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PhD position in philosophy ("The origins of truth"), Amsterdam

The Universiteit van Amsterdam seeks to fill a PhD-position in philosophy.
This is either a 3-year traject with a full-time employment, or a four
year traject on the basis of a 0,75 employment. It forms a part of the
overall project ?The origins of truth and the origins of the sentence?
recently funded by the Netherlands Organisation of Scientific Research
(NWO) and directed by Dr. Wolfram Hinzen (w.hinzen@uva.nl), to whom all
inquiries should be addressed. The PhD-subproject deals with the
metaphysics, epistemology, and psychology of truth. The overall project,
which consists of two further projects, is concerned with the origin and
nature of human propositional thought and its relation to the human
faculty of language. We seek an enthousiastic candidate with an active
interest in the culture of our richly interdisciplinary research
environment ? consisting specifically of the Philosophy Department, the
Institute for Logic, Language and Computation (ILLC), the Amsterdam Centre
of Language and Communication (ACLC), the Amsterdam School of Cultural
Analysis (ASCA), and the Cognitive Science Centre (CSCA). All students in
the possession of a relevant (Research-)Masters or equivalent
qualification who think they have an appropriate background (e.g. in
metaphysics, but also in philosophy of mind, philosophy of science,
epistemology, philosophy of language, or philosophical logic)  are
encouraged to apply. Some knowledge of theoretical linguistics, especially
in generative linguistics, is a plus but no requirement. The envisaged
start date for the position is 1 September 2006.

Please send a cover letter containing (i) a statement of your
philosophical interests in general and your specific interest in the
thematic area of this project, (ii) a full CV with names and contact
addresses of at least two potential referees (letters of recommendation
need not be sent at this point).

Send applications to Dr. Wolfram Hinzen, Universiteit van Amsterdam,
Nieuwe Doelenstraat 15, 1012 CP Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Applications
are reviewed as of now, an official deadline will be announced later. It
should be noted that PhD (?Aio?) positions in the Netherlands are
essentially faculty positions. In this case, the position also involves
the option to spend some periods of time in the respective institutions of
project partners abroad.