The Carnegie Mellon University Department of Philosophy invites applications for the Herbert Simon Fellowship in Scientific Philosophy. Applications from scholars working in any area of philosophy are welcome, with a strong preference for work with formal or empirical aspects drawing on interdisciplinary sources. The Fellowship is intended primarily for those who have recently received doctorates, including scholars with a continuing faculty appointment elsewhere.
The Fellowship has a tenure of two years (non-renewable), with teaching duties of 2 courses/year, one of which should be a research seminar in the Fellow's specialty. Appointments of one year are possible for applicants with a continuing faculty appointment elsewhere. Residence in Pittsburgh is expected. The stipend will be a minimum of $40,000, and will be commensurate with experience. The fellowship begins in September, 2007.
The deadline for application is
Monday, March 19th, 2007
Herbert Simon (1916-2001)
Applications (including a statement of purpose, CV, at least one writing sample and two letters of reference) may be sent to:
The Philosophy Department
Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh PA 15213
Attention: Simon Fellowship Committee
The statement of purpose should describe a proposed research program that the applicant intends to carry out while in residence.
Electronic applications, preferably in pdf format enclosed as attachments, are welcome and indeed preferred.
Send email to: phil-search@andrew.cmu.edu
In addition to the Philosophy Department
at Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh is also home to the University of Pittsburgh’s Philosophy Department, History and Philosophy of Science Department, and the Center for Philosophy of Science.