EXTENDED DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS: 25 OCTOBER 2019 FELLOWSHIP START: DECEMBER 2019 PhD Fellowship in Philosophy Grant available at the Institute of Philosophy II Ruhr-University Bochum Call for applications *** Thematic Framework: interdisciplinary philosophical project in the area of theoretical philosophy of mind, language or cognition (open for suggestions) At the Institute of Philosophy II of […]

We cordially invite you to participate at this year’s installments of the PRECORE challenge. Held at this years CogSci (https://cognitivesciencesociety.org/cogsci-2019/ <https://cognitivesciencesociety.org/cogsci-2019/>), the PRECORE challenge invites researchers to compete in developing models that accurately predict individual human reasoning. In this year’s challenge, participants tackle the domain of syllogistic reasoning, i.e., the question which mechanisms drive human […]

CALL FOR FELLOWSHIP: WINTER TERM 2019-2020 & SUMMER TERM 2020 DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS: MAY 31ST, 2019 The Center for Mind and Cognition is a platform at the Ruhr-University Bochum that aims to foster interdisciplinary research at the intersection of philosophy, psychology, psychiatry, computational modelling, neuroscience and other areas of cognitive research in engineering, law and […]

Ausschreibung einer finanziellen Unterstützung zur Durchführung eines „Promovierenden-Symposiums für Kognitionswissenschaft“ mit einem selbst zu wählenden thematischen Schwerpunkt, durchzuführen im Frühjahr 2020 Für den Vorstand:  Prof. Dr. Albert Newen, Prof. Dr. Barbara Kaup Die Gesellschaft für Kognitionswissenschaft hat es sich um Ziel gesetzt, die Vernetzung der Promovierenden im Bereich der Kognitionswissenschaft in Deutschland zu fördern. Im […]

2nd CFP: Special Issue of the Artificial Intelligence Journal (AIJ) on Epistemic Planning Note that the submission deadline has been extended to December 1, 2018. Theme and topics https://www.journals.elsevier.com/artificial-intelligence/call-for-papers/special-issue-on-epistemic-planning Submission Submissions will be open from September 1, 2018 until December 1, 2018 and can be made using the EVISE system: http://www.evise.com/evise/faces/pages/navigation/NavController.jspx?JRNL_ACR=ARTINT . Authors should select […]

Rudolf-Carnap-Lectures (RCL) 2018: deliverd by Prof. Thomas Metzinger 7.-9. March 2018, Bochum, Germany http://www.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/philosophy/carnaplectures/Rudolf-Carnap_Lectures/Home.html ******************* From March 7-9, 2018, the next RCL will be presented by Prof. Thomas Metzinger (Mainz), as always in the context of a Graduate workshop including presentations by PhD students and early postdocs (PhD completed in 2014 or later). Presentations should […]

********************************************* Call for applications for all-inclusive stipends: 2nd International Rationality Summer Institute (IRSI2) Kloster Irsee, Germany September 2-14, 2018 http://2018.irsi-school.de ********************************************* Rationality is central to many disciplines, including philosophy, psychology, cognitive science, and economics. This may suggest that research in these fields is conducted in close concert. But researchers in these disciplines unfortunately seldom have […]

We recently launched a SIG on “Explainable AI” within the Association for Neural-Symbolic Learning and Reasoning. Have a look here for further information: http://www.neural-symbolic.org/sig-xai The SIG shall serve as a platform for discussion, announcements, etc. relating to all aspects of explainable and/or interpretable and/or comprehensible AI. Also, we set up a corresponding mailing list, reachable […]

Call for fellowships 2018/2019 – Deadline for applications: January 5th, 2018 The Center for Mind, Brain and Cognitive Evolution is a platform at the Ruhr-University Bochum that aims to foster interdisciplinary research projects and support special master-programs at the intersection of philosophy, psychology, psychiatry, computational modelling and neuroscience. We are pleased to announce an international […]

2017 Essay Prize: What is structure? The Metaphysics of Entanglement Project University of Oxford The Metaphysics of Entanglement Project is pleased to announce their 2017 Essay Prize. The winner of the Prize will receive £250. Topic: What is structure? The concept of structure is central to contemporary debates in many areas of philosophy. In the […]