PhD student position in philosophical logic or formal epistemology, Bochum (Germany)

The Department of Philosophy II at Ruhr-University Bochum is seeking to hire a PhD student working in philosophical logic (65% TV-L E13 position, approx. €2,200 /month before tax). The position is associated with the chair of Logic and Epistemology (Prof. Heinrich Wansing) and comes with a mild teaching duty of one undergraduate class per semester. Residency in Bochum or in commutable distance is expected.

The appointment is temporary until September 30th 2020, and is to be filled by July 2016. The deadline for applications is 21st of April 2016. The dissertation project is supposed to be a project either in philosophical logic or formal epistemology. Suitable areas include modal logic, paraconsistent logic, many-valued logic, structural proof-theory, theories of negation, epistemic logic, knowability, and theories of doxastic agency.

Required qualifications/ skills: Candidates should have completed an excellent Master's thesis in philosophical logic or formal epistemology and should have some background in the semantics and proof-theory of non-classical and modal logics. Moreover, candidates are supposed to have good communication skills in English. Good social skills are also required as cooperation with other researchers is expected.

For more information, see http://www.stellenwerk-bochum.de/jobs-finden/rub-angebote/details/anzeige/ or contact Prof. Heinrich Wansing (Heinrich.Wansing at rub.de).