Topic: UCL

The Department of Science and Technology Studies at UCL seeks to appoint a
full-time Lecturer in Philosophy of Science, with teaching and research
interests in the philosophy of science, and - preferably - the history and
philosophy of the physical sciences broadly construed. The successful
applicant must hold a PhD in the appropriate subject area, and is expected
to have a range of interests within history and philosophy of science, to
be active in research and publication, and to be capable of teaching the
subject to undergraduate and postgraduate students from a wide range of
backgrounds.

Closing date: 16 Apr 2010; interviews in early May

Job advert:
www.ucl.ac.uk/hr/jobs/
Search "UCL Current Vacancies" using reference: 1130132

About the department:
www.ucl.ac.uk/sts

For informal enquiries, please contact Prof. Steve Miller (Head of
Department) by phone on 020 7679 3490, or by email at s.miller@ucl.ac.uk.


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Dr. Michela Massimi
Senior Lecturer in History and Philosophy of Science
Dept. of Science and Technology Studies
University College London
Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT
tel.: 020 7679 1321
webpage:http://www.ucl.ac.uk/sts/massimi/index.htm

… the answer is, in essence, that during this century of science’s greatest achievements, most physicists and philosophers have given  up on the idea that the purpose of science is to discover how the world really is. Instead they want to regard it as a mere instrument for making predictions and achieving pragmatic goals.
   
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