Postdoctoral/PhD student positions in "From Perception to Belief and Back Again", Bochum (Germany)

The Ruhr-University Bochum is inviting applications for the positions of one Post-Doc Research Associate (TV-L E13, 100%, including social benefits; 3 years + option to extend 1 year) and either one PhD-Student (TV-L E13, 65%, including social benefits; 3 years) or one Post-Doc Research Associate (TV-L E13, 100%, including social benefits; 2 years) within the Emmy-Noether Research Group From Perception To Belief and Back Again under the direction of Peter Brössel. The positions will start May 1st, 2017 or as soon as possible thereafter.

The successful candidate will have a PhD (for a Post-Doc position) or a Master's degree (for a PhD-student position) in philosophy or in cognitive science, respectively.  In addition, the appointee will have at least one of the following areas of specialization: cognitive science, epistemology (formal or non-formal epistemology), philosophy of cognition, philosophy of language, or philosophy of science. The appointee will be expected to carry out research relevant for the aims of the research project. The positions come without teaching obligations and no German language competency is required. An excellent command of English is necessary.