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Postdoctoral or PhD student position in philosophy (logic & cognition), Duesseldorf (Germany)
The project "Probability Logic and Non-Monotonic
Reasoning from an Evolutionary Perspective" (head: Gerhard
Schurz) is part of the EuroCores project "The Logic of
Causal and Probabilistic Reasoning in Uncertain
Environments". Within this project the position of a
(DFG-financed) postdoc research assistant for three years at the
University of Duesseldorf is open for applications. Alternative
possibilities are a transformable PhD position or a split into
two half-time positions. The research work to be done, together
with the project head, comprises:
(1.1) the comparative
investigation of existing systems of probability-logical /
non-monotonic reasoning;
(1.2) continuation of existing
psychological experiments on uncertain conditional reasoning,
(2.1) evolutionary explanation of characteristic aspects of
human reasoning with uncertain conditionals, and
(2.2)
computer-programmed prediction games for the purpose of testing
the predictive abilities of probabilistic / non-monotonic
reasoning systems.
Applications must be received before 31 July 2008. Start optional Sept 1st, 2008 or later ( Oct 1st, 2008). For more information, see http://www.phil-fak.uni-duesseldorf.de/philo/personal/thphil/jobs/ Or contact Professor Schurz at schurz at phil-fak.uni-duesseldorf.de.
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