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PETAF Initial Training Network ("Perspectival Thoughts and Facts"): 7 PhD student positions in Barcelona, St.Andrews, Geneva, Paris, London, Stockholm, and Budapest

The PETAF FP7 Marie Curie Initial Training Network is pleased to announce
 
seven 3-year pre-doctoral positions in philosophy:

- Marie Curie Early Stage Researcher at the University of Barcelona
- Marie Curie Early Stage Researcher at the University of St. Andrews
- Marie Curie Early Stage Researcher at the University of Geneva
- Marie Curie Early Stage Researcher at the cole des Hautes tudes en 
Sciences 
Sociales, Paris
- Marie Curie Early Stage Researcher at the University of London
- Marie Curie Early Stage Researcher at the University of Stockholm
- Marie Curie Early Stage Researcher at the Central European University, 
Budapest.

PETAF is the first research and training network exclusively in philosophy
 
ever to be financed by the European Commission. It aims to serve as a 
European research and training platform for joint philosophical research 
on perspectival thought, its linguistic expression and its consequences 
for our conception of objective, mind-independent reality. PETAF's 
research programme, which runs for 4 years, addresses both general issues
 
in metaphysics and in logic and semantics and specific issues in more 
specialised areas in which perspective-bound cognition plays a pivotal 
role. For further information, consult PETAF's webpage 
http://www.ub.edu/petaf/.

Successful candidates will be recruited by the respective institution 
under renewable one-year contracts (starting date: 01 October 2010). 
Salaries vary according to the country where the appointing institution is
 
located, reflecting differences in living expenses. Successful applicants
 
will immediately be admitted to the local doctoral programme without 
having to pay tuition fees. Throughout the time of their appointment, they
 
will pursue research in one or more of the four philosophical 
subdisciplines covered by PETAF's research programme, i.e. the philosophy
 
of logic and language, metaphysics, the philosophy of mind, and the theory
 
of norms and value. They will spend up to 30% of the time of their 
appointment with other network partners, some of this percentage in 
secondment at PETAFs non-academic partners.

Further Particulars can be found under http://www.ub.edu/petaf/

This call is open to candidates of all nationalities as long as they 
comply with the European Commission's Mobility Requirement (see Further 
Particulars). Eligible candidates must be in the first 4 years of their 
research careers, starting at the date of obtaining the degree that would
 
formally entitle them to embark on a doctorate in philosophy.

All applications must be submitted by email to the Coordinator under 
petaf.management@gmail.com. Applications must include a completed 
Application Form, an up-to-date CV, a two-page research proposal, a 
written work sample of preferably no more than 5000 words, and two letters
 
of reference. Candidates should ask their referees to write to the 
Coordinator directly. Proof of a master's degree, or equivalent, in 
philosophy or cognate disciplines, and proof of English language 
proficiency must also be provided. Applicants can apply for more than one
 
position, but must provide one application per position applied for. (Only
 
one set of reference letters is required.) For further details of the 
requirements and the exact application procedure, please consult the PETAF
 
webpage under http://www.ub.edu/petaf/?q=content/calls

The deadline for applications is 19 March 2010, 12pm (Central European 
Time).

The appointing institutions endeavour to ensure a fair female 
representation by promoting real equal access opportunities between men 
and women throughout the selection process, and explicitly encourage women
 
to apply.