Temporary Lectureship in Philosophy of Language, Bochum (Germany)

The Chair of Philosophy of Language and Cognition at Ruhr University Bochum offers a postdoctoral position for a lecturer (100% or, resp., 66.67% according to TV-L E13) at the Department of Philosophy, beginning 1 October 2015 for 1 or, resp., 1.5 years. The candidate's research focus should be in the Philosophy of Language and Cognition and/or Neurophilosophy.

The successful candidate will be expected to actively work with empirical methods such as electroencephalography (EEG) to investigate research questions that are related to current controversies in the philosophy of language and cognition and the cognitive sciences. Practical training on EEG recording and analysis techniques will be provided if necessary. The successful candidate will be expected to teach 4 or, resp., 3 hours per week in our Philosophy and Cognitive Science study programs, to participate in the organization of workshops and conferences, to contribute to the drafting of grant proposals and to be involved in the academic self-administration.

Applications must be received before 1 July, 2015. Job ID: BO-2015-01-27-04. For more information, see http://www.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/phil-lang/jobs.html or http://www.stellenwerk-bochum.de/jobs-finden/jobsuche/anzeige/. or contact Professor Dr. Markus Werning (markus.werning at rub.de) or, on formal issues, the office Mrs. Annika Dittmann (annika.dittmann at rub.de).