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Postdoc position in Theoretical Philosophy (fwd)

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Faculty of Philosophy
University of Groningen
The  Netherlands

Postdoc position
 
The Faculty invites applications for a postdoc in the Department of
Theoretical Philosophy (chairman: Prof.dr. T.A.F. Kuipers). The two
central interests of this department are
     
1)  logical and illogical thinking: patterns of reasoning in science
    and in everyday life,
2)  human and world views: knowledge and consciousness in the
    perspective of modern science.

For further information, consult the internet web site
http://www.philos.rug.nl and click on `faculteit' and then on theoretische
filosofie'.

All research in this department lies within the province of the research
school for Behavioral and Cognitive Neurosciences (BCN). Part of the
esearch is also subsumed in the national research school Logica.

The research of the postdoc should lie in one or more of the areas of
interest of the Department of Theoretical Philosophy: philosophy of
science, logic, theory of argumentation, theory of knowledge, philosophy
of mind, analytic philosophy or the philosophy of language. The work of
the successful candidate ought to mesh well with one or other of the
above-mentioned interests of the department.

Your profile
    - you should either have a Ph.D., or be about to obtain one (your
    thesis must have been completed as well as approved by the
    referees). The Ph.D. should pertain to philosophy or to some other
    discipline with strongly philosophical content.
    - you should be motivated to do fundamental philosophical research
    - you should possess demonstrable affinity with the department?s
    area of research and have a thorough knowledge of at least one
    these areas.
    - you should be capable of working as part of a team.

The University of Groningen offers a postdoctoral position for two years
on the basis of full-time employment, but also with option of a 4/5
appointment.

Further information
Prof. Dr. E.C.W. Krabbe, e-mail e.c.w.krabbe@philos.rug.nl, or Dr. J.
Peijnenburg, email peijnenburg@philos.rug.nl

If you wish to apply, you should submit your curriculum vitae, list of
publications, as well as two or three sheets A4 about the manner in which
you propose to give substance to the postdoctoral research period.

Your may send your application to Mrs G. Bosma, Faculty of Philosophy,
University of Groningen, Aweg 30, 9718 CW Groningen, The Netherlands. Your
application should reach Mrs Bosma before Friday, November 22, 2002.