PhD position (EXPIRED)

1 Full time PhD scholarship in Philosophy from October 1st, 2013, at Utrecht University, The Netherlands (4-year duration)  

On his budget of a Distinguished Professor at Utrecht University, The Netherlands, Prof. dr. Herman Philipse will appoint one full-time PhD student from 1 October 2013.  

Job category: PhD position Duration: Maximally 4 years

Workload: Full time

Disciplines: Epistemology/Philosophy of Biology/Meta-ethics

Salary: € 2.062,- gross per calendar month in the first year, increasing to a  maximum of € 2.638,- gross per calendar month in the fourth year and is in accordance with the current pay scales as indicated in the Collective Labour Agreement (CAO) of Dutch Universities. An appointment with Utrecht University includes a pension build-up and facilitates other benefits such as an annual holiday allowance of 8% and an end-of-year bonus of 8.3%

Location: Utrecht, The Netherlands  

Deadline for receipt of applications: June 2nd, 2013  

Further Inquiries: Professor Herman Philipse (Herman.Philipse[at]phil.uu.nl)  

Job Description: Candidates are asked to apply on the basis of their own research proposal, which should be situated within one of the following sub-disciplines of (analytic) philosophy: epistemology, the philosophy of biology, and meta-ethics. During the first year, relevant literature will be studied and the research proposal will be further developed. During the remaining 3 years, a dissertation and two articles for an A or B journal will be written. Some teaching will be involved (not more than one seminar a year), and the PhD student will be the convenor of the Dutch Research Seminar for Analytic Philosophy, which meets once a month in Utrecht. At least once a month there will be a tutorial with the supervisor (Prof. Philipse).  

Eligibility: Applicants are expected to hold a good honours degree in a relevant subject and to have obtained a good result (merit or distinction or equivalent) in a postgraduate qualification (MA or equivalent) in Philosophy and, preferably, also in another discipline relevant to their research project. They should be ambitious and aim at a career in research.  

Application procedure:

Go to the website of Utrecht University athttp://ssl1.peoplexs.com/Peoplexs22/CandidatesPortalNoLogin/Vacancy.cfm?PortalID=4124&VacatureID=577638&BedrijfID=0  and submit the following material before June 2nd, 2013.

1. A personal statement stating clearly why you wish to prepare your doctorate at the Department of Philosophy, Utrecht University, The Netherlands
2. Your curriculum vitae, including academic qualifications and a list of publications
3. An official university transcript of your grades
4. Two academic references
5. A description of your research project of 1500 words (references to literature included).