Leeds jobs

This may be of interest to some Hopoi (note the mention of phil sci in 
the 2nd job ad)

Please send any queries to the email address given, not to me!

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University of Leeds, Faculty of Arts, School of Humanities

Three Posts: Value Philosophy, Epistemology, and Philosophy of Language

Full details of each post available at:  http://jobs.leeds.ac.uk

1.    Lecturer in Value Philosophy   Job reference: ARTHM0010

The School seeks to hire a Lecturer in of Philosophy of Value, broadly 
construed to include (e.g.) normative ethics, metaethics, and 
political philosophy.

The position will incorporate undergraduate and postgraduate teaching, 
some thesis supervision, and some non-teaching administrative duties. 
With a research record and teaching experience commensurate with 
career stage, the successful candidate should have completed or 
submitted a PhD by the beginning of the appointment.

The successful candidate will have the ability to make an outstanding 
contribution to the research activities of the Centre for Ethics and 
Metaethics, to the research life of the department in general, and to 
Philosophy’s REF 2014 submission.

Post must commence no later than 1 September 2012 (or sooner if 
required to do so in discussion with the School).

Candidates are encouraged to apply for more than one Philosophy 
position where appropriate.

We particularly welcome applications from candidates belonging to 
groups that have been traditionally underrepresented in philosophy, 
including but not limited to women and ethnic minorities.

For more information on Philosophy at the University of Leeds see http://www.leeds.ac.uk/arts/info/20048/philosophy

University Grade 7 (£32,751 – £35,788) or University Grade 8 (£36,862 
- £44,016)

Informal enquiries may be made to Professor Graeme 
Gooday                              Tel +44 (0)113 343 3274, messages   
Tel +44 (0)113 343 3260,
Email: g.j.n.gooday@leeds.ac.uk

Closing date 18 November 2011

Interviews are expected to be held in February 2012

2.      Lecturer in Epistemology     Job Reference: ARTHM0009

The School seeks to hire a Lecturer in Epistemology, broadly construed 
to include (e.g.) specialists in the history of the subject and 
candidates whose research engages with issues in philosophy of science.

The position will incorporate undergraduate and postgraduate teaching, 
some thesis supervision, and some non-teaching administrative duties. 
With a research record and teaching experience commensurate with 
career stage, the successful candidate should have completed or 
submitted a PhD by the beginning of the appointment.

The successful candidate will have the ability to make an outstanding 
contribution to the research life of the department, and to 
Philosophy’s REF 2014 submission.

Post must commence no later than 1 September 2012 (or sooner if 
required to do so in discussion with the School).

Candidates are encouraged to apply for more than one Philosophy 
position where appropriate.

We particularly welcome applications from candidates belonging to 
groups that have been traditionally underrepresented in philosophy, 
including but not limited to women and ethnic minorities.

For more information on Philosophy at the University of Leeds see http://www.leeds.ac.uk/arts/info/20048/philosophy

University Grade 7 (£32,751 – £35,788) or University Grade 8 (£36,862 
- £44,016)

Informal enquiries may be made to Professor Graeme 
Gooday                              Tel +44 (0)113 343 3274, messages   
Tel +44 (0)113 343 3260,
Email: g.j.n.gooday@leeds.ac.uk

Closing date 18 November 2011

Interviews are expected to be held in February 2012

3.    Lecturer in Philosophy of Language   Job Reference: ARTHM0011

The School seeks to hire a Lecturer in the Philosophy of Language, 
broadly construed to include (e.g.) specialists in the history of the 
subject.

The position will incorporate undergraduate and postgraduate teaching, 
some thesis supervision, and some non-teaching administrative duties. 
With a research record and teaching experience commensurate with 
career stage, the successful candidate should have completed or 
submitted a PhD by the beginning of the appointment.

The successful candidate will have the ability to make an outstanding 
contribution to the research life of the department, and to 
Philosophy’s REF 2014 submission.

Post must commence no later than 1 September 2012 (or sooner if 
required to do so in discussion with the School).

Candidates are encouraged to apply for more than one Philosophy 
position where appropriate.

We particularly welcome applications from candidates belonging to 
groups that have been traditionally underrepresented in philosophy, 
including but not limited to women and ethnic minorities.

For more information on Philosophy at the University of Leeds see http://www.leeds.ac.uk/arts/info/20048/philosophy

University Grade 7 (£32,751 – £35,788)  or University Grade 8 (£36,862 
- £44,016)

Informal enquiries may be made to Professor Graeme 
Gooday                              Tel +44 (0)113 343 3274, messages   
Tel +44 (0)113 343 3260
Email: g.j.n.gooday@leeds.ac.uk

Closing date 18 November 2011

Interviews are expected to be held in February 2012

Professor Steven French
Professor of Philosophy of Science
Department of Philosophy
University of Leeds
Leeds LS2 9JT

Tel: 0113 3433279
Email: s.r.d.french@leeds.ac.uk
http://www.philosophy.leeds.ac.uk/Staff … French.htm

Co-Editor of The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science
Editor-in-Chief of New Directions in Philosophy of Science, Palgrave-
Macmillan

Responding to the discovery of a 'dark flow' in the universe, the 
study leader said: "Hey could be anything. As bizarre as you could 
imagine—some warped space-time."

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