Research Fellow “The Epistemic Innocence of Imperfect Cognitions” (EXPIRED)

Link to job ad: http://goo.gl/Ex59t

This post arises from an AHRC Fellowship awarded to me for a project entitled “The Epistemic Innocence of Imperfect Cognitions”. The project aims to develop the notion of epistemic innocence and to investigate whether delusional beliefs, distorted memories and confabulatory explanations can ever have epistemic benefits which outweigh their epistemic faults.

Qualifications: PhD relevant to research area (Philosophy of Mind, Philosophy of Psychology, Philosophy of Psychiatry).

The post is fixed term for 12 months, starting 2 September 2013, and part time at 30% FTE. Deadline 11th July 2013.
Full job description can be found here: http://www.download.bham.ac.uk/vacancies/jd/51057.pdf

Email Lisa Bortolotti for informal inquiries. Some information about the project can be found here:

• Website: www.epistemic-innocence.com
• Blog: www.imperfectcognitions.blogspot.co.uk

Lisa Bortolotti
Professor of Philosophy
University of Birmingham
Edgbaston B15 2TT, Birmingham (UK)
http://www.lisabortolotti.com