PhD student position in psychology of reasoning, judgment or decision making, Munich (Germany)

The Munich Center for Mathematical Philosophy (MCMP) and the Chair of Philosophy of Science at the Faculty of Philosophy, Philosophy of Science and Study of Religion at LMU Munich seek applications for a Doctoral Fellowship.

The successful candidate has a background in cognitive science or philosophy and works on problems from the psychology of reasoning, judgment or decision-making. She or he will be part of a team of philosophers and psychologists led by Ulrike Hahn (Birkbeck and MCMP) and Stephan Hartmann (MCMP). The fellowship is sponsored by Ulrike Hahn's Anneliese Maier Research Award from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation. The stipend is for three years, and it should be taken up by October 1, 2015, but a later starting date is also possible.

The successful candidate will partake in all of MCMP's academic activities and enjoy its administrative facilities and financial support. The official language at the MCMP is English and fluency in German is not mandatory.

Applications must be received before 22 April, 2015. For more information, see http://www.mcmp.philosophie.uni-muenchen.de/news/doc_fellows_2015/. Contact for informal inquiries: Professor Ulrike Hahn (U.Hahn at bbk.ac.uk) and Professor Stephan Hartmann (S.Hartmann at lmu.de).