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PhD student positions in Epistemology and Philosophy of Mathematics and Logic, Pavia (Italy), Deadline: 3 Jun 2019

**PhD Program in Cognitive Neuroscience and Philosophy of Mind**

***IUSS Pavia* / *San Raffaele University Milan*

*/Epistemology and Philosophy of Mathematics and Logic/* (/*eMath*/)

/*Project*/

http://www.iusspavia.it/en/-/emath_project <http://www.iusspavia.it/projects>*

A call for **2 three-year fully funded PhD positions** funded by IUSS 
research program */Epistemology and Philosophy of Mathematics and Logic/* 
(/*eMath*/) is open within the PhD Program in *Cognitive Neuroscience and 
Philosophy of Mind*, promoted by a consortium between the School for 
Advanced Studies IUSS Pavia and Vita-Salute San Raffaele University in 
Milan.

A total of *5 PhD positions* is available, the remaining three of which in 
the areas covered by the PhD Program - including (a) Theoretical syntax 
and neurolinguistics; (b) Cognitive and neurocognitive science; (c) 
Philosophy (see http://www.iusspavia.it/research-fields2).


The /*Epistemology of Mathematics and Logic*/ project promotes advanced 
research, activities, and networking in the areas of the epistemology and 
philosophy of mathematics and logic. Research is fostered on several 
themes concerning major contemporary debates in the philosophy of 
mathematics and logic, especially when merging technical and formal skills 
with broader theoretical issues in epistemology, ontology, logic, 
philosophy of language and philosophy of science.

Within this broader field of interests, the following are privileged - although 
non-exclusive - areas of inquiry:

  * the nature of mathematical and logical knowledge;
  * epistemic problems of the major philosophical accounts of
    mathematics (logicism, neo-logicism, structuralism, nominalism,
    fictionalism, etc.);
  * origins and heritage of classical foundational projects, with
    particular attentions to the logicist, formalist, intuitionist and
    structuralist traditions;
  * issues concerning mathematical definitions, especially as
    abstractionist programmes are concerned;
  * semantic issues for logical and mathematical language;
  * the applicability of mathematics and philosophical issues concerning
    mathematical practice;
  * the nature of mathematical explanation and its interactions with
    scientific and logical explanation;
  * the application of theories of grounding to the metaphysics and
    epistemology of mathematics and logic;
  * the justification and revisability of classical and non-classical
    logical laws;
  * abductive methodology in the choice of logical and mathematical
    theories;
  * applications of experimental epistemology to mathematics and logic;
  * problems of philosophical methodology and the justification of
    logical and mathematical theories;
  * pluralist and relativist views in logic and mathematics.

The project regularly organizes scientific activities (workshop, seminars, 
reading groups, masterclasses, etc.), incoming and outgoing visiting exchanges 
are promoted for both younger and established scholars, and dissemination of 
knowledge via teaching, participation to conferences and publications is 
encouraged.

Visit http://www.iusspavia.it/en/-/emath_project 
<http://www.iusspavia.it/projects> and its subsections for a summary of our 
activities and research, and for opportunities to work with us!*/

/Info:* andrea.sereni@iusspavia.it
*/
Call for applications
/*http://www.iusspavia.it/bando2 (Italian)
http://www.iusspavia.it/call-for-applications2 (English)

Studentships amount to approx. 15.000?/year; monthly stipend is increased by 
50% during study exchanges abroad. The PhD program promotes mobility and 
internationalization, and additional inward and outward mobility funding can be 
made available via the /eMath/ project resources.

The PhD program issues a final joint certificate between San Raffaele Milan and 
IUSS Pavia.

A /*complete description*/ of the entire PhD program, the */official/* /*call*/ 
and links to the /*submission system*/ can be found at:
http://www.iusspavia.it/cognitive-neuroscience-and-philosophy-of-mind

*
****_Deadline for application is_**_: *_**_June 3, 2019_**_* (23.59 CET)_*.


Please pass on to potential PhD students.

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