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PhD student position in philosophy of cognitive science, Cologne (Germany), Deadline: 1 November 2014

PhD scholarship in Philosophy of Cognitive Science
University of Cologne

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

The scholarship recipient will be funded for up to three years starting in
January 2015 (or later). 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 and participating in conferences, workshops and
smaller meetings

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.

The University of Cologne is particularly interested in applications from
female candidates for this position and therefore strongly encourages women
to apply. Applications from disabled candidates will be given preference in
case of equal qualification.

Please send all documents as a single pdf file to Dr Vera Hoffmann-Kolss
(vera.hoffmann-kolss@uni-koeln.de) by November 1, 2014.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Candidates interested in this position should also consider applying for
the position in the sub-project led by Prof. Harbecke.
For more information please contact Prof. Harbecke (jens.harbecke@uni-
wh.de).