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Postdoctoral position in logical foundations of depth-bounded probability, Milan (Italy)

Deadline: Friday 9 November 2018

We are looking for a very strong and highly motivated postdoctoral researcher in Logic to join Marcello D'Agostino and Hykel Hosni who are the PIs of the project "Logical Foundations and Applications of Depth-Bounded Probability". Requirements: Strong PhD in Logic and related areas with a solid background in at least two of the following: non classical logics, computational complexity, probability theory, formal argumentation theory, and/or decision theory.

The overarching goal of this project is a formal theory of uncertainty quantification, argumentation and decision-making which is both epistemologically robust, and practically applicable. The motivating idea of this project is the observation that real-world reasoners possess limited resources. However, standard probabilistic methods systematically disregard this feature and impose constraints that realistic forecasters may never be able to attain. This project takes up the challenge of developing a logically sound, computationally feasible and therefore practically applicable theory of rational reasoning and decision making under uncertainty.

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