7 PhD positions in Analytic Philosophy, Linguistics and Cognitive Science at IUSS Pavia, Milan University and Scuola Normale Superiore in Pisa [IT]

The HuME PhD program -- The Human Mind and its Explanations: Language, Brain and Reasoning -- jointly promoted by Scuola Universitaria Superiore IUSS Pavia, the University of Milan, and Scuola Normale Superiore in Pisa is advertising a total of 7 three-year fully-funded PhD scholarships.

The program trains young researches seeking a comprehensive explanation of the complexity of human cognition, using theories and methods developed in a wide variety of disciplines and fields, including the philosophy of mind, epistemology, logic and theories of reasoning, philosophy of logic and mathematics, cognitive sciences and neurosciences, computation and artificial intelligence, decision-theory and rational choice theory, philosophy of language, ontology, philosophy of science, formal semantics, linguistics and theoretical syntax. The program will provide solid analytical and epistemological grounds for the development of theoretical and experimental skills, allowing students to work with researchers belonging to the three partner Universities.