PhD position at Tilburg

The Department of Philosophy and the Tilburg Center for Logic and Philosophy of Science (a partner of the SCFS) has recently advertised a PhD position. The advertisement reads:

The Department of Philosophy and the Tilburg Center for Logic and Philosophy of Science (TiLPS) invite applications for a three-year full-time PhD position, commencing September 1, 2010. The successful candidate is expected to work on a topic from the philosophy of science (including general philosophy of science, formal philosophy of science, philosophy of economics, and philosophy of psychology) and complete a PhD thesis within three years. The salary for a full-time employment agreement increases from 2.042 Euro gross a month in the first year to 2.492 Euro gross a month in the last year. The position is open to candidates with a master’s degree or equivalent in philosophy and an interest in working in a very active international and interdisciplinary research environment. Candidates are invited to submit a letter of interest, a curriculum vitae, a research proposal of 1000 to 2000 words, certificates, a transcript of courses taken (including grades), and two letters of recommendation. Please send your application package to PhD Position Search Committee, c/o P & O, Department of Philosophy, Tilburg University, Warandelaan 2, P.O. 90153, 5000 LE Tilburg, The Netherlands, or email to solliciterenfdl@uvt.nl <mailto:solliciterenfdl@uvt.nl> . The deadline for applications is April 15, 2010. Please mention the vacancy number 500.10.01 in your letter. Informal enquiries may be directed to Professor Stephan Hartmann (email: S.Hartmann “at” uvt.nl <mailto:S.Hartmann@uvt.nl> ).

Propositions and Same-Saying Workshop

Macquarie University, Sydney

Monday 18 January, 2010

Speakers:

David Chalmers (ANU), Susanna Schellenberg (ANU), Jonathan Schaffer (ANU), Laura Schroeter (Melbourne), Dave Ripley (Institut Nicod, Paris), Lionel Shapiro (USyd / UConn), Tama Coutts (Melbourne).

There's titles and a preliminary timetable here. More information will be added to the website nearer the date.

Propositions play a foundational role in many areas of philosophy, but what are they? Is there a single class of things that serve as the objects of belief, the bearers of truth, and the meanings of utterances? How do our utterances express propositions? Under what conditions do two speakers say the same thing, and what (if anything) does this tell us about the nature of propositions?

This workshop, consisting of 7 talks by some of Australia's best philosophers, will address these questions and more. It will cover topics in philosophy of language, perception, and metaphysics.

Registration is free but places are limited, so please email Mark Jago (mark.jago at gmail.com) if you'd like to attend. Coffee, biscuits and cake will be provided. A picnic lunch is available at a small fee (to cover costs) for those who RSVP.

Organized by Rachael Briggs (Centre for Time, University of Sydney), Albert Atkin (Macquarie) and Mark Jago (Macquarie).

Oxygen of publicity

Catching up on journals after Xmas reveals that some associates of the SCFS have been afforded the oxygen of publicity.

Idan Ben Barak's book The Invisible Kingdom (Australian edition Small Wonders) is recommended in the December 11th issue of Science (p.1485).

Karola Stotz and I were captured by the paparazzi at a human nature workshop and the picture appeared in the December 17th edition of Nature (p.841). But we are only part of the entourage - the caption says 'John Dupre and his team'. The Nature article is an interesting discussion of the results of UKs 21 million pound investment in 'genomics in society' research, including an extended discussion of the value of philosophy in that context.

2010 Australasian Association for Logic conference

2-4 July 2010, Kensington Campus, UNSW

Immediately precedes AAP conference. Papers on any aspect of logic are welcome. Abstracts should be sent to the conference organiser:

Dr. Phillip Staines

School of History and Philosophy

University of New South Wales

NSW 2052

Australia

or by email to

p.staines@unsw.edu.au

by Friday, 4 June 2010.

2010 Australasian Association of Philosophy conference

Discount conference fees are available before 31 March 2010 for the 2010 AAP conference at the University of New South Wales, 4-9 July 2010. Keynote speakers include John H. McDowell (Pittsburgh), Candace Vogler (Chicago), and Christopher Norris (Cardiff). Visit the conference website for more information.

Postdoctoral Fellowship

Congratulations to Rachael Briggs who has been awarded a University of Sydney Postdoctoral Fellowship to work on multi-agent decision making.

Causation and Humean Metaphysics conference, University of Sydney, Dec 17-18

The Causation and Humean metaphysics conference will be held at the University of Sydney, Dec 17-18 and will explore issues surrounding causation, and various broadly Humean themes in metaphysics.

Attendance is free, and everyone is welcome.

Further details (timetable, venue, etc.) will be posted shortly.