Two PhD Positions in Philosophy at Durham University
Two PhD Positions in Philosophy at Durham University
The Department of Philosophy at Durham University and Centre for Humanities Engaging Science and Society (CHESS) are inviting applications for two full-time, three-year PhD positions in philosophy of the natural, social and policy sciences, starting in October, 2013. Suitable candidates should have a Masters degree (with merit or distinction) or equivalent, an interest in ʻscience and policyʼ and are expected to work in one of the six areas below. We are especially interested in work on these topics that interfaces with climate science, medicine, economics and other social sciences, and social policy.
1. Evidence, conviction, endeavour
2. The nature of scientific evidence; evidence-based medicine; evidence-based social policy; hierarchies of evidence; non-randomised and randomised experiments; theory and practice of measurement.
3. Expertise
4. The nature of scientific expertise; problems of legitimacy and extension; experts in democracy; experts versus mechanical objectivity; the nature of tacit knowledge.
5. Moral and social order
6. Visions of well-ordered and disordered, decent and indecent societies; strategies of creating and maintaining order in society; the nature and role of institutions; justifying economic systems; studies of specific cases
7. Narratives, modelling and representation
8. Models and representation in science; representation in art versus representation in the sciences; literary methods and thought experiments in the sciences and humanities; narratives as evidence; understanding and narratives.
9. Modality and power
10. Causality and causal powers; theories of causation; causal inference; counterfactuals.
11. Values in science and policy
12. What role values play and why; whose values and who decides; well-ordered science; areas of special concern, e.g. genetic engineering, human subject research, politically sensitive issues where scientific results matter.
Primary supervisors of PhD dissertations will be CHESS directors Professors Nancy Cartwright, Julian Reiss or associate director Dr Wendy Parker. Successful candidates are expected to contribute to the research environment at the Centre. There is no formal closing date for these posts, but we will review applications as they come in and applications coming in after 11 March cannot be guaranteed full consideration.
Ahead of applying for a post through the university online system (available at: http://www.dur.ac.uk/postgraduate/apply/) candidates should discuss their research proposal with a member of CHESS. Please send a CV, grade average and two-page research proposal to Nicola Craigs at n.j.craigs@durham.ac.uk
The Department of Philosophy at Durham University and Centre for Humanities Engaging Science and Society (CHESS) are inviting applications for two full-time, three-year PhD positions in philosophy of the natural, social and policy sciences, starting in October, 2013. Suitable candidates should have a Masters degree (with merit or distinction) or equivalent, an interest in ʻscience and policyʼ and are expected to work in one of the six areas below. We are especially interested in work on these topics that interfaces with climate science, medicine, economics and other social sciences, and social policy.
1. Evidence, conviction, endeavour
2. The nature of scientific evidence; evidence-based medicine; evidence-based social policy; hierarchies of evidence; non-randomised and randomised experiments; theory and practice of measurement.
3. Expertise
4. The nature of scientific expertise; problems of legitimacy and extension; experts in democracy; experts versus mechanical objectivity; the nature of tacit knowledge.
5. Moral and social order
6. Visions of well-ordered and disordered, decent and indecent societies; strategies of creating and maintaining order in society; the nature and role of institutions; justifying economic systems; studies of specific cases
7. Narratives, modelling and representation
8. Models and representation in science; representation in art versus representation in the sciences; literary methods and thought experiments in the sciences and humanities; narratives as evidence; understanding and narratives.
9. Modality and power
10. Causality and causal powers; theories of causation; causal inference; counterfactuals.
11. Values in science and policy
12. What role values play and why; whose values and who decides; well-ordered science; areas of special concern, e.g. genetic engineering, human subject research, politically sensitive issues where scientific results matter.
Primary supervisors of PhD dissertations will be CHESS directors Professors Nancy Cartwright, Julian Reiss or associate director Dr Wendy Parker. Successful candidates are expected to contribute to the research environment at the Centre. There is no formal closing date for these posts, but we will review applications as they come in and applications coming in after 11 March cannot be guaranteed full consideration.
Ahead of applying for a post through the university online system (available at: http://www.dur.ac.uk/postgraduate/apply/) candidates should discuss their research proposal with a member of CHESS. Please send a CV, grade average and two-page research proposal to Nicola Craigs at n.j.craigs@durham.ac.uk
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Anna Alexandrova
Lecturer
Department of History and Philosophy of Science
Cambridge University
Free School Lane
Cambridge CB2 3RH