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Postdoctoral position in philosophy of mathematics (18m), Paris (France), Deadline: 4 Jan 2019

Université Paris 1 Panthéon - Sorbonne, CNRS, ENS

UMR 8590 IHPST - Institut d'Histoire et de Philosophie des Sciences et des 
Techniques

13, rue du Four - 75006 PARIS

The IHPST offers an 18 months post-doctoral grant in the framework of the 
ANR JCJC project « Bolzano?s Insights » (IBS), lead by F. Poggiolesi 
(Chargée de Recherche CNRS).

Any request of information about the project and the offer can be directly 
addressed to Francesca Poggiolesi, at the following e-mail address: 
poggiolesi@gmail.com

GENERAL INFORMATIONS

Contract length: 18 months,
Starting date: 18 February 2019,
Amount of work:  full-time,

Salary: in between 3007,25 and 3100 euro (per month, without taxes),
Experience: from 1 to 4 years after Ph.D.

TASKS

The selected candidate will be part of the IBS team lead by F. Poggiolesi 
and hosted by the IHPST, UMR 8590, directed by Pierre Wagner.

The selected candidate will develop original research in collaboration 
with F. Poggiolesi (by applying proof-theoretic techniques) on the concept 
of mathematical explanation, and more widely on the notion of non-causal 
explanation. This research will be developed in the framework of the IBS 
project whose main goal is to construct a neo-Bolzanian theory of the 
notion of grounding and its relations with other concepts as the concept 
of mathematical explanation and that of causality.



COMPETENCES



The ideal candidate has a solid background in mathematics and/or in formal 
philosophy, with an important interest for the notion of scientific 
explanation.

An excellent knowledge of English (both written and spoken) is mandatory. 
The selected candidate will work in a French environment; thus a rough 
knowledge of French is useful.

WORK FRAMEWORK

The selected candidate will work in the framework of the IBS project, 
hosted by the IHPST, UMR 8590. We expect the selected candidate to take 
part of the IBS?s activities as well as of the IHPST?s ones. Moreover, we 
expect the selected candidate to interact with the other project?s 
members.

HOW TO APPLY

Interested persons are kindly invited to apply, by *January the 4th 2019*, 
via Portail Emploi https://emploi.cnrs.fr/ (at the bottom of the page on 
the right). They should submit a copy of the CV (including a detailed list 
of publications), a motivation letter, two reference letters and a sample 
of a representative article of the candidate?s previous research. Selected 
candidates will pass a Skype interview.

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