
Philosophy Expert - Remote Contract Role
Listing checked September 17, 2026 · pay as published by AfterQuery
Key details
- Pay
- $75/hr
- Location
- Remote
- Job type
- contract
- Posted
- September 15, 2026
Overview
AfterQuery produces the expert evaluation data that frontier AI labs rely on to measure model judgment, and the team needs philosophers to write and grade the argument analysis and ethical reasoning scenarios behind those tests. You would design prompts that force a model to reconstruct an argument or work through an applied ethical dilemma, then judge the response against a reference answer you wrote yourself. Depth in ethics, epistemology, logic or philosophy of mind matters more than breadth. Work runs as ongoing project contracts, fully remote and async, with a floor of 10 hours per week and no ceiling.
What You'll Do7
- Compose philosophical prompts that probe argument reconstruction, inference and applied ethical dilemmas.
- Produce model answers that spell out premises, inferential steps and the objections a strong critic would raise.
- Assess model responses for validity, soundness and how fairly they treat the best opposing view.
- Identify output that reads as insightful but relies on equivocation, circular reasoning or fails against a counterexample.
- Represent a position you reject in its strongest form, then name the exact point where the reasoning breaks.
- Keep each scenario anchored in your own specialty, whether that is ethics, logic, political philosophy or another area.
- Turn in graded work on a schedule you set, scaling hours up or down from week to week.
Requirements8
- Advanced degree in philosophy or a field closely tied to it.
- At least two years of teaching, research or published philosophical work.
- Recognized depth in ethics, epistemology, logic, philosophy of mind or a comparable area.
- Written English strong enough to build and dissect arguments without ambiguity.
- Availability of 10 hours per week or more, on a self-directed schedule.
- PhD and peer reviewed publications preferred.
- Training in formal logic or decision theory preferred.
- Applied ethics background such as bioethics or AI ethics preferred.
Who Should Apply
Philosophy PhDs and advanced-degree holders who can steelman a view they oppose and point to the precise step where an argument collapses. Logic, ethics and epistemology specialists with at least two years of teaching, research or publication fit best.
Salary Insight
The listing posts $75.00/hr, while the source range runs $50 to $100 per hour and AfterQuery sets your specific rate from your experience rather than renegotiating it later. Pay lands weekly through Stripe.
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