Jobs In Philosophy
Dear colleagues,
We are pleased to announce the call for 10 fellowships for the newly established Kaete Hamburger Kolleg “Cultures of Research” at RWTH Aachen University (Germany) starting in October 2021 for up to twelve months. The Kaete Hamburger Kolleg “Cultures of Research” is, by design, an interdisciplinary Institute for Advanced Studies that brings together various branches from the humanities and social sciences, as well as from the natural, life, and technical sciences. The center's interdisciplinary research focuses on a better understanding of the transformation of science in the course of its digitalization, in order to make complex systems investigable. It is funded by the German Federal Ministry of Research (BMBF) for 4 years. For further information please refer to the homepage: https://www.humtec.rwth-aachen.de/KHK
We are looking forward to your applications.
Kind regards,
Gabriele Gramelsberger and Stefan Boeschen (directors of the Kaete Hamburger Kolleg “Cultures of Research”)
Lecturer Pool - Philosophy - Department of Philosophy
Job #JPF02934
- Philosophy / College of Letters & Science - Arts & Humanities / UC Berkeley
Apply now: https://aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF02934/apply
View this position online: https://aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF02934
POSITION OVERVIEW
Salary range: $56,381 - $99,458
Percent time: Positions may range from 27% to 100% time for one semester or one summer session.
Anticipated start: Appointments for fall semester are usually reviewed in April and May, and in October and November for spring course needs, and summer course needs in March and April, and on an as-needed basis. Positions typically start at the beginning of the semester (UC Berkeley’s academic calendar can be viewed at http://registrar.berkeley.edu/calendar), and appointments may be renewable based on need, funding, and performance.
Position duration: Screening of applicants is ongoing and will continue as needed (including hiring for Summer Sessions). The number of positions varies from semester to semester and summer, depending upon the needs of the department. The pool will close on the Final Date listed in the advertisement; if you would like remain in the pool after that time you will need to submit a new application. Please note: The use of a lecturer pool does not guarantee that an open position exists. See the review date specified in APRecruit to learn whether the department is currently reviewing applications for a specific position. If there is no future review date specified, your application may not be considered at this time.
APPLICATION WINDOW
Open date: April 5th, 2021
Next review date: Monday, Apr 19, 2021 at 11:59pm (Pacific Time)
Apply by this date to ensure full consideration by the committee.
Final date: Monday, Apr 4, 2022 at 11:59pm (Pacific Time)
Applications will continue to be accepted until this date, but those received after the review date will only be considered if the position has not yet been filled.
POSITION DESCRIPTION
The Department of Philosophy at the University of California, Berkeley invites applications for a pool of qualified temporary instructors to serve as teachers or teaching assistants for lecture courses in philosophy should an opening arise.
General duties may include (but are not limited to): teaching or co-teaching one or more sections of a lecture course (or courses) or leading two to three weekly discussion sections per course. Other responsibilities may include, grading student assignments, providing individual student consultations, campus web-based course resources and attending all weekly course lectures.
Department: http://philosophy.berkeley.edu/
QUALIFICATIONS
Basic qualifications (required at time of application)
Bachelor's or equivalent international degree with completion of all degree requirements required
at the time of application.
Preferred qualifications
Degree in philosophy or related field is preferred and previous experience teaching is desirable
by start date.
APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS
Document requirements
- Cover Letter
- Curriculum Vitae - Your most recently updated C.V.
- Student Course Evaluations (Optional) - No more than 3 courses, 1 of 3 (Optional)
- Student Course Evaluations (Optional) - No more than 3 courses, 2 of 3 (Optional)
- Student Course Evaluations (Optional) - No more than 3 courses, 3 of 3 (Optional)
Reference requirements
- 3 required (contact information only)
Apply link: https://aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF02934
Help contact: philsearch [__at__] berkeley [dot] edu
CAMPUS INFORMATION
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JOB LOCATION
Berkeley, CA
This post is being offered under the UK Government's Kickstart scheme, and as such is only open to those who are 24 or under, based int he UK, and currently on Universal Credit.
We are a fast-growing provider of online (and normally residential) courses for children, primarily homeschoolers but also for gifted children, which is the background from which this business originates. Our most popular course is philosophy, and we also offer courses in debating and improv. Our Director of Studies, Jason Buckley, is also a leading writer and teacher trainer in the field of philosophy for children (see www.thephilosophyman.com)
The successful candidate will have a wide range of duties spanning content development, marketing and, after training, assisting in the delivery of courses. You will also be involved in routine customer communications and all aspects of running the business.
For full details, see the job advert at this link: https://limber.work/job/462/. Also see what we do at www.p4he.org
The Institute for Logic, Language and Computation (ILLC) at
the University of Amsterdam has two postdoc positions on
abductive reasoning in natural language. One with a duration
of three years, the other for 25 months.
The two positions are part of the NWO Open Competition
project 'A Sentence Uttered Makes a World Appear---Natural
Language Interpretation as Abductive Model Generation'. The
successful applicant will join the group of Reinhard
Muskens. The aim of the project is to explore how semantic
values are assigned to natural language expressions in a
compositional way and how the resulting values, represented
as logical expressions, are subsequently enriched by means
of abductive reasoning. The latter is studied in a tableaux
setting.
Further details on the three-year project (Computational
Modelling of Abductive Reasoning for Natural Language) can
be found here:
https://www.uva.nl/en/content/vacancies/2021/03/21-173-postdoctoral-rese...
For the 25 months project (Abductive Inference for Natural
Language Interpretation), consult this site:
https://www.uva.nl/en/content/vacancies/2021/03/21-172-postdoctoral-rese...
Deadline for both applications is 5 April 2021 (use the
"Apply now" link at one of the sites linked to above). Those
interested in each of the two positions need apply only
once.
3-year, full-time post-doc position in the Philosophy and Ethics department (Faculty of Industrial Engineering & Innovation Sciences) at on the general theme of “Opacity in Artificial Intelligence”. The successful applicant will join a strong team of philosophers who work on AI, in a group that focuses on technology, science and applied ethics.
Outline of the project:
In recent years, philosophers have shown an increasing interest in AI. One set of philosophical questions is due to the fact that AI systems often produce an output where it is not clear why this output was produced; the system is ‘opaque’ (non-transparent) to the subjects, users, and even to the makers of the system. This raises a large number of pressing research questions, including:
1) What, exactly, is opacity in AI? 2) What is the impact of opacity and what is its ethical relevance? 3) Should the impact of opacity be reduced? 4) Can the impact of opacity be reduced, e.g. through “explainable AI”? 5) Can we have data protection or unbiased systems if they are opaque? We welcome research projects on these or related issues.
The post-doc will work with Professor Vincent C. Müller and Assistant Professor Emily Sullivan; they will be part of a strong research group on the philosophy of AI and the philosophy of technology, generally. The Philosophy & Ethics department has recently hired four Assistant Professors and is advertising 3 PhD positions on similar themes together with this post-doc position. Our working language is English.
- Details on the official page -
At the same time we are also opening three fully-funded 4-year PhD positions on the themes of explainable AI, cognitive science, and philosophy of science/social epistemology. All applicants will be considered for all three positions.
PhD Position A: Norms of Explainable AI
PhD Position B: Cognitive Science of AI
PhD Position C: Philosophy of Science/Social epistemology
https://jobs.tue.nl/en/vacancy/three-phds-in-philosophy-philosophy-of-sc...
Leibniz University Hannover and Bielefeld University (Germany) invite applications for positions for
5 Doctoral Candidates (all genders; salary scale E13 TV-L, 65%) in Ethics of Science and/or Philosophy of Science
starting 1 October 2021, within the Graduiertenkolleg (research training group) GRK 2073 “Integrating Ethics and Epistemology of Scientific Research”. The positions are limited to 30 September 2024. At least two of the positions are expected to be located at Leibniz University Hannover and at least two at Bielefeld University. Application deadline: 6 May 2021. For further information and our Application Guide, please see https://grk2073.org/apply/.
THE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG
Applications are invited for appointments as Professor/Associate Professor on tenure terms and Tenure-Track Assistant Professor in Philosophy in the School of Humanities (Philosophy) (Ref.: 503287), to commence on August 1, 2021 or as soon as possible thereafter. Appointments as Assistant Professor will be made on a three-year fixed-term basis, with the possibility of renewal and with consideration for tenure before the expiry of a second three-year fixed-term contract.
Applicants should possess a Ph.D. degree or equivalent in philosophy. The positions are open to all areas of specialization, but applicants with competence in (a) non-Western philosophy or (b) social, moral or political philosophy are strongly preferred.
The appointees are expected to develop a vigorous, independent research programme, to excel in undergraduate and postgraduate teaching, and to handle the usual non-teaching duties. Total teaching load will be three to four courses per year for each position, including introductory first-year courses. Information about the Department can be obtained at http://philosophy.hku.hk. Enquiries may be sent to Professor Herman Cappelen, Department of Philosophy (e-mail: hwcapp [__at__] hku [dot] hk).
A highly competitive salary commensurate with qualifications and experience will be offered, in addition to annual leave and medical benefits. At current rates, salaries tax does not exceed 15% of gross income. The appointments will attract a contract-end gratuity and University contribution to a retirement benefits scheme, totalling up to 15% of basic salary. Housing benefits will be provided as applicable.
The University only accepts online applications for the above post. Applicants should apply online at the University’s careers site (https://jobs.hku.hk) and upload an up-to-date, anonymized CV (with name removed). Review of applications will commence from February 28, 2021 and continue until December 31, 2021 or until the post is filled, whichever is earlier.
The University is committed to diversity and inclusivity. The Faculty of Arts expressly encourages qualified persons from all genders to apply.
@TUeindhoven are looking for ethics lecturers, part-time but with very decent working conditions. Two different positions:
https://jobs.tue.nl/en/vacancy/one-lecturer-in-philosophy-869729.html
https://jobs.tue.nl/en/vacancy/-junior-lecturers-in-philosophy-869731.html
Department: https://research.tue.nl/en/organisations/philosophy-ethics/persons/
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Two full-time postdoc positions (24 months)
Philosophy Department, Warsaw University of Technology, Poland
APPLICATION DEADLINE: 16 DECEMBER 2020
Topic: Theory Construction and the Empirical Social and Behavioral Sciences (TESBS)
Project description: https://bit.ly/TESBS-project
TESBS responds critically to the absence of sophisticated theoretical superstructures in the empirical social and behavioural sciences (ESBS). TESBS adopts a semantic view of theory structures. The central goal is to develop a toolbox for theory (re-)construction that enables ESBS scientists to formulate point-specific hypotheses, and to integrate or differentiate such hypotheses into theoretical frameworks.
Please see: https://euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/577750 and https://euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/577769
Electronic applications should be sent to agnieszka [dot] kapczynska [__at__] pw [dot] edu [dot] pl.
For informal inquiries, please contact: Frank Zenker (fzenker [__at__] gmail [dot] com)
Dr. phil. habil. Frank Zenker
International Center for Formal Ontology (ICFO)
Warsaw University of Technology
Faculty of Administration and Social Sciences
Pl. Politechniki 1
00-661 Warsaw, Poland
Didactics and Methodology of Philosophy and Ethics