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postdoc (2 years) / Histories of Thought Experiments (EXPIRED)

Centre for Science Studies, University of Aarhus

Job category Postdoc or similar / Fixed term
AOS Philosophy / History of Physics / Philosophy of Physics / Epistemology
AOS categories Epistemology
Philosophy of Physics
Philosophy of Science
AOC Open
Workload Full time
Vacancies 1
Organization's reference number 759582
Location Aarhus, Central Jutland, Denmark
Start date flexible
Job description

The project Intuitions in Science and Philosophy hires

-        2 postdocs and

-        1 PhD student.

Application deadline: Nov 1, 2015

The Sapere Aude project Intuitions in Science and Philosophy, funded by the Danish Council for Independent Research and led by Samuel Schindler, will investigate the role and nature of intuitive judgements in science and philosophy. Whereas intuitive judgements in philosophy have been much debated in recent years, little attention has been paid to intuitive judgments in science. This is where the project will step in. In particular, it will investigate intuitive judgements in thought experiments in physics and in the form of acceptability judgements in linguistics. The results of these investigations will be related to debates about the evidential function of intuitive judgements in philosophy.

The project will cooperate with several renowned scholars in the field and organize two major conferences and a workshop. Each of the project members will be able to visit the project’s cooperation partners abroad. The starting date is negotiable. The project duration is four years, starting in Janurary 2016. The project team will consist of 2 postdocs, 1, PhD student, and the PI. The tasks of the postdoc will be roughly as follows:

Postdoc position 2 (2 years): “Histories of thought experiments”. In a set of extended historical case studies the postdoc will investigate the role intuitive judgments in thought experiments have played in theory choice. The applicant can be a philosopher, but should have strong interests and competences in the history of science (and ideally, physics). 

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The project will be located at the Centre for Science Studies at the Department of Mathematics and associated with the Department of Philosophy at Aarhus University. The project members are expected to move to Aarhus. The project language is English. Also teaching in English is possible.

For further information and questions contact Samuel Schindler ([email protected]) or visit http://projects.au.dk/intuitions/.

How to apply
Application type Online
Web address to apply http://www.au.dk/en/about/vacant-positions/scienti...
Email to apply
Hard deadline November 1, 2015, 6:59pm CET
Contact
Web address for more information http://projects.au.dk/intuitions/
Contact name Samuel Schindler
Contact email
Contact phone 0045-871-56308
Bookkeeping
Time created August 21, 2015, 10:45am UTC
Scheduled expiry date November 1, 2015, 6:59pm CET
Expired on November 2, 2015, 6:59pm CET
Last updated January 1, 2016, 3:00pm UTC
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