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Postdoctoral position on "The roots of deduction", Groningen (The Netherlands)

https://sites.google.com/site/therootsofdeduction/post-doc-position-2015

Position  Within the VIDI project ?The Roots of Deduction? led by Catarina 
Dutilh Novaes, the Faculty of Philosophy of the University of Groningen 
(http://www.rug.nl/filosofie/?lang=en) is advertising a 12-month post-doc 
position (salary scale 11.0, EUR 3.259 gross per month), to commence in 
January 2015 or shortly thereafter. The successful candidate will be 
expected to participate in the activities of the project (seminars, 
reading groups etc.) and to conduct research related to the topics covered 
by the project (no teaching obligations included).  Topics  Given the 
broad scope of the project, candidates with a number of different 
backgrounds will be considered, as long as they have a keen interest in 
the general topic of deductive proofs in logic and mathematics. In 
particular, candidates may have the following areas of expertise:  · 
Ancient logic ·     Ancient mathematics (Greek as well as other 
traditions) ·     Philosophical logic and philosophy of logic · 
Philosophy of mathematics and philosophy of mathematical practice (proofs 
in particular) ·     Dialogical logic and games in logic ·     Deductive 
and mathematical cognition (psychology/cognitive science)  Candidate?s 
profile  Candidates will have just obtained or be about to obtain their 
PhD degrees. Since it was launched in 2011, the project has been running 
in a highly collaborative manner, and thus we are specifically looking for 
people who like to engage in collective research. Women and members of 
other underrepresented groups in philosophy are strongly encouraged to 
apply.  Application  To apply, send a CV (including the names of two 
referents), a cover letter and a short (circa 1000 words) research 
statement, elaborating on how your research interests intersect with the 
topics of the project, and how you see yourself contributing to the 
project?s investigations. For the latter, candidates are strongly 
encouraged to familiarize themselves with the questions, results and 
activities of the project by consulting the project?s website 
https://sites.google.com/site/therootsofdeduction/ The research statement 
will be the most important factor when evaluating the applications.  Send 
all the application material to rootsofdeduction@gmail.com, with subject 
?Post-doc application?. For further inquiries, contact Catarina Dutilh 
Novaes at c.dutilh.novaes@rug.nl.  Timeline  ·     Deadline for 
application: July 10th 2014 ·     Interviews (through video-conferencing): 
in the week of August 18th to 22nd 2014 ·     Start date: January 2015 or 
shortly thereafter

Organization The Faculty of Philosophy at the University of Groningen is a 
stimulating, lively and internationally oriented community of excellent 
lecturers and researchers. In the past decade, it has been consistently 
ranked as one of the top philosophy programs in the Netherlands, both on 
research and on teaching. The faculty has an interdisciplinary outlook and 
maintains strong ties with other faculties in the university.