Postdoc (f/m/x)

The position is part of the Austrian Science Fund (FWF) project “Carnap in Context IV (PAT7905424)”, led by PD Dr. Christian Damböck. The position's primary research focus is the study of Carnap's epistemological writings from the 1930s and the preparation of the preface to volume 6 of The Collected Works of Rudolf Carnap (OUP). The PI of the project, Christian Damböck, will collaborate on this task.

• Contribution to volume 6 of The Collected Works of Rudolf Carnap (OUP), Logic and Epistemology 1934–1942.
• You will function as co-editor of this volume, together with Richard Creath and Richard Zach.
• Your main task will be to write a scientific introduction to volume 6.
• Contribution to the project’s theoretical development, joint research output and activities.
• Assistance with organising events and publishing co-edited volumes.
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• Completed PhD in philosophy
• Exceptional knowledge of the Carnap’s work in the 1930s and early 1940s, including the protocol sentence debate, his contributions to the Encyclopedia of Unified Science, and his work on semantics and philosophy of logic.
• Excellent skills in English (native speaker) are required, German skills would be helpful but are not mandatory.
• Organisational and teamwork skills.
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