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- The Faculty of History, Philosophy and Theology (Department of Philosophy) has the following job opening:

- Postdoctoral position
- ID:

- **Wiss23041**
- Start: as soon as possible
- fulltime
- salary according to Remuneration level 13 TV-L
- fixed-term
- Project description:

- Some of the core fields of philosophy - including moral philosophy, value theory, and epistemology - are, at their heart, concerned with normative questions: questions about what is good or bad, right or wrong, justified or unjustified. These questions concern the content of judgements that human beings are constantly making and that structure our way of thinking, feeling, and acting. But while there is wide agreement in contemporary philosophy that normative judgements form a unified and important category of human thought, philosophers still struggle to understand what normativity actually is. One highly attractive hypothesis is that normativity can be analysed in terms of reasons - i.e. in terms of the factors that count in favour of or against actions or attitudes. The aim of REASONS F1RST is to systematically explore this Reasons-First Approach on a large scale and across various philosophical subdisciplines. Fostering multidisciplinary conversations between moral philosophy, epistemology, value theory, aesthetics, the philosophy of emotions, and related areas, the project will develop novel analyses of normative phenomena. It also seeks to address recent challenges to the Reasons-First Approach and to compare it to competing approaches. REASONS F1RST thus pursues a twofold objective: (i) to assess the merits and demerits of the Reasons-First Approach compared to alternative proposals, and (ii) to work out in detail how different normative phenomena - including values, obligations and rights, the justification of beliefs, as well as appropriateness norms for emotions - can be explained in terms of reasons.-
- Your Tasks
- conduct independent research in the context of the project and adjoining areas (50 %)
- 4 teaching hours in the area of practical philosophy in all BA/MA programs in philosophy (in English or German) (30 %)
- actively participate in the regular meetings and events of the research group and contribute to organizing workshops and other events (10 %)
- organizational tasks that are part of the self-administration of the university (10 %)

Employment is conducive to scientific qualification.
We offer
- salary according to Remuneration level 13 TV-L
- fixed-term (4 ½ years) (- 2 (1) sentence 2 of the WissZeitVG; in accordance with the provisions of the WissZeitVG and the Agreement on Satisfactory Conditions of Employment, the length of contract may differ in individual cases)
- fulltime
- internal and external training opportunities
- amount of health, consulting and prevention services
- reconcilability of family and working life
- Your Profile
We expect
- a scientific university degree (e.g. Master) in philosophy
- PhD in analytical philosophy
- a documented research focus in the area of the relevant sub-project (e.g. theoretical ethics, meta-ethics, epistemology, philosophy of mind)
- research achievements relevant to the project, which can be demonstrated by internationally peer-reviewed publications
- a cooperative and team-oriented style of work
- an autonomous, self-reliant and committed manner of working and the willingness to take a formative role within the research group
- strong coordination and organization skills
- good proficiency in written and spoken English
- teaching experience in practical philosophy, a professional understanding of teaching oriented towards further didactic training, as well as the ability and willingness to teach flexibly and broadly beyond one's own research focus on topics in practical philosophy (esp. applied ethics, normative ethics, and metaethics) and to adjust the preparation of teaching content to the requirements profile of Bielefeld students
- Preferred experience and skills
- an independent research proposal that is closely related to the project
- experience in organizing scientific events
- international experience in academia
- Application Procedure
- a cover letter including a statement of your research interests, motivation, and expectations of working in the research group with reference to the subproject in which you would like to work (max. 2 pages)
- a research proposal relevant to the project (max. 3 pages)
- a summary of your dissertation (max. 3 pages)
- your dissertation
- an essay exemplary of your research (preferably published or accepted for publication in an international peer-reviewed journal) (max. 30 pages)

**Contact**
Dr. Benjamin Kiesewetter
- **Postal Address**
Universität Bielefeld
- Fakultät für Geschichte, Philosophie und Theologie
- Dekanat
- Postfach 10 01 31
- 33501 Bielefeld- At Bielefeld University on request positions can be carried out with reduced working hours as long as this does not conflic