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

- Doctoral Research Position
- ID:

- **Wiss23023**
- Start: as soon as possible
- part-time 65 %
- salary according to Remuneration level 13 TV-L
- fixed-term
- The position is based in the ERC research group 'REASONS F1RST - The Structure of Normativity' (PI: Benjamin Kiesewetter).
- 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 described above and in related areas (80 %)
- actively participate in the regular meetings and events of the research group (10 %)
- contribute to organizing workshops and other events (10 %)

Employment is conducive to scientific qualification.- We offer
- salary according to Remuneration level 13 TV-L
- fixed-term (4 years) (- 2 (1) sentence 1 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)
- part-time 65 %
- 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
- cooperative and team-oriented style of work
- an autonomous, self-reliant and committed manner of working
- strong coordination and organization skills
- good proficiency in written and spoken English
- Application Procedure
- a letter of motivation including a statement of your research interests, motivation and expectations of your time in the research group/project
- a CV including information about academic education and degrees, and, where it applies, professional experience, publications, fellowships/awards, conference contributions, and further relevant skills and abilities
- a transcript of records of your master studies
- a short summary of your master thesis (1 page)
- a letter of recommendation which should be submitted separately by the recommending person

**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 conflict with official needs.- open as PDF