SILFS Prize for the Philosophy of Science 2018

SOCIETÀ ITALIANA DI LOGICA E FILOSOFIA DELLE SCIENZE

SILFS PRIZE FOR THE PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE 2018

1. The Italian Society for Logic and the Philosophy of Science (SILFS), in order to promote research in philosophy of science, establishes a prize called “SILFS Prize for the Philosophy of Science”.

2. The prize is awarded every two years.

3. Eligibility: all scholars affiliated to Italian/foreign Universities or Research Institutions, irrespective of their role, nationality, or gender, who have not yet reached the age of 40 by the deadline of this call for application.

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Call for nominations: Hanneke Janssen Memorial Prize 2018

The Jury would like to issue a call for nominations for the Hanneke Janssen Memorial Prize, which is awarded annually for the best work in History and/or Philosophy of Modern Physics, done by a student as a requirement for a Masters Thesis. The prize carries a 2000 euro award. Nominations for this Prize need to be submitted by a supervisor of the nominee before November 2, 2018.

For more details I refer to the Stipulations 2018.

The Jury:

Jos Uffink (University of Minnesota)
Klaas Landsman (Radboud University, Nijmegen)
Christopher Lehner (Max Planck Institute for History of Science)
Michiel Seevinck

CfA: 7th HPS Tuebingen Summer School – with Thomas Ryckman

The Forum Scientiarum (University of Tuebingen) kindly invites 15 graduate students and young researchers in the field of philosophy, physics, and mathematics, to apply for the 7th Summer School on the History and Philosophy of Science:

August 6th – August 10th, 2018

**What can we learn today from Einstein’s interface of physics and philosophy?**

five lectures by *Thomas Ryckman* (Stanford University)

and a keynote lecture by *Jeroen Van Dongen* (University of Amsterdam)

LMU Munich: Two Postdoctoral Fellowships at the MCMP

http://www.mcmp.philosophie.uni-muenchen.de/news/post_doc_2018/index.html

The Munich Center for Mathematical Philosophy (MCMP) seeks applications for two 3-year postdoctoral fellowships starting on October 1, 2018. (A later starting date is possible.) We are especially interested in candidates with research interests in at least one of the following fields: general philosophy of science, philosophy of physics, philosophy of the social sciences, philosophy of statistics, formal epistemology, formal philosophy of science, social epistemology, philosophy and psychology of reasoning and argumentation, agent-based modeling in philosophy, or decision theory.

Application deadline: April 15 2018

For more information and details see: http://www.mcmp.philosophie.uni-muenchen.de/news/post_doc_2018/index.html

LSE: Fellowship in philosophy of physics

The Department of Philosophy, Logic and Scientific Method seeks applications for an exciting fellowship position in philosophy of physics.
Deadline: 23:59 BST, 9 May 2018

The LSE Department of Philosophy, Logic and Scientific Method seeks applications for a 1 year LSE Fellowship in Philosophy, which has the potential to be extended by 1–2 further years subject to performance and funding availability. The post will begin 3 September 2018, at a salary of £34,736 plus pension benefits. The area of specialty is philosophy of physics.

Lugano: MA programme in analytic philosophy (with philosophy of physics module)

The Università della Svizzera Italiana (USI) in Lugano offers an MA programme in analytic philosophy, which includes a module in philosophy of physics (although the main emphasis is on metaphysics and the philosophy of mind, and on history of philosophy). For 2018-19, the faculty teaching in the programme are:

– Franz Berto
– Marco Colombetti
– Damiano Costa
– Paolo Crivelli
– Kit Fine
– Kathrin Koslicki
– Jon Marenbon
– Anna Marmodoro
– Kevin Mulligan
– Francesco Orilia
– François Recanati
– Andrea Rocci
– Thomas Sattig
– Peter Simons
– Giuliano Torrengo
– Achille Varzi
– Giovanni Ventimiglia
– Christian Wüthrich

Oxford: Fixed-term departmental lecturer in philosophy of physics

UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD
FACULTY OF PHILOSOPHY, Radcliffe Observatory Quarter, Oxford.

Departmental Lecturer in Philosophy of Physics

Grade 7: £31,604 – £33,518 per annum