PhD (or Postdoc) Position in Philosophy Position available at the Institute of Philosophy II Ruhr-University Bochum

Title of the Collaborative Project: Automaticity in Thought and Action and Its Significance for our Self-Understanding
Thematic Framework for the Position: Philosophy of Self-Deception, Self-Consciousness or Self-Understanding

At the Institute of Philosophy II of the Ruhr-University in Bochum a position for a PhD student (50 % TVL) or a postdoc position (100% TVL) is offered in the area of philosophy of mind and cognition in the research group of Prof. Albert Newen (presupposing the formal contract of the third-party funding). The position is available for a period of three years (with an assessment after the first year). Given the formal contract for the envisioned funding, the project will be situated in Bochum but developed in a close collaboration with philosophers from Duisburg-Essen and Dortmund. Furthermore, it is connected with the Anneliese-Meier-Award of the Humboldt-Foundation (held by Prof. Shaun Gallagher in cooperation with Prof. Newen in Bochum). Thus candidates should be interested in working out project in the area of the philosophy of mind and cognition within the thematic framework of the position determined by the research project.

Preconditions: The applicants are expected to have an excellent M.A. (or Staatsexamen degree) in Philosophy. Their area of expertise should be in Philosophy of Mind and/or Epistemology/Philosophy of Perception and they should be familiar with at least one of the following areas: Cognitive Psychology, Behavioral Biology, Artificial Intelligence or Neuroscience. The applicant need not speak German at the time of application but he or she should be willing to learn German in order to be able to engage in everyday conversations soon. Candidates should be prepared to participate in weekly meetings of the research group of Prof. Newen in Bochum.

The position is available from 1st of January 2017. The position is available for a period of three years (with an assessment after the first year). Please submit your applications with the usual documents (CV; copies of all certificates; a list of publications, talks, conferences attended and teaching experience, but without copies of your writings) and please send an outline of a project for the PhD- or postdoc-project (max. 1,5 pages). Please produce one PDF with all documents and submit them via email until 24th of September 2016 to (hard copy submissions cannot be returned): sekretariat-newen@RUB.DE