Assistant professor in philosophy of neuroscience (tenure track)

The department of philosophy has a vacancy for an assistant professor (tenure track) in philosophy of neuroscience.

Area of specialisation: philosophy of neuroscience.
Area(s) of competence: at least philosophy of mind and philosophical psychology, optional: philosophy of psychiatry.

Your duties

• teaching courses to MA students in the mastertrack Philosophy of Neuroscience, BA students in Philosophy, and introductory courses in philosophy to BA students of other programmes
• supervising theses in BA and MA programmes, in particular in the mastertrack Philosophy of Neuroscience
• conducting research in the philosophy of neuroscience
• applying for external research funding
• contributing to outreach, as part of research and/or teaching
• performing administrative tasks (in particular assisting in the coordination of the mastertrack Philosophy of Neuroscience)

Your teaching will cover topics in the philosophy of neuroscience and philosophy of mind, philosophy of psychiatry and introductory philosophy courses in other faculties. The mastertrack Philosophy of Neuroscience (https://vu.nl/en/education/master/philosophy-of-neuroscience ) is a collaboration between the Department of Philosophy at the VU and the Department of Anatomy and Neurosciences at Amsterdam UMC (location VUmc).

Your research should be related to the philosophy of neuroscience, either from a philosophy of science, metaphysical, clinical or ethical perspective. Your research will be embedded in the theoretical philosophy group of the department, and in the interdisciplinary research institute CLUE+.

Administrative tasks may be at Department or Faculty level.