PhD student fellowship in philosophy of mind, Bochum (Germany)

At the Institute of Philosophy II of the Ruhr-University in Bochum a fellowship for a PhD student is offered in the area of philosophy of mind and cognition in the research group of Prof. Albert Newen. The fellowship will be first contracted for 1 year and after an assessment can be further extended for another 2 years (the planned full funding period for the PhD is three years). Candidates should be interested in working out a project in the area of the philosophy of mind, language and/or cognition.

Thematic Framework: interdisciplinary philosophical project in the area of theoretical philosophy of mind, language or cognition (open for suggestions). Ideally the project is connected with one of ongoing projects in the group of Prof. Newen: 1. Theories of Understanding Others; 2. Self-Consciousness and Agency; 3. Theories of Emotion; 4. Philosophy of Neurosciences and their Explanations; 5. Philosophy of Artificial Intelligence; 6. Theories of Belief and Theories of Perception; 7. Experimental Philosophy.