From: dgphil-request(a)lists.Uni-Marburg.DE [mailto:dgphil-request@lists.Uni-Marburg.DE] On Behalf Of Matthias Warkus Sent: Sunday, October 05, 2014 10:46 PM To: dgphil(a)lists.Uni-Marburg.DE Subject: [DGPhil] Ausschreibung: PhD Scholarship, Universität Witten/Herdecke Ausschreibung Stellenausschreibung Bezeichnung der Stelle: PhD Scholarship Name und Ort der Hochschule: Universität Witten/Herdecke Text: Witten/Herdecke University (Germany) offers a doctoral scholarship in the philosophy of cognitive science. The candidate is expected to develop a dissertation within the project “Levels: mechanistic, organizational, mereological” led by Prof. Jens Harbecke (Witten/Herdecke). This project is part of the joint project “Causation and Computation in Cognitive Neuroscience” led by Prof. Oron Shagrir (Jerusalem, Israel), Prof. Jens Harbecke (Witten/Herdecke), and Dr Vera Hoffmann-Kolss (Cologne, Germany), funded by the German-Israeli Foundation (GIF). For more details on the project, please visit our preliminary website: http://www.jensharbecke.com/8.html The scholarship recipient will be funded for up to three years starting in January 2015 (or shortly afterwards). The grant amounts to 1400 Euro per month in the first year, 1450 Euro in the second, and 1500 Euro in the third. THE SUCCESSFUL CANDIDATE WILL HAVE - an excellent Master's degree in philosophy, cognitive science, or a related discipline - very good writing and presentation skills in English; knowledge of the German language is an advantage, but not mandatory - an affinity with interdisciplinary research - an interest in organizing of, and participating in, conferences and workshops APPLICATION Your application should include a letter of motivation, your CV with at least two addresses of potential referees, academic certificates (transcript of records), and a short text (max. 600 words) explaining your vision on the topic of the project and reflecting on philosophical questions that you consider important in the study. Witten/Herdecke University explicitly supports diversity. Therefore, we specifically encourage women to apply for this scholarship. Please send all documents as a single pdf file to Prof. Jens Harbecke (jens.harbecke(a)uni-wh.de ) by 1 November 2014. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION Candidates interested in this position should also consider applying for the PhD-scholarship within the sub-project led by Dr Hoffmann-Kolss. For more information please contact Dr Hoffmann-Kolss (vera.hoffman-kolss(a)uni-koeln.de). Einsender Name: Jens Harbecke E-Mail Adresse: jens.harbecke(a)uni-wh.de -- L a s z l o E. S z a b o Professor of Philosophy DEPARTMENT OF LOGIC, INSTITUTE OF PHILOSOPHY EOTVOS UNIVERSITY, BUDAPEST http://phil.elte.hu/leszabo