PostDoctoral Position in the Phenomenology of Quantum Mechanics
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PostDoctoral Position in the Phenomenology of Quantum Mechanics
Where: University of Graz, Austria
Starting Date: October 2022 (negotiable)
Duration: 12 months
Salary: € 3.046,13 per month (gross)
Application deadline: September 15, 2022
Project: Quantum Mechanics and Phenomenology: Specifying the Philosophical Foundations of QBism
Principle Investigator: Philipp Berghofer
The PI of the project “Quantum Mechanics and Phenomenology: Specifying the Philosophical Foundations of QBism” (funded by the Styrian Research Council) is seeking a PostDoc (75%) to conduct research on the foundations of quantum mechanics from a phenomenological perspective. We are looking for a philosopher or physicist with good knowledge of (Husserlian) phenomenology, working on interpretations and/or reconstructions of quantum mechanics. The candidate is expected to support the PI’s research on:
Developing phenomenological approaches to quantum mechanics
Specifying the philosophical foundations and implications of QBism
Reconstructing quantum mechanics based on phenomenological-epistemological principles
At the University of Graz and via the collaboration partners of the project, the successful candidate will be embedded in a research community of philosophers, phenomenologists, physicists, and QBists working on approaches to quantum mechanics that refrain from reifying the wave function, do not wish to modify the quantum formalism in order to make it more consistent with classical intuitions, and consider the notion of experience to be fundamental.
If you are interested, please send the following documents to philipp....@uni-graz.at
Application letter (no more than two pages)
CV
We welcome candidates with a wide variety of backgrounds and perspectives and especially encourage members of underrepresented groups to apply.
If you have any questions, do not hesitate to contact philipp....@uni-graz.at