Marlene Valek

Philosophy PhD at University of Cambridge | Social and Political Philosophy of Language | Silencing&Counterspeech
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[yana @stoykovka]

@marlene_valek spicing things up in the library for me

[PhD Crim Conference 2024 @PhDCrimConf2024]

Abstract submissions for our next PhD conference are now open!

You can submit via our website (link in bio), or by email us at the address below. We’re very exciting to get submissions from PhD students across the UK.

[Marlene Valek @marlene_valek]

My phone survived, my dignity didn't.

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I've never felt so touristy – having to call a taxi, sopping wet, because I underestimated what the sea is willing to do to a person peacefully lying on the beach, reading Austin.

[IFILNOVA @ifilnova]

ArgLab workshop
🗣 Authority and Metalinguistic Speech Acts

Keynote Speakers
★ Quill R. Kukla ★ Leo Townsend ★ Nat Hansen

📅 25–26 January
📌 Colégio Almada Negreiros, Salão Nobre (Noble Hall), Room SE1

+ info https://t.co/8nEpPGS3QW

[Marlene Valek @marlene_valek]

@mwniederl Both are philosophy of language in a trenchcoat. Why? Speech is action and thinking is basically internal speech.
What do you mean my logic doesn't make any sense? Logic is also philosophy of language but the language is math.
Checkmate.

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On a more positive note, I saw a very round bird this week. I still think about it :)

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I have at last understood that the act of consuming sustenance is not to elicit pleasure but rather to exclusively nourish the body. [I've started eating potatoes :(]

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I am distraught to learn that the plant room isn't full of greenery :(

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Me, cycling on the roads, reminding myself where to drive while also reaffirming my position on the political spectrum: left, left, left

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Have you ever wondered who buys Halloween-themed tableware? It's students. Because the festive stuff is sometimes cheaper and also gets picked last when a whole army of freshers raids the stores at the start of a term. Anyways, in our communal kitchen, it's always Halloween.

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I really enjoy the therapy couch in the library. Treating breakdowns right where the start. So efficient.

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The cure for capitalism is moving cities. I will never buy anything ever again.

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@Feldanow You did miss the bat flying through the audimax. Better come over here lest you miss somthing else!

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@Feldanow Was it you :P

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I cannot stress enough how much buying a bag of ice has improved summer for me

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@Feldanow And we have a winner!

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New concept: putting dog pics in every presentation. The cuter the dogs and the more pics there are, the better the presentation. Whoever brings a dog automatically wins the conference.

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I was inspired by another great talk at @WFAP_philo's graduate conference about attention and salience #philosopHEY

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Closely followed by @Feldanow's ingenious tag #philosopHEY

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@WFAP_philo Thanks to @mwniederl for making the first pun of the conference, we are starting off strong #philosopHEY