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PhD or postdoctoral position in 'Automaticity in Thought and Action', Bochum (Germany), Deadline: 24 Sep 2016

PhD (or Postdoc) Position in Philosophy
Position available at the Institute of Philosophy II
Ruhr-University Bochum

Call for applications
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Title of the Collaborative Project: ?Automaticity in Thought and Action and Its 
Significance for our Self-Understanding?
Thematic Framework for the Position: Philosophy of Self-Deception, 
Self-Consciousness or Self-Understanding

At the Institute of Philosophy II of the Ruhr-University in Bochum a position 
for a PhD student (50 % TVL) or a postdoc position (100% TVL) is offered in the 
area of philosophy of mind and cognition in the research group of Prof. Albert 
Newen (presupposing the formal contract of the third-party funding). The 
position is available for a period of three years (with an assessment after the 
first year). Given the formal contract for the envisioned funding, the project 
will be situated in Bochum but developed in a close collaboration with 
philosophers from Duisburg-Essen and Dortmund. Furthermore, it is connected 
with the Anneliese-Meier-Award of the Humboldt-Foundation (held by Prof. Shaun 
Gallagher in cooperation with Prof. Newen in Bochum). Thus candidates should be 
interested in working out project in the area of the philosophy of mind and 
cognition within the thematic framework of the position determined by the 
research project.

Preconditions: The applicants are expected to have an excellent M.A. (or 
Staatsexamen degree) in Philosophy. Their area of expertise should be in 
Philosophy of Mind and/or Epistemology/Philosophy of Perception and they should 
be familiar with at least one of the following areas: Cognitive Psychology, 
Behavioral Biology, Artificial Intelligence or Neuroscience.
The applicant need not speak German at the time of application but he or she 
should be willing to learn German in order to be able to engage in everyday 
conversations soon. Candidates should be prepared to participate in weekly 
meetings of the research group of Prof. Newen in Bochum.

The position is available from 1st of January 2017. The position is available 
for a period of three years (with an assessment after the first year).
Please submit your applications with the usual documents (CV; copies of all 
certificates; a list of publications, talks, conferences attended and teaching 
experience ? but without copies of your writings)  and

please send an outline of a project for the PhD- or postdoc-project (max. 1,5 
pages). Please produce one PDF with all documents and submit them via email
until 24th of September 2016 to (hard copy submissions cannot be returned): 
sekretariat-newen@RUB.DE

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Sekretariat Prof. Dr. A. Newen
Institut für Philosophie II
Ruhr-Universität Bochum
Universitätsstr. 150
44801 Bochum
Tel.: (0049) 234-32 28139
Tel.: (0049) 234-32 22711
Fax:  (0049) 234-32 14963
sekretariat-newen@ruhr-uni-bochum.de

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