Ph.D. position, HHU Duesseldorf/DCLPS, 3 years, 65% EG13, deadline 15.09.15 (EXPIRED)

The Düsseldorf Center for Logic and Philosophy of Science (DCLPS) in the Faculty of Arts and Humanities of Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf invites applications for a Ph.D. position (65% EG13 TV-L). The position starts on 01.01.2016 and lasts until 31.12.2018. We are seeking candidates with a Master (M.A. or M.Sc.) and background in Philosophy or/and Psychology of Cognition and if possibleexperience with psychological experiments. The project is performed within a Ph.D. study. Detailed information about the job description and research project is available at http://www.phil-fak.uni-duesseldorf.de/philo/personal/thphil/jobs The position belongs to the DFG-project D01 (Frame representation of prototype concepts and prototype-based reasoning, principal investigator: Prof. Gerhard Schurz).Research work includes theories of meaning, compositionality, and the relation between typicality and probability . Send your application (reference code 17T15-3.1) with the usual materials (curriculum vitae, description of com­petences, publication, letter of reference if possible) by September 15th, 2015 as a single PDF file to Professor Schurz as attached to an e-mail to [email protected] (or use ordinary mail; instructions see link).