1 two-year postdoctoral position in philosophy of mind (EXPIRED)

The Barcelona Institute of Analytic Philosophy (BIAP), a María de Maeztu Unit of Excellence financed by the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation (CEX2021-001169-M), offers 1 two-year postdoctoral position in philosophy of mind based at the University of Barcelona.

The gross salary is €36.000 per annum.

The successful candidate is expected to work on issues in philosophy of mind and to contribute to the pursuit of one of the following research objectives:

• to develop models of information transmission and transformation that help bridge the gap between philosophical accounts of representation and evidence coming from cognitive sciences;

• to examine hybrid representations to evaluate the evidence supporting their integration with general theories of mental representation;

• to critically assess the role of perceptual evidence in belief formation;

• to evaluate how empirical evidence in social perception and cognition helps develop a plausible account of social knowledge.

The successful candidate is further expected to actively participate in BIAP's research activities and in the organization of research and outreach events.

Selection criteria

Candidates from any country can apply, including non-EU members. To be eligible, candidates must hold a PhD degree in philosophy. Apart from the standard scientific criteria, selection will be guided by the following criteria:

• Candidates should command the English language in both written and spoken form.
• Candidates should have a solid background in analytic philosophy.
• Candidates should be familiar with neuroscience, psychology, and/or information theory.

BIAP strongly encourages applications from women and members of other groups underrepresented in the profession. 

Application material

The application package should include all of the following:

• motivation letter,
• curriculum vitae (incl. list of publications, if any),
• PhD certificate or equivalent,
• research proposal,
• 2 writing samples (in English and of reasonable length - entire theses will not be accepted),
• 2 confidential letters of reference (to be submitted by academic referees under separate cover).

All application documents (except the confidential reference letters) should be converted to PDF, not exceeding 2MB in total.
Applications, including all the requested application material, must be submitted via https://www.ub.edu/insgenct/inici.php?idioma=eng, with the call identifier BIAP _POSTDOC_WP4 mentioned under 'details of request'.

For further details of the call, the eligibility criteria, the application procedure, and the selection process, please go to https://www.ub.edu/biap/news/