[PHILOS-L] CfA (updated): 11 PhD positions (deadline June 9th) - HuME PhD Program (IUSS / UniMI / SNS) - The Human Mind and its Explanations: Language, Brain and Reasoning

[Andrea Sereni]

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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 11 three-year fully-funded PhD scholarships.

The program trains young researches seeking a comprehensive explanation of the complexity of human cognition, using theories and methods developed in a wide variety of disciplines and fields, including the philosophy of mind, epistemology, logic and theories of reasoning, philosophy of logic and mathematics, cognitive sciences and neurosciences, computation and artificial intelligence, decision-theory and rational choice theory, philosophy of language, ontology, philosophy of science, formal semantics, linguistics and theoretical syntax. The program will provide solid analytical and epistemological grounds for the development of theoretical and experimental skills, allowing students to work with researchers belonging to the three partner Universities.

Major research fields are:
 
Philosophy of mind, philosophy of language
Philosophy of science, epistemology, logic
Cognitive Science
Reasoning, decision-making, intelligence
Theoretical linguistics, computational linguistics.

Additional 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

An total of *11 three-year fully funded scholarships* is available (starting October 1st, 2025):

- 4 scholarships eligible for research projects in any of the program's research fields
- 2 scholarships on the topic: Fallibility, Technology, Know-How
- 1 scholarship on the topic: Epistemic Risk: Probability, Knowledge, Decisions
- 1 scholarship on the topic: Inductive Risk: Communication, Values, Decision-making
- 1 scholarship on the topic: The Ontology and Epistemology of Normative Kinds
- 1 scholarship on the topic: The Phylogenesis and Ontogenesis of Commitment
- 1 scholarship on the topic: Institutions, Commitments, and Norms


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

Salary:  ~16.000€ per academic year (tax-free), plus ~1.600€ for research expenses per academic year

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

Deadline for application: June 9th, 2025 - 1:00 p.m. CEST

Call and Application procedure: 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.

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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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