University of Vienna

The Unit for Philosophy of Science at the Department of Philosophy
of the University of Vienna is inviting applications for the position
of "visiting professor" to be taken up sometime during the academic
year 2011-12.

The visiting professor is expected to teach two courses (seminars
or lectures). Each course consists of 14 x 90 minutes. These courses
can be offered as "intensive courses" (with more than one session per
week). The minimum period of stay is one month, the maximum period of
stay is three months.THE COURSES CAN BE TAUGHT IN ENGLISH.

The total salary is € 8,000 (including travel costs and accommodation).

For more information about the department of philosophy, go to
http://philosophie.univie.ac.at/

For more information about the Unit for Philosophy of Science, go to
http://wissenschaftstheorie.univie.ac.at/en/home/

Philosophy of Science at the University of Vienna includes: general
philosophy of science and its history; philosophy of the individual
natural, social and cultural sciences; philosophy of technology;
ethics and politics of science and technology. Research in these
areas is often pursued drawing on various adjacent fields in
philosophy and beyond, e.g. history and sociology of science and
technology; cognitive science; epistemology; feminist philosophy;
social and political theory; innovation studies; and knowledge
management.

If you are interested, please send the following materials by
15 January 2010 to Martin Kusch<martin.kusch@univie.ac.at>

CV including a list of publications;

one-paragraph outlines of possible courses;

(if available) teaching evaluations;

PhD is a must; applicants from Austria, Germany and Switzerland
are normally expected to have a "Habilitation".

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Prof. Martin Kusch
Department of Philosophy
University of Vienna
Universitaetsstrasse 7
A-1010 VIENNA
Phone: +43-1-4277-47622
Webpage: http://univie.academia.edu/MartinKusch/