32 AM
Ik mocht een wijsheid inspreken voor de podcast van Stine Jensen!
https://open.spotify.com/episode/0M6O53Inu4sm4rIPskPcAb?si=XoXj_h7NSPaMs6mwO9vblw
https://open.spotify.com/episode/0M6O53Inu4sm4rIPskPcAb?si=XoXj_h7NSPaMs6mwO9vblw
Er staat een vrij fors interview met mij in Filosofie Magazine, over oneindigheid en mijn nieuwe boek. Wel achter een betaalmuur, ben ik bang! Zou binnenkort ook op papier in de winkel moeten liggen.
https://www.filosofie.nl/oneindigheid-is-veel-simpeler-dan-we-denken/
https://www.filosofie.nl/oneindigheid-is-veel-simpeler-dan-we-denken/
‘Oneindigheid is veel simpeler dan we denken’
Oneindigheid is niet iets onbegrijpelijks, zegt filosoof Victor Gijsbers. Het oneindige zit juist overal in het dagelijks leven.
www.filosofie.nl
October 23, 2025 at 9:36 AM
Er staat een vrij fors interview met mij in Filosofie Magazine, over oneindigheid en mijn nieuwe boek. Wel achter een betaalmuur, ben ik bang! Zou binnenkort ook op papier in de winkel moeten liggen.
https://www.filosofie.nl/oneindigheid-is-veel-simpeler-dan-we-denken/
https://www.filosofie.nl/oneindigheid-is-veel-simpeler-dan-we-denken/
Nieuwe record: JA21 breekt verkiezingsbeloftes al weken voor de verkiezingen!
https://nos.nl/nieuwsuur/collectie/14005/artikel/2586491-ja21-veranderde-onvermeld-verkiezingsbeloftes-voor-doorrekening
https://nos.nl/nieuwsuur/collectie/14005/artikel/2586491-ja21-veranderde-onvermeld-verkiezingsbeloftes-voor-doorrekening
JA21 veranderde onvermeld verkiezingsbeloftes voor doorrekening
Zo heeft de partij een versnelde verhoging van de AOW-leeftijd laten doorrekenen bij het CPB. In 2060 zou de pensioenleeftijd 1,5 jaar hoger liggen. Dit staat echter niet in het partijprogramma.
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October 15, 2025 at 5:05 AM
Nieuwe record: JA21 breekt verkiezingsbeloftes al weken voor de verkiezingen!
https://nos.nl/nieuwsuur/collectie/14005/artikel/2586491-ja21-veranderde-onvermeld-verkiezingsbeloftes-voor-doorrekening
https://nos.nl/nieuwsuur/collectie/14005/artikel/2586491-ja21-veranderde-onvermeld-verkiezingsbeloftes-voor-doorrekening
I made a video on LLMs called 'Rise of the Description Machines'! It is empathically NOT about LLMs generating false answers, or 'hallucinating'. (It's not important to my analysis, but I think no LLM has ever said something false.)
The deception I'm talking of is instead, first, the companies […]
The deception I'm talking of is instead, first, the companies […]
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October 9, 2025 at 4:38 PM
I made a video on LLMs called 'Rise of the Description Machines'! It is empathically NOT about LLMs generating false answers, or 'hallucinating'. (It's not important to my analysis, but I think no LLM has ever said something false.)
The deception I'm talking of is instead, first, the companies […]
The deception I'm talking of is instead, first, the companies […]
Leiden has an opening for an assistant professor in African and Comparative Philosophy. Please send it on to anyone who might fit the profile!
https://careers.universiteitleiden.nl/job/Assistant-Professor-in-African-and-Comparative-Philosophy-%280_8-1_0-fte%29/16036-en_US
https://careers.universiteitleiden.nl/job/Assistant-Professor-in-African-and-Comparative-Philosophy-%280_8-1_0-fte%29/16036-en_US
Assistant Professor in African and Comparative Philosophy (0.8-1.0 fte)
Assistant Professor in African and Comparative Philosophy (0.8-1.0 fte)
careers.universiteitleiden.nl
October 9, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Leiden has an opening for an assistant professor in African and Comparative Philosophy. Please send it on to anyone who might fit the profile!
https://careers.universiteitleiden.nl/job/Assistant-Professor-in-African-and-Comparative-Philosophy-%280_8-1_0-fte%29/16036-en_US
https://careers.universiteitleiden.nl/job/Assistant-Professor-in-African-and-Comparative-Philosophy-%280_8-1_0-fte%29/16036-en_US
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@victorgijsbers De nacht van… morgen is als podcast of hier https://www.nporadio1.nl/podcasts/de-nacht-van terug te luisteren.
De Nacht van...
Mooie gesprekken uit het radioprogramma De Nacht van… Met verhalen die zowel avontuurlijk en meeslepend als gevoelig en kwetsbaar zijn. Vertelt vanuit een intimiteit die alleen de nacht kan bieden. Presentatie: Merel Wielaert, Shayno Numansen, Stijn Goossens, Benji Heerschop, Jan Willem Wesselink, Rosa Wierda, Ruben van Haften en Ruben Rosen Jacobson.
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October 8, 2025 at 12:35 PM
@victorgijsbers De nacht van… morgen is als podcast of hier https://www.nporadio1.nl/podcasts/de-nacht-van terug te luisteren.
Ik ben vannacht live op Radio 1 om over mijn Oneindigheid-boek te praten. Anderhalf uur lang! Met muzikale intermezzo's. Enige nadeel: het is van 2:00 am tot 3:30 am. 🙈
October 8, 2025 at 7:42 AM
Ik ben vannacht live op Radio 1 om over mijn Oneindigheid-boek te praten. Anderhalf uur lang! Met muzikale intermezzo's. Enige nadeel: het is van 2:00 am tot 3:30 am. 🙈
I finally got to the secret message that was hidden in my little paper umbrella, but now I don't know what it means! 😕 (Although Google Lens thinks it might have something to do with a roller skate center.)
October 6, 2025 at 11:22 AM
I finally got to the secret message that was hidden in my little paper umbrella, but now I don't know what it means! 😕 (Although Google Lens thinks it might have something to do with a roller skate center.)
When you want to turn on the dishwasher, but it's not quite full, so you're feeling just a slight bit of environmental guilt, and then you insert the last few things extra inefficiently so it *looks* more full than it really is, and you congratulate yourself with a job well done and turn the […]
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October 3, 2025 at 7:59 PM
When you want to turn on the dishwasher, but it's not quite full, so you're feeling just a slight bit of environmental guilt, and then you insert the last few things extra inefficiently so it *looks* more full than it really is, and you congratulate yourself with a job well done and turn the […]
Wil je mij horen spreken over het oneindige? Dinsdag 14 oktober in Leiden!
https://www.universiteitleiden.nl/agenda/2025/10/de-eindige-mens-in-de-oneindige-wereld
https://www.universiteitleiden.nl/agenda/2025/10/de-eindige-mens-in-de-oneindige-wereld
De eindige mens in de oneindige wereld
Victor Gijsbers is universitair docent filosofie aan de Universiteit Leiden. In het najaar van 2025 verschijnt zijn boek Oneindigheid: een filosofische gids. Wij mensen zijn te beklagen: we weten niet alles, we kunnen niet alles, we zijn slechts nietige stipjes in het eindeloze heelal, en tot…
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October 1, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Wil je mij horen spreken over het oneindige? Dinsdag 14 oktober in Leiden!
https://www.universiteitleiden.nl/agenda/2025/10/de-eindige-mens-in-de-oneindige-wereld
https://www.universiteitleiden.nl/agenda/2025/10/de-eindige-mens-in-de-oneindige-wereld
This arrived in the post today! My real actual physical book. 🥳😍😱😱😱
September 27, 2025 at 1:16 PM
This arrived in the post today! My real actual physical book. 🥳😍😱😱😱
That Kimmel monologue was fine, but (a) boy did he kiss some corporate ass, and (b) we're in trouble if free speech is to be guarded by the likes of Disney.
September 24, 2025 at 6:35 PM
That Kimmel monologue was fine, but (a) boy did he kiss some corporate ass, and (b) we're in trouble if free speech is to be guarded by the likes of Disney.
I just read some reports that show that in 2024, Dutch police officers shot their guns 214 times. (All of them together, I mean.)
Of those 214 shots, 194 were to kill a grievously wounded animal.
Of the remaining 20 shots, 8 were shots at an aggressive animal.
So there were -- I assume -- 12 […]
Of those 214 shots, 194 were to kill a grievously wounded animal.
Of the remaining 20 shots, 8 were shots at an aggressive animal.
So there were -- I assume -- 12 […]
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September 24, 2025 at 1:24 PM
I just read some reports that show that in 2024, Dutch police officers shot their guns 214 times. (All of them together, I mean.)
Of those 214 shots, 194 were to kill a grievously wounded animal.
Of the remaining 20 shots, 8 were shots at an aggressive animal.
So there were -- I assume -- 12 […]
Of those 214 shots, 194 were to kill a grievously wounded animal.
Of the remaining 20 shots, 8 were shots at an aggressive animal.
So there were -- I assume -- 12 […]
In two days my book comes out! (A Dutch book about the philosophy of infinity).
I'm REALLY NERVOUS! But about what? Reviews, most likely? Not sales, I don't think so. But I'm not even sure whether there will be reviews, or when they would appear...
I'm REALLY NERVOUS! But about what? Reviews, most likely? Not sales, I don't think so. But I'm not even sure whether there will be reviews, or when they would appear...
September 24, 2025 at 1:14 PM
In two days my book comes out! (A Dutch book about the philosophy of infinity).
I'm REALLY NERVOUS! But about what? Reviews, most likely? Not sales, I don't think so. But I'm not even sure whether there will be reviews, or when they would appear...
I'm REALLY NERVOUS! But about what? Reviews, most likely? Not sales, I don't think so. But I'm not even sure whether there will be reviews, or when they would appear...