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Postdoctoral position on "bridging causal and explanatory reasoning", Tilburg (The Netherlands), Deadline: 20 Dec 2014

The Tilburg Center for Logic, General Ethics, and Philosophy of Science at 
the University of Tilburg, the Netherlands invites applications for a 
two-year postdoctoral fellowship. Candidates must hold a Ph.D by the time 
of appointment and demonstrate excellence in research in one or more of 
the following areas of specialization: philosophy of science, philosophy 
of cognitive science, epistemology, experimental philosophy, or cognitive 
psychology.

The postdoc will be part of Matteo Colombo & Jan Sprenger's research 
project titled "Bridging Causal and Explanatory Reasoning. Normative and 
Empirical Considerations" funded by the DFG, German Research Foundation, 
as part of the Priority Program 1516 New Frameworks of Rationality. The 
project aims to bridge psychological and philosophical approaches to 
explanatory reasoning, with a focus on the following questions: (a) Is 
explanatory value exclusively tied to causality? (b) How could measures of 
explanatory power be fruitfully related to measures of causal strength? 
(c) In what ways can explanatory, causal, and probabilistic reasoning be 
fruitfully unified? While these questions are a central focus of the 
project, there will also be substantial opportunity for the postdoctoral 
fellow to influence the direction of research. A full description of the 
project can be accessed through the following link:


http://www.uni-giessen.de/cms/faculties/f06/psy/departments-1/cognitive-science/spp1516?set_language=en

Details about the vacancy, along with a link to submit an application can 
be found through the webpage:

https://www.tilburguniversity.edu/about/working-at/wp/

Required documents -- to be submitted as a single pdf file:
- Cover Letter
- Curriculum Vitae
- A max 2-page research statement, outlining the projects/papers the candidate would like to carry out/write during the fellowship
- A max 5000-word sample of written work
- Graduate Transcript (Optional)
- 2 letters of reference should be emailed directly to tilps@uvt.nl with subject line: "postdoctoral vacancy"

Deadline: December, 20, 2014.
Interviews will be held in early January 2015.
Inquiries should be directed to dr. Matteo Colombo, e-mail m.colombo@uvt.nl