The ReMa journey

These blogs were written in 2019-2021, when I was taking a Research Master at Radboud University, in Philosophy of Language. I had done no serious academic work for a long time, so my brain creaked and huffed and puffed, and eventually got back into shape.

An ending

I started this series of posts in november 2018. Quoting Robert Jordan, there are neither…

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Done and dusted

The research master is completed. Done. And dusted. But my, what a lot of dust!…

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Mellow Yellow

And so, dear diary – things are finally coming to an end. A temporary end,…

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Literary detective

The second blog (out of four) in the series “academic exploits in times of Corona”….

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Herbs

Herbs and spices

I love Spring. It is the season I wait for every year. During the heatwave…

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Spring!

It has been a while, I know. Like everyone else, my life has been constrained…

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Groupies

At X-mas, it came to me. Honestly. It must be because of this forced rest….

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On becoming human

I have shamelessly stolen the title of this post from Tomasello’s new book: on becoming…

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To be human

Something weird is happening to me. I am changing. I had no idea this would…

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Metaphors

The evolution-of-language project is coming together now that I have moved to the new group,…

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Into the woods

In my last post I promised you the story of the philosophy of language research…

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Back to school

The start of the new school year. I loved that time when I was a…

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Embroidery

Yesterday I had my long awaited meeting with my supervising professor. You know, the grumpy…

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Visuals

I often have to find ways to express ideas without words. Many people simply not…

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Periodic table

The one thing I used to love about chemistry was its periodic table. It ticks…

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Ripples

Today was the last lecture day for two of my seminars. I had anticipated a…

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World of wonders

A moment of quiet between the mountains of Things To Do – you remember me…
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Working, working

I have been silent, I suppose. Unless you happen to follow my progress in my…

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Conceptual Lego

This was the week I had to do a presentation for the Philosophy of Mind…
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The wronged book

The story of my book review – it all started with the book I selected…

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The best words

Four weeks into my new academic life and the moment of truth arrived. Well, a…
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Food for thought

These first weeks, everything is different. My husband and I have a new routine. At…
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And so it begins

It was a long wait, from the end of November until February when I finally…
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Own thy name

Today I received a mail via Geneanet containing this phrase: “I just happened to look…
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