The Chair of Philosophy of Language and Cognition at the Ruhr University Bochum invites applications for

*** 3 PHD OR POSTDOC STIPENDIARY FELLOWSHIPS ***

A. NEUROPHILOSOPHY/PHILOSOPHY OF MIND & LANGUAGE

The candidate should have a strong interest in relating empirical methods to philosophical questions regarding mind and language. The successful applicant will be expected to investigate these questions among others with EEG methods. Some background in statistics and eventually some affinity to an empirical or mathematical discipline (psychology, neuroscience, linguistics, physics, biology, computer science, mathematics, engineering etc.) would be welcome.

B. Philosophy of Language/Philosophical Semantics

The candidate should have a strong interest in the interface between philosophy of language and linguistics. Some background in logic or formal semantics would be welcome. The candidate should be open to the empirical investigation of language comprehension.

C. Philosophy of Cognition/Epistemology

The candidate should have a strong background in epistemology, logic, the theory of mental representation and/or the theory of reasoning. The successful applicant will be expected to integrate empirical methods and/or computer simulations into the philosophical investigation of cognition.

Each of the three positions will be filled either with a PhD candidate or a postdoc for up to three years.

Depending on qualification the stipendiary fellowship will match the net income of  a

·         50% TV-L E13 position  (PhD candidate, approx. 1300€/month),

·         75% TV-L E13 position  (advanced PhD candidate/early postdoc, approx. 1700€/month),

·         100% TV-L E13 position   (postdoc, approx. 2100€/month), respectively.

Applications should specify the name of the position and whether a PhD or postdoc stipendiary fellowship is applied for. They should include a statement of interest (not more than one page), a CV, a list of publications, copies of relevant certificates and diploma, one letter of reference and the names of two further referees.

Applications should be sent electronically to jobs-mrg1phil@... by March 20, 2012. We regret that we will not be able to return any submitted material and send out negative notifications.

For further information please visit the webpage http://www.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/phil-lang/jobs.html or contact Professor Markus Werning (markus.werning@...) directly.

The Ruhr-University Bochum is committed to equal opportunity. We strongly encourage applications from qualified women and persons with disabilities.

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Univ.-Prof. Dr. Markus Werning
Professor of Philosophy of Language and Cognition
Department of Philosophy
Ruhr University Bochum
44780 Bochum, Germany
Homepage: www.rub.de/phil-lang
Email: markus.werning@...
Phone: +49-234-32-24734
Fax: +49-234-32-14463
Secretary: +49-234-32-26739