Research Associate

We have an opportunity for a Research Associate to make a leading contribution to an AHRC project ‘Digital Knowledge: A New Framework for Digital Epistemic Virtues’ working with Prof J Adam Carter (PI, Glasgow) in collaboration with Prof Jesper Kallestrup (Co-I, University of Aberdeen).

The successful candidate will produce high-quality research in accordance with the project’s aims:

Project overview: ‘Digital Knowledge: A New Framework for Digital Epistemic Virtues’

Traditional theorizing in philosophy and cognitive science about our mental lives has focused on properties of innate, biological cognition. Mainstream epistemology (the philosophical theory of knowledge) has largely inherited this traditional brainbound approach to cognition. This - as the latest evidence from cognitive science and social psychology shows - is increasingly out of step with the way we nowadays often perform cognitive tasks previously executed entirely in the head - viz, by offloading and outsourcing tasks to do with storage, planning and computation to our gadgets, including online and in the cloud. This allows us to access information much more expediently and effortlessly than ever before, but at the cost of a cluster of increased epistemic risks, including online misinformation, 'fake news', polarization, echo chambers, and information overload.

A deeper understanding of how to better seek information and conduct inquiries in a digital world requires an epistemological framework free from the constraints of 'bioprejudice', and with the capacity to explain how we can be efficient and responsible digitally scaffolded thinkers.

For informal enquiries, please contact Dr J Adam Carter, Adam.Carter@glasgow.ac.uk.

This post is full time and has funding until 12 December 2025.

For more information on the role, the project, and to apply online: https://my.corehr.com/pls/uogrecruit/erq_jobspec_version_4.jobspec?p_id=154829

Closing date: 14 October 2024

We believe that we can only reach our full potential through the talents of all. Equality, diversity and inclusion are at the heart of our values. Applications are particularly welcome from across our communities and in particular people from the Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) community, and other protected characteristics who are under-represented within the University. Read more on how the University promotes and embeds all aspects of equality and diversity within our community https://www.gla.ac.uk/myglasgow/humanresources/equalitydiversity/.

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