Research assistant Jobs in Oerlinghausen

The CRC 1646 is funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG) and investigates linguistic creativity in communication from a range of different perspectives.

The research position is part of our research group within the philosophy of language and linguistics on 'open texture'. Similar to vagueness, open texture is the indeterminacy we often find when we consider whether a predicate applies to a new (or newly considered) object : Does 'sandwich' apply to burritos, does 'money' apply to bitcoin, do 'intelligence' and 'creativity' apply to generative AI systems? The straightforward answer appears to be : there is no fact of the matter here. Nothing in the established meaning of these predicates or the properties of these objects settles the application one way or the other – there is nothing for us to find out, we rather need to decide. If this is right, then our language is beset by a widespread indeterminacy besides vagueness, and we should inquire into its nature, grounds, and consequences. Combining approaches from semantics, pragmatics, and meta-semantics, this is precisely what our research project aims for.

In line with the general aim of the CRC 'Linguistic Creativity in Communication', of which our project figures as sub-project B05, we also aim to trace the foundational role of this phenomenon in the emergence of linguistic creativity.

Further details about our project can be found here :

Further information about the CRC in general can be found here :

Your Tasks Research Tasks (95 %)

• develop a research project within the philosophy of language (or linguistics). Your project is expected to pertain to semantics, pragmatics, or meta-semantics, and to fit the general research outlook of our project on 'Open Texture'. The specific design of your project will be jointly developed by you together with Prof. Nimtz (Bielefeld) and Prof. Zakkou (Düsseldorf). We very much encourage you to contribute your own preferences, perspectives, and ideas.
• pursue independent research within the developed research project

Other tasks (5 %) :

There are no teaching duties attached to the position. However, the successful candidate will be given the opportunity to teach as allowed by the regulations of the DFG.

Employment is conducive to scientific qualification.

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Application Procedure

We are looking forward to receiving your application. To apply, please preferably use our online form via the application button below. Your application should include the following documents :

application deadline : Contact

Prof. Dr. Christian Nimtz

Postal Address

Universität Bielefeld

Fakultät für Geschichte, Philosophie und Theologie

Dekanat

Postfach 10 01 31

33501 Bielefeld