Diary of my journey through a Philosophy masters (completed!) and a Victorian Gothic masters.
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Kinda in academic limbo right now. Not working on my PhD proposal because I sent the second draft of it to my potential supervisor for him to share amongst colleagues. Not working on my MA research project because I haven’t gotten the feedback from my proposal yet. And not working on my MA dissertation proposal because I have a Zoom call tomorrow with a tutor to discuss it.
#nothing to write#nothing to read#guess I should find some random articles of interest to tide me over#and I did go to the ArSoc talk on Monday evening#was interesting!
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My calendar just reminded me there’s an Aristotelian Society talk tomorrow on moral experience. Moral philosophy isn’t really my area, but I guess I’ll read the draft paper for the talk tomorrow and see if it’s something I wanna attend.
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Working on three different academic projects at the moment - the research project, the dissertation, and the PhD application - feels like my brain’s being pulled in too many directions! Not to mention that pesky little full time job thing.
#don’t know what to focus on!#will send my PhD proposal (v2) off tomorrow morning#so that’ll be out the way for a bit#but then I can’t work on my research project until I get feedback on the proposal#so I guess I’ll have to work on my dissertation idea#lawd
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The ol’ attention span is not faring well today.
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It’s a Saturday morning, do I have the energy to read this paper on the second law of thermodynamics and the psychological arrow of time?
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Was really struggling to come up with a working title for my PhD proposal and out of NOWHERE it came to me in a flash.
#literally didn’t even think about it the words just came out#typed them and didn’t even realise#truly a eureka moment#I struggle with titles so badly#honestly can’t believe how it suddenly came to me fully formed
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Finished reading the SEP entry for Scientific Realism so rewarded myself with an episode of The Apothecary Diaries.
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Re-writing my PhD proposal from scratch and it’s hellish. What do you mean have I to convey in words a coherent account of my idea?
#hate it#the harder I try to make it make sense the more ridiculous it sounds#yeah I’m only trying to construct a theory supporting scientific realism#I’m only trying to show that science delivers truths!#fuck me
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Had the first video chat with a potential PhD supervisor today. I think it was positive. He didn’t say that my proposal was unviable or that he couldn’t supervise me. He made some important points about how I should improve it and said my main idea was interesting. Once I’ve edited my proposal he said he’d send it to other colleagues in the department to see who could co-supervise it.
#so it wasn’t an outright no#which I wouldn’t have been surprised at#surely if he’s willing to distribute my proposal it must have some promise?#currently in a severe doubting myself mood#but you know what#if I apply properly and get rejected that’s totally fine#guess I’ve got nothing to lose really
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Got 72% for my public writing essay, so very pleased with that.
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Well he replied and we’re having a Zoom call on Thursday. Trying to tell myself it’s a casual chat but I am BRICKING it…
#suppose I better spend the next 2 days scouring my masters thesis to make sure I know my shit#god what if he asks something basic and I freeze#nightmare scenario#it’ll be fine
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Still waiting on a reply from the potential PhD supervisor about my proposal and online chat. Hopefully I’ll hear back this week…
#in other news#first day back at work after a 5 day holiday#and I have exactly 0 motivation to do even the slightest bit of work#god help me
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GUYS. I sent an email to a prospective philosophy PhD supervisor and he replied ON THE SAME DAY and asked me to send a proposal over so that we could have a video chat about it. I AM SHOOK.
#so many advice pages online say professors can take weeks to reply#I wasn’t ready for a same day reply!!!!#after proofreading my proposal a billion times I bit the bullet and sent it#what if it’s shit!!!#omg#I still can’t believe I got a positive reply….
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Well I’m attempting to write a brief project proposal to send to a potential PhD advisor, but Imposter syndrome is hitting me HARD.
#everything I write is shit!#my ideas are shit!#I shouldn’t waste this guy’s time by emailing him!#it’s quite hard to fight those voices#at worst I’ll get a (hopefully polite) rejection#but I know that’ll hurt anyway#I gotta chill about it!
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That time of year when I once again think about applying for a philosophy PhD. Will I ever be brave enough? Who knows!
#I’ve realised that my only options are Leeds uni#King’s College#Edinburgh uni#or Oxbridge#they’re the only places with dedicated philosophy of science departments#Oxbridge tuition fees are obvs extortionate#Leeds is most reasonable cost-wise#I’d only be able to study at Oxbridge on a full ride scholarship#which is extremely unlikely#don’t think I’d ever be brave enough to apply to either though#so probably a moot point
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Since my original dissertation idea has been vetoed by a tutor, I have to come up with another topic. I’m thinking I could perhaps do it on the same topic as my public writing essay, since I didn’t get to say what I wanted to say in that assessment.
#necroeconomics and the cadaver trade#I had to skip the concept of necroeconomics entirely for the previous assessment
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My proposal isn’t due until early June and I’ve already finished it. I could make a proper start on the essay, but I’m reluctant to start before I’ve gotten feedback on the proposal, even though I don’t think I’ll be told to do anything radically different.
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