Philosophy, psychology and physics of time grants, University of Sydney

The Centre for Time at the University of Sydney is now accepting applications for a number of mini-grants for work in the philosophy, psychology and physics of time (other areas will be considered provided they have some bearing on the nature of time and/or conceptual issues of time).

Postdoc Fellowship, Hebrew University Jerusalem

THE SIDNEY M. EDELSTEIN CENTER FOR THE HISTORY AND PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND MEDICINE AT THE HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM, ISRAEL

Invites applications for

POST-DOCTORAL FELLOWSHIPS FOR THE ACADEMIC YEAR 2013-2014

The Sidney M. Edelstein Center for the History and Philosophy of Science, Technology, and Medicine at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem invites applications for post-doctoral fellowships in the history and philosophy of science, technology and medicine for the academic year 2013-2014.

Pittsburgh: Fellowships at the Center for Philosophy of Science

The application deadline of December 15 is approaching for senior, postdoctoral, and visiting fellowships at the Center for Philosophy of Science, University of Pittsburgh, for the academic year 2013-2014.

For more details, see joining on the Center Web site (http://www.pitt.edu/~pittcntr).

Cagliari: PhD positions in the Joint Ph.D. Program in History, Philosophy and Didactics of Science

University of Cagliari, Italy

CALL FOR STUDENT/PREDOC POSITIONS

We welcome and highly encourage applications by international students, as well as Italian ones, wishing to pursue a research project in areas of (1) history of science, (2) mathematical logic and philosophy of science, (3) didactics of science (4) theories of languages and scientific communication. We expect to admit a total of 4 students and award 2 fellowships (renewable up to completion of the program); 1 fellowship is reserved to international students. In addition, 2 more admissions (without any fellowship) are reserved to international students.

Aberdeen: PhD scholarships in philosophy of science

The University of Aberdeen is offering a number of PhD scholarships in Philosophy of Science, two for uptake in 2013 and two for uptake in 2014. Applications are invited for work in philosophy of physics, philosophy of biology (including neuroscience), general philosophy of science, philosophy of medicine and related areas. Projects with the potential for cross-collaboration with other areas in philosophy, with the history of science, or with the sciences themselves, are welcome. The philosophy of science is an area of particular strength at the University of Aberdeen, which also hosts the Centre for History and Philosophy of Science, Technology and Medicine (CHPSTM).

Postdoc in Metaphysics of Science, IHPST Paris

A postdoctoral position will be available at IHPST (Institut d’Histoire et de Philosophie des Sciences et des Techniques, Paris) within the French ANR funded project “Metaphysics of Science”, for one year (September/October 2013 – August/September 2014), renewable for a second year (September/October 2014 – August/September 2015).

Visiting Fellowships: Sydney Centre for the Foundations of Science

Call for Applications for Visiting Fellowships at the Sydney Centre for the Foundations of Science

We are currently inviting applications for one-semester visiting fellowships at The University of Sydney, for either second semester (August to November) 2013 or first semester (February to May) 2014. This program is associated with The Sydney Centre for the Foundations of Science (SCFS), a research centre promoting work into the logical, philosophical, and historical foundations of science (further details below). We are hoping to receive applications from leading historians and philosophers of science (including the special sciences and biomedical sciences) at any post-PhD career stage. This is the sixth round of such fellowships and we anticipate being able to offer them each year.

Postdoc: “Time and the structure of quantum theory”, Oxford

A postdoctoral research position is available at Oxford to work on the projects “Time and the structure of quantum theory” (FQXI) and “Device independent quantum information processing” (EPSRC) with Dr Jonathan Barrett. For full details please see

http://www.cs.ox.ac.uk/news/529-full.html

Note that the deadline is quite near — noon 17th September.

Start date is October 2012, or reasonably soon thereafter.

Rutgers: Postdocs in philosophy of cosmology

Rutgers University is seeking to appoint up to 3 post doctoral fellows in philosophy of cosmology. The positions will be associated with the Rutgers University Philosophy department and with a multi-university project in Philosophy of Cosmology. The post docs start September 1, 2012 or Jan 1, 2013. For more information see the project website <a href="Rutgers University is seeking to appoint up to 3 post doctoral fellows in philosophy of cosmology. The positions will be associated with the Rutgers University Philosophy department and with a multi-university project in Philosophy of Cosmology. The post docs start September 1, 2012 or Jan 1, 2013. For more information see the project website http://philocosmology.rutgers.edu/ or email Barry Loewer at loewer@rci.rutgers.edu.

LMU Munich: assistant, postdoc, doctoral positions in philosophy of science

The Chair of Philosophy of Science (Professor Stephan Hartmann) at the Faculty of Philosophy, Philosophy of Science and Study of Religion and the Munich Center for Mathematical Philosophy (MCMP) at Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich (LMU) seek applications for the following positions:

1. Three Assistant Professorships

2. Six Postdoctoral Fellowships

3. Six Doctoral Fellowships