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11/07/2024

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I assume by international, the poster means outside the USA. In philosophy of science, there is the European Society for Philosophy of Science (EPSA) biennial conference - it brings in a good portion of the European community, and the quality of papers is generally quite high. The annual British Society for the Philosophy of Science is an excellent conference. It attracts people from around the world, but especially the UK. The papers are of very good quality. It can be very competitive to get on the programme when the conference is at some places, like Oxford, for example. And when the Society for the Philosophy of Science in Practice (SPSP) is in Europe that can be fun and constructive. There are papers on the programme that are quite traditional, but it is better to submit something that is tied to the practice of science. There you will meet the leaders in SPSP. There is a starter for you.

Olle Blomberg

This is a good upcoming international conference:
https://isosonline.org/Social-Ontology-2025

sahpa

The Joint Session of the Aristotelian Society and the Mind Association. The Society for Applied Philosophy annual conference. These are both quite competitive.

But area-specific conferences/workshops are often philosophically richer. When I was a grad student I pursued these with a simple algorithm. If the topic was in an AOS of mine, and they offered travel support, and it was in a location I wanted to visit, I applied. After a while you start building a network (for example, you start seeing familiar faces at conferences) and this can help you focus/target further and better.

I don't think you have to worry about going to a 'bad' conference as far as your CV goes. It's not like you'll get dinged the way you'd get dinged for publishing in a bad journal. Of course you may worry about time and money, that makes sense.

David

For Medieval Philosophy, the Société Internationale pour l'Étude de la Philosophie Médiévale conferences would be good: https://hiw.kuleuven.be/siepm/conferences.

Mike Titelbaum

Here's a possible search strategy: Look up conferences in your area on PhilEvents (https://philevents.org). If a conference is recurring, it will probably have a website with lists of past paper titles and presenter names. If you recognize the titles/names as having come up in your research and being of high quality, then it's probably a good conference for you. Also, the website and/or call for papers should provide information on whether they provide assistance with grad student travel costs.

Or, if you're in formal epistemology, you can just skip that whole process and apply to the Formal Epistemology Workshop (https://philevents.org/event/show/128746). It's a great conference, and will be in Reykjavik this summer!

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