Bergson’s view of memory has largely been lost in recent philosophical discussion Doudja Boumaza is at the Palace today, with a strong case for bringing him back!
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If the brain doesn’t store memories, where are they? Why do we summon the past into the present? Henri Bergson explored these questions. Doudja Boumaza (Grenoble) is at The Memory Palace today encouraging us all to revisit Bergson’s answers. Enjoy!
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Why do we remember the past? Bergson's forgotten question
Doudja Boumaza (University of Grenoble Alpes)
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February 10, 2026 at 9:55 PM
Bergson’s view of memory has largely been lost in recent philosophical discussion Doudja Boumaza is at the Palace today, with a strong case for bringing him back!
#philsky #philscisky
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Kathy Puddifoot (Durham) is at The Memory Palace today, discussing Mnemonic Injustice and the ways that the structure and use of our memory systems can wrong others around us. A provocative read; highly recommend!
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Can our memories ever be unfair or unjust? Today at The Memory Palace, Kathy Puddfoot explores the concept of "mnemonic injustice" and how our memories can serve a role in treating people with justice.
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Wronged by Memory
Katherine Puddifoot (Durham University)
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December 2, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Kathy Puddifoot (Durham) is at The Memory Palace today, discussing Mnemonic Injustice and the ways that the structure and use of our memory systems can wrong others around us. A provocative read; highly recommend!
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10 more days to submit extended abstracts for IPM5
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Avoid FOMO; join PhOMO!
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December 10, 2025 at 2:46 PM
10 more days to submit extended abstracts for IPM5
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Avoid FOMO; join PhOMO!
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Still time to submit! Extended deadline is Feb 14–get your abstracts in for #SPAN2025 ! #neuroskyence #philscisky 🧠
February 9, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Still time to submit! Extended deadline is Feb 14–get your abstracts in for #SPAN2025 ! #neuroskyence #philscisky 🧠
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Anyone know of a researcher or philosopher doing work on ethics of applied uses of AI? As in, when AI is explicitly applied to practices in health, psychology, or other fields?
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October 7, 2023 at 7:04 PM
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The Memory Palace doing what we can to share the love of philosophy of memory more widely. ❤️❤️❤️ ¡Besos!
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Today we have Sarah Robins, introducing a new multilingual initiative at the Memory Palace. We are going to start to translate and have new posts in Spanish for now, but we are looking forward to publish content in many other languages. Volunteer translators are welcome!
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El Palacio de la Memoria
Sarah Robins (Purdue University)
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February 14, 2025 at 4:55 PM
The Memory Palace doing what we can to share the love of philosophy of memory more widely. ❤️❤️❤️ ¡Besos!
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Episodic memory as a source of the forms of sociality unique to humans? Muhammad Ali Khalidi (CUNY) is at the Palace today, exploring this account of episodic memory’s function. Check it out!
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What is the function of episodic memory? Today at The Memory Palace, Muhammad Ali Khalidi (CUNY) shares ideas on the functions of episodic memory, and how this capacity might link individual cognition and joint agency.
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A New Function for Episodic Memory?
Muhammad Ali Khalidi (Graduate Center, City University of New York)
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February 17, 2026 at 4:42 PM
Episodic memory as a source of the forms of sociality unique to humans? Muhammad Ali Khalidi (CUNY) is at the Palace today, exploring this account of episodic memory’s function. Check it out!
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An opportunity to learn from the past, with Dorothea Debus at The Memory Palace this week. Great read!
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What does it take to learn from our personal past? How does this type of learning differ from learning from others' testimony? Today at the Memory Palace, Dorothea Debus explores these and many other questions.
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Learning from the Past
Dorothea Debus (University of Konstanz)
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June 18, 2024 at 3:44 PM
An opportunity to learn from the past, with Dorothea Debus at The Memory Palace this week. Great read!
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#philsky #philscisky
Becky Moon, on the intersection of art & philosophy, at The Memory Palace today!
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Today, artist Becky Moon talks about what it is like to do philosophy of memory through art, how reading research on memory has changed her way of doing art, how she has worked on her painting for the Memory Palace, and much more.
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May 14, 2024 at 4:22 PM
Becky Moon, on the intersection of art & philosophy, at The Memory Palace today!
#philsky #philscisky
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If you didn’t already have FOMO, for PhOMO, you will after reading @openshaw.bsky.social post The Memory Palace today. A great overview of the philosophy of memory organization and its recent initiatives and developments. Check it out!
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Great post from on the past, present, and future of the Philosophy of Memory Organization, authored by James Openshaw (Nanyang Technological University). open.substack.com/pub/thememor...
The Philosophy of Memory Organization: An update
James Openshaw (Nanyang Technological University)
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February 25, 2025 at 5:44 PM
If you didn’t already have FOMO, for PhOMO, you will after reading @openshaw.bsky.social post The Memory Palace today. A great overview of the philosophy of memory organization and its recent initiatives and developments. Check it out!
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#philsky #philscisky
What does it mean to relive past experiences? How should the feeling of episodic memory be studied? Francesca Righetti is at The Memory Palace with some thoughts on how to use phenomenology to move forward on these questions. Check it out!
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Episodic remembering comes with a complex phenomenology. How can we account for it? Which methodology is best suited to study it? Today, Francesca Righetti (Ruhr University Bochum) shares some very interesting ideas about these questions.
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What does it mean to relive an experience through remembering?
Francesca Righetti (Ruhr University Bochum)
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June 3, 2025 at 5:37 PM
What does it mean to relive past experiences? How should the feeling of episodic memory be studied? Francesca Righetti is at The Memory Palace with some thoughts on how to use phenomenology to move forward on these questions. Check it out!
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When it comes to episodic memory, what distinguishes us from other animals? @cameronbuckner.bsky.social and Hunter Gentry are at The Memory Palace today, with a novel proposal (hint: it's not mental time travel!). Take a look!
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Would you like to learn more about memory in non-human animals? Please, check today's exciting post from Hunter Gentry (Kansas State University) and Cameron Buckner (University of Florida) if you want to do so.
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Where did I leave my episode, again?
Hunter Gentry (Kansas State University) and Cameron Buckner (University of Florida)
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April 15, 2025 at 3:41 PM
When it comes to episodic memory, what distinguishes us from other animals? @cameronbuckner.bsky.social and Hunter Gentry are at The Memory Palace today, with a novel proposal (hint: it's not mental time travel!). Take a look!
#philsky #philscisky
#philsky #philscisky
What and how we remember is not simply a given; it's something we learn to do. César Schirmer Dos Santos is at The Memory Palace this week, exploring the significance of this idea. Enjoy!
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A very interesting post on how we learn to remember, from
César Schirmer dos Santos (Federal University of Santa Maria)!
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César Schirmer dos Santos (Federal University of Santa Maria)!
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Memory: Nature or Nurture?
César Schirmer dos Santos (Federal University of Santa Maria)
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December 10, 2024 at 4:44 PM
What and how we remember is not simply a given; it's something we learn to do. César Schirmer Dos Santos is at The Memory Palace this week, exploring the significance of this idea. Enjoy!
#philsky #philscisky
#philsky #philscisky
Breaking #job news: #Egenis @UofESPA is recruiting a Philosophy of Science faculty position (lecturer)! Deadline for applications is 21/02; there will be a social science post soon, too; please help us spread the word and consider applying! www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DFR195/l... #philsky #philscisky
February 2, 2024 at 12:08 PM
Breaking #job news: #Egenis @UofESPA is recruiting a Philosophy of Science faculty position (lecturer)! Deadline for applications is 21/02; there will be a social science post soon, too; please help us spread the word and consider applying! www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DFR195/l... #philsky #philscisky
Episodic memory, as we know it now, might not have emerged at a specific point in our evolutionary history. Instead, it may have been cobbled together in a stepwise manner. Rebecca Dreier (LSE) is at The Memory Palace today exploring this possibility; take a look!
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Why did episodic memory evolve? Rebecca Dreier (LSE) is at the Palace today, exploring the idea that this question has many answers. Check out her proposal for episodic memory's multifunctonality!
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The Multiple Functions of Episodic Memory
Rebecca Dreier (London School of Economics and Political Science)
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March 17, 2026 at 3:42 PM
Episodic memory, as we know it now, might not have emerged at a specific point in our evolutionary history. Instead, it may have been cobbled together in a stepwise manner. Rebecca Dreier (LSE) is at The Memory Palace today exploring this possibility; take a look!
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Sometimes, remembering how you once felt feels as foreign as imagining how it would feel to be someone else. Megan Entwistle (WUSTL) is at The Memory Palace today, discussing this puzzle of perspectival forgetting. A great read!
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A very cool post on perspectival forgetting from Megan Entwistle (Washington University in St. Louis). A highly recommended reading.
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Perspectival Forgetting
Megan Entwistle (Washington University in St. Louis)
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March 11, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Sometimes, remembering how you once felt feels as foreign as imagining how it would feel to be someone else. Megan Entwistle (WUSTL) is at The Memory Palace today, discussing this puzzle of perspectival forgetting. A great read!
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#philsky #philscisky
The Memory Palace wraps up our season with a post from Dylan Trigg (CEU), arguing for a return to the richer, historical notion of nostalgia. Take a look!
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Today, we end the first cycle of posts for 2025 with Dylan Trigg's reflections on nostalgia and grief. We are coming back after a summer break with new exciting posts and initiatives at the Memory Palace. Stay tuned!
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Nostalgia and Grief
Dylan Trigg (Central European University)
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June 10, 2025 at 5:39 PM
The Memory Palace wraps up our season with a post from Dylan Trigg (CEU), arguing for a return to the richer, historical notion of nostalgia. Take a look!
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The Memory Palace is back! We’re starting with a fantastic post from Alberto Guerrero-Velazquez on a recent conference and the consequences of restricting philosophy of memory to English. A great read and a great project!
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The Memory Palace is back with an exciting post from Alberto Guerrero-Velazquez (University of Western Australia). The post is available in English and Spanish.
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MemoriEs: Philosophy of Memory in Spanish from the Global South
Alberto Guerrero-Velázquez (University of Western Australia)
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February 11, 2025 at 5:06 PM
The Memory Palace is back! We’re starting with a fantastic post from Alberto Guerrero-Velazquez on a recent conference and the consequences of restricting philosophy of memory to English. A great read and a great project!
#philsky #philscisky
#philsky #philscisky
How much of our self-knowledge comes from memory? Ben Winokur (University of Macau) is at The Memory Palace today on the complicated process by which self-knowledge requires belief in one's own memory. Take a look!
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What's the role of memory in self-knowledge? Which type of memory is the most relevant one for getting to know ourselves better, e.g., our own beliefs? Today at the Memory Palace, Ben Winokur (University of Macau) explores these exciting questions.
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Memory and Self-Knowledge
Benjamin Winokur (University of Macau)
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May 20, 2025 at 6:41 PM
How much of our self-knowledge comes from memory? Ben Winokur (University of Macau) is at The Memory Palace today on the complicated process by which self-knowledge requires belief in one's own memory. Take a look!
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#philsky #philscisky
Katja Crone (TU Dortmund) is at The Memory Palace today, talking about the special case of memories for patterns of personal experience. These generic memories play a significant role in our lives, and so should play a larger role in our study of memory, too. Check it out!
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How do we recall the memory of events that may happen repeatedly, such as our own birthday? Today at The Memory Palace, Katja Crone analyzes different types of memory, including what she terms "generic" memory, when it comes to frequent events.
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How We Recall Recurring Events
Katja Crone (TU Dortmund)
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November 4, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Katja Crone (TU Dortmund) is at The Memory Palace today, talking about the special case of memories for patterns of personal experience. These generic memories play a significant role in our lives, and so should play a larger role in our study of memory, too. Check it out!
#philsky #philscisky
#philsky #philscisky
The world's first heavyweight wrestling champion also wrote a book on memory, advocating for forgetting as much as possible, to allow ourselves to understand our intrinsic nature. Check out @dranseika.bsky.social post on George Hackenschmidt at The Memory Palace today!
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An exciting post on George Hackenschmidt's philosophy of memory (and more), authored by Vilius Dranseika (Jagiellonian University).
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The Man Who Wrestled with Memory
Vilius Dranseika (Jagiellonian University)
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April 1, 2025 at 4:10 PM
The world's first heavyweight wrestling champion also wrote a book on memory, advocating for forgetting as much as possible, to allow ourselves to understand our intrinsic nature. Check out @dranseika.bsky.social post on George Hackenschmidt at The Memory Palace today!
#philsky #philscisky
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Making philosophy inclusive means not only translating from English, but finding ways to express philosophical ideas in ones own language. This insight comes from Cesar Schirmer and Gabriel Zaccaro and their project translating philosophy of memory into Portuguese. Check it out!
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O Palácio da Memória launches today!
Cesar Schirmer and Gabriel Zaccaro (Universidade Federal de Santa Maria) are at The Palace today, sharing the insights they've gained from this translation project. Check it out, and subscribe to O Palácio!
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Cesar Schirmer and Gabriel Zaccaro (Universidade Federal de Santa Maria) are at The Palace today, sharing the insights they've gained from this translation project. Check it out, and subscribe to O Palácio!
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From Mnemicity to Mnemicidade: Welcome to O Palácio da Memória
Cesar Schirmer and Gabriel Zaccaro (Universidade Federal de Santa Maria)
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March 10, 2026 at 3:45 PM
Making philosophy inclusive means not only translating from English, but finding ways to express philosophical ideas in ones own language. This insight comes from Cesar Schirmer and Gabriel Zaccaro and their project translating philosophy of memory into Portuguese. Check it out!
#philsky #philscisky
#philsky #philscisky
“Implicit attitudes are a blend of habit and history” says Josefa Toribio (ICREA-University of Barcelona) in her post at The Memory Palace today. This raises many challenging questions about the role of episodic memory. Take a look!
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How does explicit memory, like episodic memory, shape implicit attitudes? Today at the Memory Palace, Josefa Toribio (ICREA-University of Barcelona) discusses this and other questions, with particular attention to implicit biases and their harmful consequences.
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How Memory Shapes Implicit Attitudes
Josefa Toribio (ICREA-University of Barcelona)
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October 7, 2025 at 3:49 PM
“Implicit attitudes are a blend of habit and history” says Josefa Toribio (ICREA-University of Barcelona) in her post at The Memory Palace today. This raises many challenging questions about the role of episodic memory. Take a look!
#philsky #philscisky
#philsky #philscisky
Revisiting memories, alone and with others, changes the horizon of associated experience. Daniel Gyollai (Copenhagen) is at The Memory Palace today, offering a thought-provoking Husserlian perspective on perspectives. Enjoy!
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A fantastic post on looking back at our personal past from new perspectives, authored by Daniel Gyollai (University of Copenhagen).
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The determinable indeterminacy of our past
Daniel Gyollai (University of Copenhagen)
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March 18, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Revisiting memories, alone and with others, changes the horizon of associated experience. Daniel Gyollai (Copenhagen) is at The Memory Palace today, offering a thought-provoking Husserlian perspective on perspectives. Enjoy!
#philsky #philscisky
#philsky #philscisky
Are all tots dead serious veridicalists about perception?
Me: I saw a banana in my dream.
2yo: You didn't see mama; you seemed to see a banana.
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Me: I saw a banana in my dream.
2yo: You didn't see mama; you seemed to see a banana.
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October 15, 2023 at 2:49 AM
Are all tots dead serious veridicalists about perception?
Me: I saw a banana in my dream.
2yo: You didn't see mama; you seemed to see a banana.
#philsky #philscisky
Me: I saw a banana in my dream.
2yo: You didn't see mama; you seemed to see a banana.
#philsky #philscisky