Fwd: Three-year postdoc at the University of Bristol with ERC Truth and Semantics project

[Joao Marcos]

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The ERC funded project 'Truth and Semantics' hosted by the Department
of Philosophy at the University of Bristol invites applications for a
three-year position as a Research Associate (postdoc). The successful
candidate should have an AOS in the Philosophy of Language/Formal
Semantics and a strong background in logic.

Job reference: ACAD104363

For further particulars and how to apply: University of Bristol job ad
http://www.bristol.ac.uk/jobs/find/details.html?nPostingID=60794&nPostingTargetID=177615&option=28&sort=DESC&respnr=1&ID=Q50FK026203F3VBQBV7V77V83&JobNum=ACAD104363&Resultsperpage=10&lg=UK&mask=uobext

Salary: £33,797 -£38,017

Closing date for applications: 09-Feb-2020

Starting date: October 2020 or earlier---a later starting date is not possible.

For informal enquiries about the position, please contact Johannes
Stern (johanne...@bristol.ac.uk)

Project/Job description: The Truth and Semantics (TRUST) ERC Starting
Grant project aims to provide a unified perspective on natural
language semantics, conceived of as truth-conditional semantics, and
the research on the so-called semantic paradoxes in form of theories
of self-applicable truth.

The project consists of two interrelated parts. The first part, Truth
in Semantics, aims at developing semantic accounts for rich fragments
of natural language, that is, fragments in which, besides a
self-applicable notion of truth, we allow for, e.g., modal
expressions, propositional attitudes but also natural language
conditionals. The second part, Truth and the Foundations of Semantics,
assumes a metasemantic perspective and explores the role of the notion
of truth in the foundations of natural language semantics, conceived
of as truth-conditional semantics.

The Research Associate is expected to conduct research on the second
part of the project project and, more generally, explore the role of
self-referential sentences in truth-conditional semantics and its
foundations. They should have a research profile formal semantics and
the philosophy of language but should also possess a strong background
in logic. The main tasks are to produce peer-reviewed scientific
articles and other project outputs, and participate in organising the
project’s events.

Further project details:
https://cordis.europa.eu/project/rcn/218044/factsheet/en