Fully Funded PhD project – Ghent

PhD student opening – Ghent

– Last application date: Dec 15, 2014 17:00
– Department: LW01 – Department of Philosophy and moral sciences
– Contract: Limited duration
– Degree: MA in Philosophy
– Occupancy rate: 100%
– Vacancy Type: Research staff

Job description

Within the Department of Philosophy and Moral Sciences, Ghent University, http://www.philosophy.ugent.be/, there is a vacancy for a fully funded PhD position in the context of the FWO project, "Anti-Mathematicism in Philosophy" directed by Prof. Dr. Eric Schliesser. The project focuses on (debates over) the limits, if any, on formal philosophy. The project is designed to stimulate historical and systematic approaches to the topic. (Prof. Schliesser can be contacted for more information.) The study should result in a doctoral thesis. From the first year contributions to international conferences are expected. The investigator is expected to publish research results regularly in international scientific journals. It is expected that the successful candidate will organize regular workshops on their topic during the grant. During his/her research the successful applicant is expected to spend periods of residence at leading universities abroad. The researcher is expected to contribute to the vibrant intellectual community of the department, and s/he is committed to keep developing as a philosopher. There are also some teaching opportunities.

Profile of the candidate

Profile of the candidate: Independent, ambitious thinker. Enterprising type who likes to engage in shared intellectual inquiry. MA in Philosophy Excellent command of written English. Willingness to learn Dutch, if necessary.

How to apply

If you wish to apply for this position, please send an email with a letter explaining why you wish to do research on this theme, a research proposal, a CV and publication list, if any, to Eric Schliesser , no later than December 15, 2014.

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Submissions to LSE Research Festival Exhibition 2015 now open

At the centre of the 2015 festival will be the LSE Research Festival Exhibition. The exhibition will afford those engaged in research in the social sciences an opportunity to convey their work through a range of media – film, photography and poster. Researchers at all levels are invited to make submissions in any or all categories, subject to a maximum of one film, one poster and three photographs. For more information, visit http://www.lse.ac.uk/intranet/LSEServices/TLC/TLCPhD/LSEResearchFestival/lseResearchFestival2015Home.aspx

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Post Crash Economics Event

Post-Crash Economics and Rethinking Economics will be hosting a panel discussion THIS FRIDAY AT LSE between students and academics, over the question, "What is economics for?"

When: Friday 14th 1.00pm till 2.30pm
Where: Clement House Room 5.02
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/635972656523219/?ref=ts&fref=ts

Academic Panel:
– Jocelyn Blériot, Head of Editorial and European Affairs of the Ellen MacArthur Foundation
– Professor Paul Ekins, Professor of Resources and Environmental Policy at UCL, and Director of the UCL Institute for Sustainable Resources
– Orazio Attanasio, UCL Jeremy Bentham Professor of Economics, Head of UCL Department of Economics
– Dr. Catherine Fieschi, Director of Counterpoint

Students’ Panel:
– Olivia Wills, Undergraduate student, Alternative Thinking for Economics Society, University of Sheffield
– Yuan Yang, recent Master’s student at LSE, Lead Organiser of Rethinking Economics,
– Rafe Martyn, PhD. student, Cambridge Society for Economic Pluralism, University of CambridgeThe event is also the end of the Rethinking Economics UK Roadshow, and they will be displaying all the public works that they have collected from universities around the UK.

This event is also the closing day of the the Rethinking Economics Roadshow, and they will be displaying the works created throughout UK universities over the last month. It should be a really interesting event and I look forward to seeing you there!

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Call for papers: Foundations of Normativity workshop

CALL FOR PAPERS

The 2015 Edinburgh Foundations of Normativity Workshop will be held at the University of Edinburgh on 13th and 14th March, 2015. We invite submissions of abstracts of original papers on moral, legal, or epistemic normativity (or related topics). We aim to invite the authors of two of these papers to speak at the workshop. Workshop papers will be circulated in advance; authors will need to submit a final version by 28th February, 2015. We will be able to provide some travel support for the authors of papers accepted for presentation.

Submissions should consist of an 1,000-word abstract, prepared for blind review, and should be emailed to matthew.chrisman before 1st December, 2014. Submission emails should include the author’s contact and affiliation information.

For more information:

https://foundationsofnormativity.wordpress.com/call-for-papers/

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Call for papers University of Toronto graduate conference

**Call For Papers **

Perspectives on the First Person:

The Philosophical Significance of the First Person Point of View

Keynote Speakers: David Chalmers and Carol Rovane

April 30- May 1st

Many areas of philosophy struggle to reconcile the impartial, third personal point of view on the universe with the individual first person perspective. Philosophers of mind struggle to fit phenomenal consciousness into the scientific picture of the world. Ethicists disagree about the legitimacy of partiality, the practice of giving greater weight to the interests of those close to oneself. Feminist philosophers raise doubts about the possibility of constructing a truly objective third person point of view, unaffected by one’s social situation. Epistemologists debate whether individuals with access to the same evidence might nonetheless be rational in disagreeing with one another.

The graduate students of philosophy of the University of Toronto invite papers exploring these and other questions relating to the philosophical significance of the first person perspective, broadly construed, for our 15th annual graduate conference. We are committed to having an accessible conference, and to that end we will arrange for teleconferencing for those with accessibility issues that prevent them from attending in person; we will also reimburse childcare expenses. We welcome submissions in all areas of philosophy, including the history of philosophy. Possible topics include, but are not limited to:

– Are we obligated to direct our efforts towards what will produce the most good, or can we privilege the lesser good of those close to us?

– Are moral duties relative to cultural context or individual psychology?

– How does the nature of the first person point of view places limits on metaphysical knowledge in Kant’s philosophy?

– How can political institutions do justice to the perspectives of minority groups?

– Can phenomenal properties be fully explained by scientific inquiry?

– Should we change our confidence in our own views in response to peer disagreement?

– What does the distorting influence of embodiment in Plato’s philosophy tell us about his view of the forms?

– Can the content of statements involving indexicals be captured in non-indexical terms?

– What explains the fact that certain first personal thoughts are immune to error through misidentification?

Deadline for Submission: January 5th

Please send submissions to torontophilgradconf. Submissions must be in PDF format and prepared for blind review. Papers should not exceed 3500 words, and should include an abstract not exceeding 300 words. In your email, please include your name, paper title, and institutional affiliation. Only one submission per author. Limited travel stipends are available.

For more information, please see our website (torontophilgradconf.

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2nd CFP: Toward a Science of Consciousness, TSC 2015, 9-13 June 2015, Helsinki

TOWARD A SCIENCE OF CONSCIOUSNESS 2015

CALL FOR PAPERS

University of Helsinki, Finland, 9-13 June 2015
Pre-conference workshops: 8 June 2015
http://www.helsinki.fi/tsc2015

Submission deadline: 30 November 2014

Toward a Science of Consciousness (TSC) is the largest and longest-running interdisciplinary conference emphasizing broad and rigorous approaches to the study of conscious awareness. Topical areas include neuroscience, philosophy, psychology, biology, quantum physics, meditation and altered states, machine consciousness, culture and experiential phenomenology. Cutting edge, controversial issues are emphasized. Held annually since 1994, the TSC conferences alternate yearly between Tucson, Arizona (Center for Consciousness Studies, Univ. of Arizona) and various locations around the world.

The University of Helsinki is proud to host TSC 2015 in the Great Hall of its neoclassical main building located in the downtown area.

TSC 2015 invited speakers:

Patricia S. Churchland | David Chalmers | Harald Atmanspacher | Susan Blackmore | Peter Bruza | Deepak Chopra | Travis Craddock | Rocco Gennaro | Stuart Hameroff | Riitta Hari |
John Heil | Jaakko Hintikka | James Ladyman | Steven Jay Lynn | Ariane Lambert-Mogiliansky | George Mashour | Alyssa Ney | David Papineau | Antti Revonsuo | William Seager |
Petra Stoerig | Jennifer Windt | Dan Zahavi | and more to be announced

TSC 2015 calls for contributed papers, contributed posters, contributed symposia and proposals for pre-conference workshops. The list of conference topic areas is on the conference webpage:http://www.helsinki.fi/tsc2015/topics.html

Contributed papers: Please submit an abstract of 300-500 words prepared for anonymous review.
Accepted contributed papers will be allocated in total 25-30 minutes (20 min for the presentation + 5-10 min for the discussion).

Contributed posters: Please submit an abstract of 300-500 words prepared for anonymous review. Accepted contributed posters will be presented in separate poster sessions during the conference.

Contributed symposia: Please submit an abstract of max. 1000-2000 words. The contributed symposia proposals are not reviewed anonymously.

Abstracts should be submitted by using the TSC 2015 registration form:
http://tinyurl.com/TSC2015.

Please note that the abstracts cannot be revised after submitting.

All questions regarding submissions should be directed to the conference manager, tsc-2015
The members of the programme committee and the local organizing committee are listed on this website: http://www.helsinki.fi/tsc2015/organizers.html

The conference is organized in collaboration with the
Center for Consciousness Studies, University of Arizona, Tucson: http://www.consciousness.arizona.edu
and Department of Cognitive Neuroscience and Philosophy, University of Skovde, Sweden:
http://www.his.se/en/Research/Systems-Biology/Kognitiv-Neurovetenskap-och-Filosofi/

Paavo Pylkkanen (chair of the local organizing committee)
Tuomas Tahko (co-chair of the local organizing committee)
Ms. Paivi Seppala: tsc-2015

Important dates

30 November 2014 Deadline for abstract submissions
22 January, 2015 Conference registration opens
30 January, 2015 Notifications of acceptance
February 2015 Preliminary programme announced
31 March, 2015 Deadline for early registrations
19 May, 2015 No more refunds for registration cancellations
8 June, 2015 Pre-conference workshops
9-13 June, 2015 TSC 2015, University of Helsinki

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DOCTORAL SCHOLARSHIPS at the Department of Social Policy and Intervention, University of Oxford

DOCTORAL SCHOLARSHIPS

The Department of Social Policy and Intervention, University of Oxford is offering graduate scholarships for students wishing to pursue doctoral – DPhil – studies in an international and interdisciplinary centre of excellence in (comparative) social policy as well as social intervention and evaluation research.

We are conducting cutting-edge research in a wide range of areas. Our research portfolio is organised in three clusters: Oxford Institute of Social Policy (OISP), Centre for Evidence-Based Intervention (CEBI) and Oxford Centre for Population Research (OXPOP) (see http://www.spi.ox.ac.uk/research.html).

OISP is inviting DPhil proposals in the following areas: family and family policies; educational inequalities and educational policies; labour market policies; poverty, social inequalities and social mobility; social policy in developing countries; policies of social protection; welfare state change in comparative perspective as well as politics of social policy in rich democracies.

CEBI is inviting DPhil proposals in the following areas: evaluation methodology in social intervention; alcohol and drug misuse; child mental health; antisocial behaviour in children and youth; parenting and family interventions; HIV prevention; AIDS affected children; HIV positive children; sleep problems and cross-cultural adaptation of interventions.

OXPOP is inviting DPhil proposals in demography and social policy (with a special focus on Asia).

We offer doctoral students a unique graduate programme tailored to their individual needs. Our doctoral students are supervised and supported by internationally renowned academics. In addition, we offer a large and diverse range of seminars, workshops and advanced training opportunities in order to further enhance postgraduate research experience. Most of our doctoral students find jobs in leading research universities, international organisations or government departments.

We invite applications from outstanding graduates in Demography, Economics, Political Science, Psychology, Social Policy and Social Work and Sociology, or closely related fields. We are interested in candidates with proposals in the areas of our research expertise and interest. You can learn more about our supervisory expertise here:

http://www.spi.ox.ac.uk/people/academic-and-research-staff.html.

We have the following scholarships available for entry in October 2015:

· The Barnett Scholarship

· The Centenary Scholarship

· Two ESRC scholarships

All applicants that apply by 23 January 2015 will also be considered for the University’s flagship Clarendon Scholarship Fund. The department also has access to additional pooled ESRC scholarships.

For information about the various scholarships and details of how to apply, visit our website:

http://www.spi.ox.ac.uk/study-with-us/funding.html.

The deadline for scholarship applications is 23 January 2015 (12 noon UK time).

For enquiries, please contact scholarships.

-Please circulate this information as you see fit.

Your faithfully,

Sarah Bryant

Sarah Bryant

Communications and Alumni Relations Officer

Department of Social Policy and Intervention

University of Oxford

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