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SUMMARY:2nd Annual Philosophers' Cocoon Philosophy Conference
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LOCATION:Tampa\, United States
DESCRIPTION:<p>I am pleased to announce this call-for-papers for the&nbsp\;<strong>Second Annual</strong><strong>&nbsp\;<em>Philosophers' Cocoon Philosophy Conference&nbsp\;</em>(PCPC)</strong>\, which I have tentatively scheduled to occur at the University of Tampa on Saturday July 19 through Sunday July 20th\, 2014. As was the case at&nbsp\;<a target="_self">this year's conference</a>\, the Second Annual PCPC will be unique in several respects:</p>\n<ul>\n<li>Although attendance at the conference and participating as session chairs or commentators will be open to&nbsp\;all&nbsp\;members of the profession\,&nbsp\;<em>paper presenters must be early-career philosophers</em>&nbsp\;-- basically\, anyone who doesn't have tenure (e.g. graduate students\, post-docs\, VAP\, TT Assistant Profs\, independent scholars\, etc.)</li>\n<li>Due to the kinds of travel-funding issues that early-career philosophers often face\, several paper sessions (the exact number of which will be determined later) will be reserved for&nbsp\;<em>Skype</em>&nbsp\;presentations in which the author will be projected\, and field audience questions\, in real time over the internet (these went&nbsp\;<u>very</u>&nbsp\;well this year!).</li>\n<li>Although commentators and audience members are encouraged to present objections to papers\, a guiding aim of the conference will be<em>constructive</em>&nbsp\;criticism\, i.e. helping authors to improve problems (e.g. by not only raising objections\, but offering and discussing possible solutions).</li>\n<li>Because successfully navigating the publishing world is one of the most difficult capacities for early-career philosophers to develop\, and typical conference-length papers are too short (3\,000 words) to publish\, we will welcome submissions the length of any typical journal article (20-30 pages double-spaced) -- the aim being to help early-career philosophers develop full-length papers into publishable quality. As a rule of thumb\, the longer the paper\, the higher the standards for acceptance to the conference. Extremely long papers are discouraged.</li>\n<li>In order to defray costs of attendance (once again out of concern for the needs of early-career scholars)\, there will be&nbsp\;no registration fee\, and consequently no official banquet\, snacks\, etc. Tampa is awesome\, and there are many affordable places to meet\, eat\, and congregate around the university.</li>\n</ul>\n<p>I hope to stream all talks live via the internet and\, if time permits\, take some audience questions from internet viewers by email.&nbsp\;</p>\n<p>To submit a paper to present at the PCPC\, please email the following to&nbsp\;<strong>marvan@ut.edu</strong>&nbsp\;by&nbsp\;<strong>MARCH 15th\, 2014</strong>:&nbsp\;(1) a blinded (i.e. anonymized) paper\, (2) a separate title page with the author's name\, contract information\, and brief paper abstract\, and (3) a statement concerning whether you intend to attend the conference in person or only via Skype. Decision emails indicating whether your paper has been accepted should be sent out around May\, 2014. Finally\, please bear the following in mind: In order to ensure that the conference is well-attended\, there will be relatively few Skype sessions -- so the probability that your paper will be accepted is higher should you state in your submission email that you can attend in person.&nbsp\; Submission of a paper comprises a tacit agreement&nbsp\;<em>to serve as a commentator or session chair</em>&nbsp\;should your paper be accepted and you accept the invitation to present.</p>
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