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PhD student position "Argumentative Networks", Brussels (Belgium), Deadline: 15 June 2009

At the Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Center for Logic and Philosophy of 
Science, a full-time and fully funded position for a Ph.D. student is 
available for a four-year period, starting at the earliest moment (as 
early as 1 July 2009).

The topic of the research project, funded by the FWO-Vlaanderen (Research 
Foundation Flanders), is: ?Argumentative networks: a still missing 
integration of philosophical approaches to argumentation with AI-models, 
with an application to mathematical practice.? The intended application is 
the classification theorem of the finite, simple groups. We are therefore 
looking for a student with a philosophical training, but with the required 
mathematical background to handle such proofs.

Please send your CV and a letter of motivation to Jean Paul Van Bendegem 
(jpvbende@vub.ac.be) before June 15, 2009. A more detailed project 
description can be found at 
http://www.vub.ac.be/CLWF/activities/argumentativenetworks.pdf