PhD student position on mathematical structuralism, Vienna (Austria)

The Department of Philosophy at the University of Vienna is inviting applications for the position of a PhD candidate (100%) within the project 'The Roots of Mathematical Structuralism'. This is a 5-year Starting Grant-project (2017-2022) funded by the European Research Council and led by Principal Investigator Georg Schiemer, Assistant Professor at the Department of Philosophy.

The project investigates the mathematical and philosophical roots of mathematical structuralism. The focus is set on two historical developments in nineteenth century mathematics and early twentieth century philosophy of science, and the principal objective of the project is to provide the first comparative investigation of these early contributions to structuralism and their immediate mathematical background. The second aim of the project is to connect these contributions with more recent debates on mathematical structuralism.

The position comes without teaching obligations and no German language competency is required.