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Postdoctoral position on false belief understanding, Bochum (Germany), Deadline: 1 Mar 2018

Postdoc Position in Philosophy

Position available at the Institute of Philosophy II (Research Group: 
Prof. Newen)

Ruhr-University Bochum

Call for applications

Title of the Collaborative Project: The structure and development of 
understanding actions and reasons

Thematic Focus for the Position: The cognitive architecture of false 
belief understanding: Can mental files help to solve the false belief 
paradox?

At the Institute of Philosophy II of the Ruhr-University in Bochum a 
postdoc position (100% TVL) is offered in the area of philosophy of mind 
and cognition in the research group of Prof. Albert Newen (presupposing 
formal administrative consent of the university). The position is 
available for a period of three years (with an assessment after the first 
year). The subproject will be situated in Bochum and developed in a close 
collaboration with further philosophers from the universities Bochum 
(Prof. T. Schlicht) and Zurich (Prof. H.-J. Glock). In addition, the 
project is embedded in a close collaboration with the psychology 
department in Salzburg (Prof. J. Perner). Thus, ideally, the candidate has 
a strong background and interest in philosophy of mind and cognition as 
well as developmental psychology as a basis for grounding philosophical 
theories. These dimensions are expected to be applied to discuss the 
paradox of false belief understanding in the context of understanding 
actions and reasons of other agents.



Preconditions: The applicants are expected to have an excellent PhD in 
Philosophy. Their area of expertise should be in Philosophy of Mind and/or 
Philosophy of Understanding Others. They should, in addition, be familiar 
with at least one of the following areas: Cognitive Psychology, 
Developmental Psychology or Cognitive Neuroscience.

The applicants need not speak German at the time of application but he or 
she should be willing to learn German in order to be able to engage in 
everyday conversations soon. Candidates should be prepared to participate 
in weekly meetings of the research group or research colloquia of Prof. 
Newen in Bochum and take responsibility for working cooperatively in the 
research team. Teaching in English is expected in average one course per 
semester starting in the winter semester 2018/19. Topics of the teaching 
courses can be closely related to the research project.



The position is available from 1st June 2018. The position is available 
for a period of three years (with an assessment after the first year).

Please submit your applications with the usual documents (CV; copies of 
all certificates; a list of publications, talks, conferences attended and 
teaching experience ? together with one article or book chapter of your 
choice). Since the research project is thematically constraint, please 
send a description how you want to combine your work up to now with 
publications in the focus of the research project on false belief 
understanding (max. 1 page). Please make two PDF files: one with all 
documents and one with your article/book chapter and submit them via email 
until 1st of March 2018 to (hard copy submissions cannot be returned): 
sekretariat-newen (at) rub.de

More details can be found at: 
http://www.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/philosophy/ii/jobs.html.de

For specific questions please contact: albert.newen (at) rub.de
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