Postdoc position (2 years): Histories of thought experiments at Aarhus University, Denmark
The Sapere Aude project Intuitions in Science
and Philosophy, funded by the Danish Council for Independent Research and led
by Samuel Schindler will investigate the role and nature of intuitive
judgements in science and philosophy. Whereas intuitive judgements in
philosophy have been much debated in recent years, little attention has been
paid to intuitive judgments in science. This is where the project will step in.
In particular, it will investigate intuitive judgements in thought experiments
in physics and in the form of acceptability judgements in linguistics. The
results of these investigations will be related to debates about the evidential
function of intuitive judgements in philosophy.
The project will cooperate with several renowned scholars in the field and organize two major conferences and a workshop. Each of the project members will be able to visit the project’s cooperation partners abroad. The starting date is negotiable. The project duration is four years. The project team will consist of the PI, two postdocs, and one PhD student. The tasks of the postdoc project "Histories of intuitive judgements in thought experiments in physics" will be roughly as follows:
Postdoc position (2 years): In a set of extended historical case studies the postdoc will investigate the role intuitive judgements in thought experiments have played in theory choice. The applicant can be a philosopher, but should have strong interests and competences in the history of science (and ideally, physics).
The project will be located at the Centre for Science Studies at the Department of Mathematics and associated with the Department of Philosophy at Aarhus University. The project members are expected to move to Aarhus. The project language is English. Also teaching in English is possible.
The project will cooperate with several renowned scholars in the field and organize two major conferences and a workshop. Each of the project members will be able to visit the project’s cooperation partners abroad. The starting date is negotiable. The project duration is four years. The project team will consist of the PI, two postdocs, and one PhD student. The tasks of the postdoc project "Histories of intuitive judgements in thought experiments in physics" will be roughly as follows:
Postdoc position (2 years): In a set of extended historical case studies the postdoc will investigate the role intuitive judgements in thought experiments have played in theory choice. The applicant can be a philosopher, but should have strong interests and competences in the history of science (and ideally, physics).
The project will be located at the Centre for Science Studies at the Department of Mathematics and associated with the Department of Philosophy at Aarhus University. The project members are expected to move to Aarhus. The project language is English. Also teaching in English is possible.
Please find the official
announcement at http://www.au.dk/en/about/vacant-positions/scientific-positions/stillinger/Vacancy/show/759582/5283/.
For further information and questions contact Samuel Schindler (sks@css.au.dk) or visit the project website
at http://projects.au.dk/intuitions/.