Full professorship in philosophy of science, Tilburg (The Netherlands)

The Department of Philosophy at Tilburg University seeks to appoint an out-standing candidate in the field of philosophy of science. The successful candidate will have developed an international reputation in the research area of philosophy of science, with a special emphasis on economics and/or the social and behavioral sciences. Areas of specialization: philosophy of science, epistemology Areas of competence: science policy and governance, philosophy and public policy

The Department of Philosophy, which is a part of the School of Humanities of Tilburg University, is an internationally ranked and pluralist department whose core research areas are logic and the philosophy of science, general and applied ethics, legal philosophy, and German idealism. The successful candidate will become the head of the internationally renowned Tilburg Center for Logic and Philosophy of Science (TiLPS), whose scope has recently been extended to include general ethics. The appointment will be at the rank of tenured, full professor (fulltime).

For more information, please contact Prof. dr. Harry Bunt at Harry.Bunt at uvt.nl or see http://erec.uvt.nl/vacancy?inc=UVT-EXT-2013-0082. The closing date for applications is April 8, 2013.