PhD: The Evaluation of Multimodal Arguments
The Faculty of Philosophy at the University of Groningen, the Netherlands, offers a four year, employed position to complete a PhD within a project led by dr. Jan Albert van Laar (University of Groningen), dr. Emar Maier (University of Groningen) and prof. dr. Jean Wagemans (University of Amsterdam). Other members of the project team are: prof. dr. Lilian Bermejo-Luque (University of Granada), dr. Lotte van Poppel (University of Groningen) and dr. Janina Wildfeuer (University of Groningen).
The position is part of the project The Normativity of Multimodal Arguments, which is funded by the Dutch Science Foundation (NWO). In this project, we combine description- and explanation-oriented insights into argumentation, as developed in multimodal semiotics and superlinguistics, with evaluation-oriented theories of argumentation, as developed in formal dialectics, pragma-dialectics and normative pragmatics. The aim is to shed light on how participants in argumentative practices do, can and should deal with the vagaries of multimodal meaning.
The PhD position “The Evaluation of Multimodal Argumentation” deals with how we can best deal with the multiplicity of multimodal meaning in argumentative practices. The project draws on normative accounts in argumentation theory (for example: informal logic, or pragma-dialectics), and modifies them so as to become applicable to multimodal communication. The PhD student will be provided with room for developing their own detailed PhD project plan.
Organisation
Since its foundation in 1614, the University of Groningen has enjoyed an international reputation as a dynamic and innovative center of higher education offering high-quality teaching and research. Balanced study and career paths in a wide variety of disciplines encourage the 36,000 students and researchers to develop their own individual talents. Belonging to the best research universities in Europe and joining forces with prestigious partner universities and networks, the University of Groningen is truly an international place of knowledge.
