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Two postdoctoral positions in Theoretical Philosophy, Utrecht (The Netherlands), Deadline: 25 Oct 2010

The Department of Philosophy, Utrecht University, has vacancies for two 
Post-Doc Researchers in Theoretical Philosophy.

Submission deadline: 25 October 2010

Job description:

The positions are part of the research project 'Indeterminism Ltd.: An 
intervention on the free will debate', which is a five year project on the 
notions of indeterminism, intervention, and free will, funded by a 
Starting Grant of the European Research Council. One job is for working on 
a sub-project on limited indeterminism, substances and capacities. The 
other job is for working on a new libertarian, interventionist account of 
free will based on limited indeterminism.

For a more detailed description of the project and the jobs, please see 
the link below.

Qualifications: We are looking for two talented and dedicated young 
researchers with a strong PhD in a relevant area of philosophy and with 
proven research capabilities, who are willing to work in an active team. 
The research carried out in the project includes logic and philosophy of 
science, and the applicants should preferably have some background in 
these fields. Fluency in English is required.

Terms of employment: We offer two full-time positions (1,0 fte), 
consisting of an initial period of 24 months which, after a satisfactory 
evaluation, will be extended by another 12 months (3 years in total). The 
salary will be on scale 10 of the Dutch university salary scheme (in the 
range between EUR 2,379 and EUR 3,755 gross per month).

The positions are available from 1 January 2011. A later starting date in 
one of the first months of 2011 is negotiable.

For further details and information on how to apply, see here: 
http://www.uu.nl/faculty/humanities/NL/Onderzoek/onderzoekinstituten/zeno/actueel/Pages/20101004-researchers-theoretical-philosophy.aspx