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PhD scholarships in Neurophilosophy, Munich (Germany), Deadline: 1 Feb 2014

PhD-scholarships in Neurophilosophy

The Graduate School of Systemic Neurosciences (GSN) at LMU Munich invites 
applications for several PhD scholarships in Neurophilosophy. The GSN is 
the teaching entity for the Munich Center of Neurosciences - Brain & Mind 
(MCN). Through creating an interdisciplinary network of research the GSN 
provides a stimulating environment for students and faculty to produce 
novel formulations of current concepts and theories.

Successful applicants will be affiliated with the Research Center for 
Neurophilosophy and Ethics of Neurosciences at the GSN. We especially 
encourage projects in the following areas:

· philosophy of cognitive neuroscience (explanation, reduction)

· philosophy and cognitive science of agency (mental causation, free will, 
moral psychology, abilities)

· philosophy and cognitive science of reasoning (e.g. deductive and 
non-deductive reasoning, logic and neural networks, decision making)

· ethics of neuroscience (research ethics, enhancement)

  In each application round we encourage applications in focus areas in 
order to build

small research groups. In the 2013/14 round the focus areas are:

· reasoning and decision making (esp. deductive and non-deductive 
reasoning in science and ordinary life, individual and collective decision 
making)

· human agency (esp. mental causation, complex action, multi-tasking, 
attention, reductive and non-reductive explanation of agency


However, single exceptional and independent projects in one of the other 
areas are also encouraged.

Applicants should have advanced training in philosophy (typically a 
Master?s degree in philosophy) and a genuine interest in the 
neurosciences. This includes the willingness to acquire substantial 
knowledge of empirical work relevant to their philosophical project. 
Cooperative projects with empirical scientists in the network of the MCN 
are strongly encouraged. The reasoning and decision making projects are 
closely linked to the research of the MCMP (http://www.lmu.de/mcmp) and at 
least one supervisor should be a member of the MCMP.

The application period will open on December 1st and will close on 
February 1st. Please check our website (www.neuro.philosophie.lmu.de) for 
details concerning the application procedure. The application includes an 
outline of your proposed research project, a CV, an official transcript of 
your academic work (list of attended courses; grades), diplomas and two 
separate academic reference letters. Please also name two potential 
supervisors from the core or affiliated faculty of the Research Center.