We are looking for candidates whose planned PhD project falls broadly within at least one of the following areas:
Epistemology, Philosophy of Mind and Psychology, Philosophy of Social Science, Social and Political Philosophy.
The candidate is expected to develop a project description, which must be submitted as a part of the application. The candidate’s PhD project will contribute to the GoodAttention project.
We advise candidates to look at our websites. We invite candidates from any of the areas of philosophy listed above.
This PhD position is specifically associated with the research strand in GoodAttention that connects questions about attention with epistemology. This sub-project investigate the role of attention in epistemology and the rational status of the role of attention in the acquisition and exchange of knowledge and in inquiry. The subproject looks, among other things, at epistemic norms, norms of inquiry, and attention norms, and asks how they are related. Some possible angle include: the epistemic role of attention, attention and epistemic rationality, attention and epistemic injustice, the social role of attention in the exchange of knowledge, epistemic issues in the attention economy, attention and social epistemology, and more. The candidate’s proposed PhD research need not be directly about one of those topics. Candidates should, though, in their research description and application letter address how it may relate to them.
The candidate will be situated in a strong, lively and supportive research environment, both at GoodAttention and the related NFR-funded SalientSolutions project. They will also have the opportunity to be integrated in relevant research networks, such as the Practical Philosophy Group, the Oslo Mind, Language and Epistemology Network, and the Centre for Philosophy and the Sciences.
The candidate will have the opportunity also to make use of the international advisory board associated with SalientSolutions, for research interactions, research visits, or other forms of collaboration.
For more about the position and to apply see here: