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The \;4th \;Annual \;Philosophers' Cocoon Philosophy Conference \;(PCPC) \;is provisionally scheduled to be held at \;University of Tampa from \;Saturday October 8th to \;Sunday October 9th\, 2016. \;If you're curious about what the conference has been like in past years\, see \;here!

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As in the past\, this year's conference will be unique in several respects:

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  1. Although conference attendance \;will be open to \;all \;members of the profession\, \;paper presenters must be early-career philosophers \;(i.e. anyone who doesn't have tenure--grad students\, post-docs\, Assistant Profs\, independent scholars\, etc.)
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  2. Due to travel-funding challenges that early-career philosophers often face\, \;several sessions will be reserved for \;Skype \;presentations \;in which the author will be projected\, and field audience questions\, in real time over the internet (note: this has worked very well in past years!).
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  3. Although commentators and audience members are encouraged to present objections to papers\, the \;conference theme will be "constructive \;engagement"\, i.e. helping authors to improve their work (e.g. by not only raising objections\, but offering and discussing possible solutions).
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  4. Because successfully navigating the publishing world is one of the most difficult capacities for early-career philosophers to develop\, the conference \;welcomes submissions of a typical full-length 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.
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  5. In order to defray costs of attendance (once again out of concern for the needs of early-career scholars)\, there will only be a \;small suggested (but non-mandatory) $5 registration "donation" \;(to help pay for snacks)\, and consequently no official banquet\, snacks\, etc. Tampa is awesome\, and there are many affordable places to meet\, eat\, and congregate around the university.
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  6. Finally\, please note that submission to the conference involves an \;agreement to serve as a commentator \;on another paper during the conference should your paper be accepted and you accept your invitation to attend.
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