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PhD scholarship in philosophy of cognitive science, Witten/Herdecke (Germany), Deadline: 1 Nov 2014

PhD scholarship at Witten/Herdecke University, Germany
Philosophy of Cognitive Science
beginning 1st January 2015, up to 3 years

Witten/Herdecke University (Germany) offers a doctoral scholarship in the
philosophy of cognitive science. The candidate is expected to develop a
dissertation within the project "Levels: mechanistic, organizational,
mereological" led by Prof. Jens Harbecke (Witten/Herdecke). This project is
part of the joint project "Causation and Computation in Cognitive
Neuroscience" led by Prof. Oron Shagrir (Jerusalem, Israel), Prof. Jens
Harbecke (Witten/Herdecke), and Dr Vera Hoffmann-Kolss (Cologne, Germany),
funded by the German-Israeli Foundation (GIF). For more details on the
project, please visit our preliminary website:
http://www.jensharbecke.com/8.html

The scholarship recipient will be funded for up to three years starting in
January 2015 (or shortly afterwards). The grant amounts to 1400 Euro per
month in the first year, 1450 Euro in the second, and 1500 Euro in the
third.

THE SUCCESSFUL CANDIDATE WILL HAVE
- an excellent Master's degree in philosophy, cognitive science, or a
related discipline
- very good writing and presentation skills in English; knowledge of the
German language is an advantage, but not mandatory
- an affinity with interdisciplinary research
- an interest in organizing of, and participating in, conferences and
workshops

APPLICATION
Your application should include a letter of motivation, your CV with at
least two addresses of potential referees, academic certificates
(transcript of records), and a short text (max. 600 words) explaining your
vision on the topic of the project and reflecting on philosophical
questions that you consider important in the study.

Witten/Herdecke University explicitly supports diversity. Therefore, we
specifically encourage women to apply for this scholarship.
Please send all documents as a single pdf file to Prof. Jens Harbecke
(jens.harbecke@uni-wh.de) by 1 November 2014.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Candidates interested in this position should also consider applying for
the PhD-scholarship within the sub-project led by Dr Hoffmann-Kolss.
For more information please contact Dr Hoffmann-Kolss (vera.hoffman-
kolss@uni-koeln.de).