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Minami Awaya @awayaminami.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

I read in English, French, and German, and I'm a Japanese. How many more languages should I study?

Minami Awaya @awayaminami.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

Agnotology is catching on among my fellow grad students. At first, I thought it aligned with my research on the history of the concept of the unconscious. But the more I think about it, the more I suspect that the Foucauldian methodology I adopt is incompatible with its core assumption. #histsci

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Minami Awaya @awayaminami.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

Which is correct: Foucaultian or Foucauldian? Is either acceptable? I have seen both. #philsci #histsci

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Minami Awaya @awayaminami.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

I'm considering how to frame my work. It's certainly about the origin of Freud's unconscious, but is it historical epistemology or genealogy? The tricky part is both can be an umbrella term. Either way, I have to specify further what I aim to do, and how and why I do it.

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Minami Awaya @awayaminami.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

After reading my draft, someone told me the rhythm of my English was bad. I'm not sure what they meant exactly, but I’m thinking of reading aloud articles by renowned historians of science like Lorraine Daston and Ian Hacking. Who else would you recommend? #HistSci #PhilSci

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Minami Awaya @awayaminami.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

Reading Genealogy as Critique by Koopman. His style is demanding: He uses words I’ve never seen (such as, congeal and coagulate) and he’s repetitive and wordy. Yet, his argument remains clear. This is impressive.

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Minami Awaya @awayaminami.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

#philsci #histsci just read to be read ↓　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 ↓

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Minami Awaya @awayaminami.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

I walk for exercise, and I like it except for one thing: My mind needs something to consume. So, I started learning Spanish while walking. If you see someone walking fast through Tokyo, mumbling 'Yo estoy, tú ...,' that might be me. Don't say hello. He is too focused. #PhD #Spanish

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Minami Awaya @awayaminami.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

Reading log: Michel Henry's Généalogie de la Psychanalyse. I thought I would read faster when I got to the chapter on Freud. The opposite was the case. I need to stop and reflect on every paragraph. His argument sounds audacious. Yet this process is clarifying my perspective on historical methods.

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Minami Awaya @awayaminami.bsky.social · 23/02/2025

#PhD I’ve had a persistent stiff neck, and sometimes, it even makes me nauseous. So I went to a doctor, who referred me to a PT. After assessing how my body moves and asking about past injuries, the PT traced the issue back to my ... (continued)

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Minami Awaya @awayaminami.bsky.social · 22/02/2025

When I feel unmotivated, these songs help me get back on track. #academicwriting

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Minami Awaya @awayaminami.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

garyvaynerchuk.com/attention/ Started reading Day Trading Attention by G. Vaynerchuk today. It’s packed with actionable tips, inspiring examples, and sharp analysis. Excited to test his methods and see if I can grow on X! #onlinewriting

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Day Trading Attention - Gary Vaynerchuk

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Minami Awaya @awayaminami.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

Two simple things that improved my German reading skills: 1️⃣ Watching game walkthroughs in German (Domtendo) 2️⃣ Listening to News in Slow German (www.newsinslowgerman.com) while reading the script aloud Both helped me read faster🚀 Small daily habits make a big difference! youtube.com/@domtendo?si...

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Domtendo

Let's Plays & Gaming Videos seit 2010 zu den besten Games für Nintendo Switch, PS5, Xbox Series X & PC - in 4K & 60 FPS! "Zwischen Skill & Fail". ★ ALLE Let's Plays in der "Domtendos Projekte" App o...

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Minami Awaya @awayaminami.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

Started reading Genealogy as Critique by C. Koopman. His sentences are sometimes dense but his presentation is clear. I'm excited to read more! #philsci #histsci

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Minami Awaya @awayaminami.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

Just learned how to use straddle. It may be useful for describing a scientist caught between tradition and their potentially revolutionary ideas. #acwri #histsci

A scientist standing between two contrasting worlds_ on one side, a traditional, old-fashioned laboratory filled with antique scientific instruments,

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Minami Awaya @awayaminami.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

A friend told me today that he struggles with overusing 'that' clauses in English writing. Like "I demonstrate that ..." or "I argue that ..." Many Japanese students might relate to this. So, I'm starting a personal investigation on how researchers handle this issue. #acwri

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Minami Awaya @awayaminami.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

#philsci #histsci Just finished How to Read Foucault by J. Oksala. I’m starting to think that the most important difference between Canguilhem’s and Foucault’s methodologies lies in how they conceive the role of individual scientists. Still working through this idea.

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Minami Awaya @awayaminami.bsky.social · 15/02/2025

youtu.be/6KqndZuN_Yk?... "Losers stay losers by never being willing to lose." I feel this is why my growth as a researcher has been slow. I want to share my ideas without fearing criticism. Rather, by embracing it, I want to get better. #acwri

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If you want 2025 to be the best year of your life. Please watch this video…

YouTube video by Alex Hormozi

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Minami Awaya @awayaminami.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

#Academicwriting lessons I learned today: (a) Write only what you need to achieve your goal and nothing more. (b) When reviewing your first draft with your goal in mind, you'll realize nearly half of it is unnecessary. You've written things you need to digest, not because they are necessary.

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Minami Awaya @awayaminami.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

Today, I learned that in German academic writing, "wir" can mean "people in general" without including the author. For example, "Wir meinen, dass..." can introduce a common belief the author intends to refute. This was one of the reasons reading Lipps has been very challenging to me. #phil

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Minami Awaya @awayaminami.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

A three-year doctoral contract on the history of mental health prevention in the 20th century. amethis.doctorat.org/amethis-clie...

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Amethis

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Minami Awaya @awayaminami.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

#philsci #histsci New additions to my bookshelf! Looking forward to reading them.

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Minami Awaya @awayaminami.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

#philsci I've been reading about 300 pages of Michel Henry's Généalogie de la Psychanalyse. I noticed Henry tends to repeat his arguments. So I asked ChatGPT. Here is the answer.

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Minami Awaya @awayaminami.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

#acwri To improve my academic writing, I had ChatGPT create a paragraph and rewrote it for conciseness. How would you rewrite this↓ I will show my revision in the comment.

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Minami Awaya @awayaminami.bsky.social · 09/02/2025

Watched a video on improving English writing by Oxford. One tip was to keep sentences short, ideally less than 20 words long. This is helpful because it gives a concrete number. But I wonder how many philosophers follow this advice. Almost none, I guess. #acwri www.youtube.com/watch?v=VgTq...

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How to Improve Your English Writing - English Writing Lesson

YouTube video by Oxford Online English

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Minami Awaya @awayaminami.bsky.social · 08/02/2025

To improve my writing abilities, I'm going to try selecting a paragraph from English literature related to my field and considering whether I can rewrite it more concisely. I’ll try this every day for a while and examine how much progress I've made. #acwri

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Minami Awaya @awayaminami.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

I was told my draft could be more concise. I failed to strike a balance between sharp argumentation and detailed explanation. I feel ashamed that I don't have this basic skill yet. I'm not sure if I can improve. But I have to keep going. #PhD

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Minami Awaya @awayaminami.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

Started reading How to Read Foucault by J. Oksala. Today, I learned from the book that Foucault described his works as “histories of the present.” Since my doctoral research focuses on Freud’s unconscious, mine won’t be a history of the present. But I see it as a necessary prelude.

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Minami Awaya @awayaminami.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

Hearing some people talk about how volume wins in social media marketing, I decided to start publishing three posts a day on X in Japanese. One of my few strengths is the ability to keep going, even when I see no immediate results. So, I think I can stick with this habit for a year #writing

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Minami Awaya @awayaminami.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

As a student of the history of psychology, I sometimes find it daunting to switch between APA and Chicago manuals depending on which journal I submit to. They sometimes get conflated in my head. But thanks to reviewers and constant practice, I think I'm getting better.

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Minami Awaya @awayaminami.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

This article of mine is about the Japanese concept, "Ma." It’s often overromanticized. Ma isn’t about slow living or mindfulness. It’s mainly about getting a laugh, at least in my daily experience. Check it out. medium.com/@awaya373/do...

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Don’t overromanticize us Japanese: 1. How we understand and use “Ma.”

and Why Jim Carrey understands it.

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Minami Awaya @awayaminami.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

Finished Foucault: A Very Short Introduction by G. Gutting I was hoping to learn about Foucault’s methodology for the history of ideas. Gutting’s contrast between Archeology and Genealogy was helpful, but I need to learn more. Now moving on to How to Read Foucault by J. Oksala.

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Minami Awaya @awayaminami.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

I’ve had trouble remembering the difference between discreet and discrete, so I came up with a way to remember it. I already know one means “careful” and the other means “separate.” Since discrete has a t splitting the two e’s, I can associate it with “separate” or “distinct.” This should work!

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Minami Awaya @awayaminami.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

【Vocabulary & Idioms I Learned Today】 1️⃣ antiphrasis (stress on the first "i"): A rhetorical device where a word is used with a meaning opposite to its usual sense. 2️⃣ beyond [outside] the pale of ~: Exceeding the acceptable limits of ~. 3️⃣ apotheosis: Deification.

Image created by ChatGPT under the theme "apotheosis"

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Minami Awaya @awayaminami.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

Today, I came across this phrase: in an attenuated sense. I thought I could use it in papers on the history of ideas. But I wondered, "Is it different from 'in a weaker sense'?" So I asked ChatGPT and Gemini. Both say the former implies a more significant change. But is that correct? #acwri

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Minami Awaya @awayaminami.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

I used the verb "belie" for the first time in my paper. It means "to show that something isn't correct." Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary says it is a formal word. It allows me to point out flaws in previous studies with fewer words than other expressions, so I find it useful. #acwri

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Minami Awaya @awayaminami.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

Today, I looked into the usage of the word dilemma and decided to use the structure "face a dilemma between -ing and ~ing" At first, I considered using "a dilemma over how ~ / whether ~", but I couldn’t write the part after the "over" well. #acwri #academicwriting

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Minami Awaya @awayaminami.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

【Update】 Finally learned to spell Nietzsche.

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Minami Awaya @awayaminami.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

Today's reading: Michel Henry on Nietzsche. According to Henry, Nietzsche argued we remember things that never stop hurting us. As an English teacher, I hate scolding my students. But most of them struggle to remember what I've taught. Would scolding help them remember? I wonder.

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Minami Awaya @awayaminami.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

#philsci Six Latin expressions I’ve come across in academic papers and books and found impressive: ① mutatis mutandis - Making the necessary changes according to the context ② prima facie - At first glance ③ a fortiori - With even stronger reason

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Minami Awaya @awayaminami.bsky.social · 26/01/2025

I wanted to write 'at the same time as ...' but felt it was too wordy. I thought of 'simultaneously as,' only to realize it doesn't make sense. After 5 minutes of overthinking, I landed on the simpler 'when.' My mind often leans too much toward academic-sounding words. #acwri #academicwriting

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Minami Awaya @awayaminami.bsky.social · 25/01/2025

#histsci Two books I read to grasp the history of the relationships between hypnotism and psychiatry: (1) Gauld, A. (1992). A History of Hypnotism Covers key figures from Mesmer to the 20th century. Especially detailed on Mesmer, though mentions of Charcot and Bernheim are relatively brief.

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Minami Awaya @awayaminami.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

For the first time, I received an aggressive reply. It was meant to ridicule me, but the tone only highlighted its own lack of depth. It reminded me of Austin Kleon’s words from Show Your Work!: “Having your work hated by certain people is a badge of honor.” I drew strength from these words.

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Minami Awaya @awayaminami.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

Balancing naturalness and formality in academic writing I once faced this dilemma with the choice between that and which as relative pronouns. I’d heard that which is more formal, so in a paper, I used which for all non-human antecedents. However, 👇

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Minami Awaya @awayaminami.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

#acwri #academicwriting "Quitters never win." Since December 9, I’ve been working on my paper gradually, and now it’s reached about 4,800 words. I tend to get distracted by shiny new ideas, so staying focused on writing hasn’t been easy. One thing that has kept me on track is this podcast↓

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Minami Awaya @awayaminami.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

#philsci #histsci I'm reading Michel Henry's The Genealogy of Psychoanalysis. Having read about 200 pages, I’m finally getting used to his French writing style. One characteristic of his writing, which I can describe using an English example, is this👇

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