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Postdoctoral position in evidential pluralism in the social sciences, Canterbury (England), Deadline: 13 Jun 2019

We?re looking for a postdoctoral philosopher of science to work on a research project ?Evidential pluralism in the social sciences?:
https://jobs.kent.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx?ref=HUM-009-19 <https://jobs.kent.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx?ref=HUM-009-19>
The application deadline is 13 June.

The project (and the postdoc position) starts on 1st September, runs for 3 
years, and is funded by the Leverhulme Trust.

The aim of the project is to investigate the extent to which some recent 
developments in the philosophy of evidence-based medicine (see, 
e.g.,Evaluating evidence of mechanisms in medicine 
<https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-319-94610-8>) can be applied 
to evidence-based policy in the social sciences, and whether they can 
provide new philosophical foundations for mixed-methods research in the 
social sciences.

The Philosophy department 
<https://www.kent.ac.uk/european-culture-languages/philosophy/research> at 
the University of Kent has two main research clusters: theoretical 
reasoning (which covers scientific method and this project), and practical 
reasoning. This project is also associated with the Centre for Reasoning 
<https://research.kent.ac.uk/reasoning/>, which offers an 
interdisciplinary forum for exchange of ideas on reasoning, inference and 
methodology.

Canterbury <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canterbury> is an attractive 
city in East Kent, next to the Kent downs <https://www.kentdowns.org.uk/>, 
which offer excellent walking and cycling. Canterbury is 20 minutes from 
the seaside at Whitstable and there is a range of nice beaches 
<https://www.kentlive.news/whats-on/family-kids/13-best-sandy-beaches-kent-410723> 
within about 40 minutes. Although the cost of living is quite high in much 
of South East England, East Kent is one of the less expensive areas and 
it?s perfectly possible to live well on a postdoc?s salary within walking 
distance of the University of Kent and Canterbury town centre. France is 
easily accessible by ferry from Dover, which is half an hour away, or by 
train from Ashford or Folkestone, which are also nearby. There are quick 
train links <https://www.eurostar.com/uk-en/destinations> to Paris and 
Brussels, and London is about 50 mins away by train.

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