Philosophy Expert - Fully Remote

Mercor; Greater London; Remote; GBP 55,000 - 96,000; Part time

Job summary

Mercor is seeking expert philosophers to author and review high-quality academic assessment content for an AI research initiative. You will craft and verify rigorous philosophy questions, evaluate solution quality, and contribute to gold-standard benchmarks used to advance AI capabilities.

You will work asynchronously, remotely, with a commitment of 10+ hours per week, and you may tackle either Question Authoring or Question Verification tasks depending on assignment.

Qualifications

• PhD in philosophy or doctoral candidate with strong depth.
• Excellent command of written English and ability to express complex ideas clearly.
• Proven ability to author rigorous, self-contained questions and verify them for accuracy.

Responsibilities

• Author original philosophy questions testing deep conceptual understanding.
• Rate difficulty as Medium, Hard, or Expert for each item.
• Provide 1 correct answer and 9 plausible distractors.
• Write step-by-step Chain-of-Thought solutions with reasoning.
• Supply 1–5 academic references per question.
• For verification tasks, flag clarity or solvability issues and justify edits.

Skills

Philosophy

Formal logic

Academic writing

Review & QA

Education

PhD in Philosophy

Tools

LaTeX

Markdown

Job description

Role Overview

We are seeking expert philosophers to author and review high-quality academic assessment content for an AI research initiative. You will write and verify rigorous multiple-choice questions across core philosophy domains, evaluate solution quality, and help establish gold-standard benchmarks used to advance AI capabilities.

You will be assigned one of two task types:

• Question Authoring — Create original, challenging multiple-choice questions in your area of philosophy expertise, rate their difficulty, and submit them for review.
• Question Verification — Review pre-written questions for accuracy, clarity, and rigor. Edit where needed, rate difficulty, and document any changes made.

Philosophy Domains Covered

Formal Ontology & Knowledge Representation, AI Ethics, Applied Epistemology, Philosophy of Technology & Robotics, Philosophy of Science.

Key Responsibilities

• Author original philosophy questions that test deep conceptual understanding, not surface-level recall
• Ensure questions are unambiguous, self-contained, and precisely defined — all necessary information must be in the problem statement
• Rate each question's difficulty: Medium (intro undergraduate), Hard (advanced undergraduate), or Expert (post-graduate and above)
• Provide 1 correct answer and 9 plausible but subtly incorrect alternatives that challenge expert-level solvers
• Write step-by-step Chain-of-Thought solutions with clear, concise reasoning in markdown format
• Supply 1–5 academic references per question from reputable sources (peer-reviewed journals, university repositories)
• For verification tasks: flag issues with clarity, completeness, precision, or solvability and justify any edits made

Ideal Qualifications

• PhD or doctoral candidate in Philosophy or a closely related field
• Master's degree considered for candidates with exceptional depth in a specific subdomain
• Strong command of philosophical argumentation, formal logic, and canonical texts across traditions
• Research publications or teaching experience in philosophy is a strong plus
• Excellent written English and ability to express complex ideas clearly and concisely

More About the Opportunity

• Expected commitment: 10+ hours/week
• Asynchronous, fully remote work