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PhD student scholarships in philosophy of mind and cognition, Wollongong (Australia)

The University of Wollongong?s Faculty of Law, Humanities and the Arts is 
offering two PhD scholarships to further enhance our growing strength in 
the Philosophy of Mind and Cognition. Scholarship are offered in 
conjunction with new appointments of Hutto as Professor of Philosophical 
Psychology and Gallagher as Professorial Fellow in Philosophy. 
Scholarships are available for commencement in either early or mid 2015.

Research Environment and Topics. Successful candidates will be supervised 
by Professor Hutto, Professor Gallagher and other members of the 
philosophy department. They will be expected to work on research topics 
connected with Enactive, Embodied, Extended and Scaffolded approaches to 
the Philosophy of Mind and Cognition. Possible topic areas include: 
emotions; emergence; group minds/group cognition; imagination; narrative 
and theory of mind; narrative explanation; narrative and selfhood; origins 
of content; scaffolded minds.

Projects that have the potential to connect with issues in Ethics, 
Political Philosophy, or Philosophy of Law are welcome, as these are also 
prominent areas of research at Wollongong.

Philosophy at UOW has a vibrant research community with a focus on 
contemporary and applied issues. The department regularly hosts workshops, 
conferences and visiting speakers in a variety of areas of philosophy, and 
Wollongong?s proximity to Sydney offers many opportunities to interact 
with others in the greater Sydney area.

For more details about the research environment and the philosophy program 
please contact Professor Daniel Hutto via 
ddhutto@uow.edu.au<mailto:ddhutto@uow.edu.au>

Eligibility and Application Details. PhD scholarship applicants should 
have a record of excellent academic performance and have attained one of 
the following qualifications: Honours First Class, a Masters degree by 
research or equivalent. Additional relevant research experience and/or 
peer-reviewed research activity, awards and/or prizes will be regarded 
favorably.

Applicants should submit a cover letter detailing relevant experience, a 
CV and an academic transcript to the Faculty Research Unit via 
lha_research@uow.edu.au<mailto:lha_research@uow.edu.au> . In addition 
applicants must submit a full Postgraduate Research Degree application 
through the UOW Postgraduate Research Degrees portal here: 
https://www.uow.edu.au/apply/index.html

Both domestic and international prospective students are encouraged to 
apply. The scholarship stipend is $AUD25,392pa, incremented annually for 3 
years.

Please note: applicants may also wish to submit an application for an 
Australian Postgraduate Award (APA), University Postgraduate Award (UPA) 
or International Postgraduate Research Award (IPRA): Deadline 17 October 
2014. For more information on Scholarships at UOW see: 
http://www.uow.edu.au/research/rsc/prospective/index.html