Extended deadline: 2018 Cocoon conference

Although the original deadline for the 6th Annual Philosophers' Cocoon Philosophy Conference was on June 1st, I am interested in potentially adding additional papers to fill out the conference program (the review process is still in progress). So, if any of you are interested in submitting a paper, I am extending the deadline to July 15th.

The conference will be held at University of Tampa on Saturday October 13th-Sunday October 14th, 2018. If you're curious about what the conference has been like in past years, see here.

As in the past, the Cocoon conference will be unique in several respects:

1. Although conference attendance will be open to all, paper presenters must be early-career philosophers (graduate students, post-docs, untenured faculty, independent scholars, etc.). 
2. Because early-career philosophers may have challenges securing travel funding, several sessions will be reserved for Skype presentations.
3. Although commentators and audience members are encouraged to present objections, the conference theme will once again be constructive engagement, where the primary intent is to help authors to improve their work.
4. Because the conference aims to improve work for publication, the conference welcomes full-length articles (10-30 pages double-spaced). As a rule of thumb, the longer the paper, the higher the standards for acceptance to the conference. Extremely long papers are discouraged.
5. 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.

To submit a paper to present, please email the following to me at [email protected] by July 15th, 2018:

1. An anonymized paper.
2. A separate title page with the author's name, contact information, early-career status (e.g. grad student, post-doc, untenured faculty, independent scholar), and brief paper abstract.
3. A statement concerning whether you intend to attend the conference in person or only via Skype.

At this point, I probably will not have additional room for Skype presentations (though it is not a foregone conclusion!). Decision emails should go out to everyone in early August.