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CfA: 2-Year Postdoc in Philosophical Logic and the Philosophy of Logic, Prague (Czech Republic), deadline: 31 July 2026

We are seeking to fill a two-year postdoctoral position on the Czech Science Foundation project "SIMILE: Substitution in Material Inference and Logical Environments," led by Dr. Wesley Fussner at the Institute of Computer Science of the Czech Academy of Sciences.

The project seeks to develop conceptual and mathematical-symbolic frameworks for understanding material inferences, which have emerged as a central topic inferentialist projects as in the work of Sellars, Brandom, and Peregrin, among others. One special focus of the project's work is substitution (and especially the failure of substitution invariance), which has long been known to play a central role in materiality. We are also interested in how materiality manifests in different reasoning contexts, such as in mathematical reasoning, and how materiality interacts with traditional concerns of metalogic.

The successful candidate will join the PI's group (http://wesleyfussner.com/team.html) at the Institute of Computer Science of the Czech Academy of Sciences and will conduct research on the themes of the project both independently and in collaboration with the PI and other group members.

Informal inquiries are welcome and encouraged, and may be directed to the Wesley Fussner: fussner@cs.cas.cz <mailto:fussner@cs.cas.cz> 

Candidates should hold or expect a PhD and have a strong background in logic. The ideal candidate will have expertise in both philosophical logic and the philosophy of logic, with particular competency in one or more of the following areas:

* Metainference
* Inferentialism
* Algebraic methods in philosophical logic * Relevant logic * Metalogical properties of non-classical logics

The call will remain open until the position is filled, but applicants for the postdoctoral position should send their applications by 31 July 2026 to guarantee full consideration. Further information, including instructions on how to apply, may be found on the website of the Institute of Computer Science: https://www.cs.cas.cz/job-offer/Postdoctoral-Fellow-philosophy-fussner-2026/en
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