PhD student position in epistemic & semantic commitments, Warsaw (Poland)

The Faculty of Philosophy at University of Warsaw (Poland) has an open call for a fully funded PhD position (4 years) in the project "Epistemic and semantic commitments of foundational theories".

The main objective of the project is to provide a deep conceptual and formal analysis of the notion of commitments of a foundational theory, where the latter expression stands for a theory that can develop a significant portion of mathematics (examples: Peano arithmetic, Zermelo-Fraenkel set theory). The notion of a commitment is essentially involved in many discussions in contemporary formal philosophy.

The position starts on October 1st, 2021 and lasts for a maximum of four years. Applicants should have are be about to obtain a Master's degree in a field relevant to the project preferably in mathematical or philosophical logic or set theory. In particular, familiarity with axiomatic theories of truth counts as a plus.