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To: jeevacation©gmail.com[jeevacation©gmail.com]; jeevacationegmail.com[jeevacation©gmail.com] From: David Grosof Sent Sat 3/24/2012 2:39:17 AM Subject: Oxbridge post-does in philosophy of cosmology FYI, I thought you'd be a little curious about the following: some Templeton Foundation-funded post-docs in "philosophy of cosmology" at Cambridge and Oxford. d. From: "A. Zee" < Subject: Fwd: Post docs Date: 18 March, 2012 6:53:18 PM EDT To: undisclosed-recipients:; If you (or someone you know) like to philosophize about the universe, now is your chance! ----- Forwarded messa e From: < Date: Sun, Mar 18, 2012 at 1:27 PM Subject: Post does To: Tony Zee < > Applications are invited for two postdoctoral fellowships in the area of philosophy of cosmology, one to be held at Cambridge University and one to be held at Oxford University, starting I Jan 2013 to run until 31 Aug 2014. The two positions have similar job-descriptions and the deadline for applications is the same: 18 April 2012. For more details, see, for the Cambridge fellowship: http://www.damtp.cam.ac.uk/vacancy/ and for the Oxford fellowship: https://www.recruit.ox.ac.uk/p1s/hrisliverecruit/erq_jobspec version 4.jobspec?p id=102536 Applicants are encouraged to apply for both positions. The Oxford group is led by Joe Silk, Simon Saunders and David Wallace, and that at Cambridge by John Barrow and Jeremy Butterfield. These appointments are part of the initiative 'establishing the philosophy of EFTA_R1_00513114 EFTA02011471 cosmology', involving a consortium of universities in the UK and USA, funded by the John Templeton Foundation. Its aim is to identify, define and explore new foundational questions in cosmology. Key questions already identified concern: * The issue of measure, including potential uses of anthropic reasoning * Space-time structure, both at very large and very small scales * The cosmological constant problem * Entropy, time and complexity, in understanding the various arrows of time * Symmetries and invariants, and the nature of the description of the universe as a whole Applicants with philosophical interests in cosmology outside these areas will also be considered. For more background on the initiative, see: http://www.philosophy.ox.ac.uk/news events/news/philosophy of cosmology - _new_field of study and for the project website (still under construction) hti p: ph ilcosino.ph.); sic s.ox .ac .uk. Sent from my BlackBerry® wireless device Please send all emails to they will be forwarded to me. Phone I Inge: .kitp.ucsb.edu ice/shakespeare.html A. Zee Professor of Physics Institute for Theoretical Physics University of California Santa Barbara, CA 93106 EFTA_R1_00513115 EFTA02011472 David H. Grosof, PhD, MBA President OptiOpia, Inc. San Francisco CA (mobile) [email protected] www.OptiOpia.com EFTA_R1_00513116 EFTA02011473