7 PhD positions (deadline June 12th) - HuME PhD Program (IUSS / UniMI / SNS) - The Human Mind and its Explanations: Language, Brain and Reasoning

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May 14, 2026, 3:21:10 AM (10 days ago) May 14
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The Human Mind and its Explanations (HuME)
Language, Brain and Reasoning

PhD Program - Call for applications

The HuME PhD program -- The Human Mind and its Explanations: Language, Brain and Reasoning -- jointly promoted by Scuola Universitaria Superiore IUSS Pavia, 
the University of Milan, and Scuola Normale Superiore in Pisa is advertising a total of 7 three-year fully-funded PhD scholarships.


Among others, research topics also include 
philosophy of mathematics, logic and philosophy of logic, epistemology, foundations of probability, logic for practical reasoning and Artificial Intelligence, and formal semantics

All sub-fields and potential supervisors can be found here: 
https://www.iusspavia.it/en/education/doctoral-programmes/human-mind-and-its-explanations-language-brain-and-reasoning-hume/research-field


A total of *7 three-year fully funded scholarships* is available (starting October 1st, 2026):

- *5 scholarships* eligible for research projects in any of the program's research fields
- *1 
scholarship* on the topic: The Epistemology of Mathematics: Fallibility, Technology, Know-How
- *
scholarship* on the topic: Neurosymbolic Verified Learning for Agentic Pipelines

Details on project-related scholarships are available at the call webpage (see below).

(Increased) Salary:  
- 18.645,63€ gross annual amount per academic year (~1372€ net monthly amount)
- 1.864€ for research expenses per academic year
- 50% scholarship increase for up to 6 months stay abroad

Program webpagehttps://www.iusspavia.it/en/education/doctoral-programmes/human-mind-and-its-explanations-language-brain-and-reasoning-hume

Deadline for application
June 12th, 2026 
- 1:00 p.m. CEST

Call, application procedure and project guidelines:https://www.iusspavia.it/en/education/doctoral-programmes/human-mind-and-its-explanations-language-brain-and-reasoning-hume/apply


Apologies for cross-posting. Please pass on to potential candidates.



-- 
Andrea Sereni

Full Professor (M-FIL/05) - Epistemology and Philosophy of Mathematics

Scuola Universitaria Superiore IUSS Pavia
Department of Humanities and Life Sciences



Palazzo del Broletto, 
Piazza della Vittoria n.15, 27100 Pavia 
Tel. +39 0382 375844 / Fax +39 0382 375899
www.iusspavia.it
https://www.iusspavia.it/en/contacts/andrea-sereni
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Silvia De Toffoli
www.silviadetoffoli.net 

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