Postdoc

Postdoc position in philosophy of psychology/cognitive science

The Cognition, Intention, and Action (CoInAct) Research Group and Section for Philosophy, Faculty of Humanities, University of Copenhagen (UCPH), Denmark, invite applications for a full-time postdoctoral position in philosophy of psychology/cognitive science. The position is for 2 1/2 years and includes 1/2 year of teaching.

The postdoc will be part of a project entitled Selection in Cognition funded by the Carlsberg Foundation and headed by Professor Søren Kyllingsbæk and Professor Thor Grünbaum.The Selection in Cognition project develops and tests a new theory of basic cognitive selection mechanisms by combining methods and perspectives from experimental psychology, cognitive neuroscience, mathematical modelling, and philosophy. A successful applicant is expected to familiarize themselves with recent work by Prof. Thor Grünbaum and situate their research plan within the framework of the Selection in Cognition project. For more information about the project, please contact Prof Thor Grünbaum ([email protected]).

The postdoc should be a philosopher with expertise in philosophy of psychology broadly conceived (incl. relevant epistemology, confirmation theory, philosophy of statistics, philosophy of mind, and philosophy of the cognitive sciences). Possible topics include the role of memory in temporally extended agency, recent discussions of reinforcement learning, or recent methodological discussions of construct validity and replication.

For more information, please see: https://employment.ku.dk/faculty/?show=164398