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Jeremy Trevelyan Burman 🎓 @burmanphd.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

When I worked at the Jean Piaget Archives in the University of Geneva, the family donated the intellectual contents of his home. Fortunately, my supervisor decided to retain the locations of the papers. Because Piaget's own "filing system" was to add new desks and shelves when the old ones filled up

Jean Piaget sits in his home-office in Pinchat, near Geneva, where he is surrounded by stacks of papers

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Jeremy Trevelyan Burman 🎓 @burmanphd.bsky.social · 20/08/2025

The archive where I'm working for the next two weeks has the largest single collection I've ever heard of: 15 shelf-kms! That's almost 50,000 linear feet!! (It's the complete property records going back to the 1820s for the entire province of Noord-Holland, which includes Amsterdam.)

A light skinned man with white hair and beard, and glasses, studies intently without realising that he has accidentally taken his own picture while putting down his phone

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Jeremy Trevelyan Burman 🎓 @burmanphd.bsky.social · 06/07/2025

The first ever "Three Societies Meeting" has ended. It was wonderful to bring together so many scholars and friends to discuss the history of psychology, the history of the behavioral and social sciences, and the history of the human sciences. Let's not wait another sixty years to do it again!

In what felt like record-setting heat, The representatives from the Three Societies (ESHHS, Cheiron, and SHP) open the proceedings at the American Church in Paris

Thoughts, reminiscences, and thank yous at the dinner

Dr Jeremy Trevelyan Burman, president of the Society for the History of Psychology (Division 26 of the American Psychological Association), speaks about AI and education—and his research in digital history that spans the gap between them

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Jeremy Trevelyan Burman 🎓 @burmanphd.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

I think this was meant to refer to pages 423-424. But without fancy modern searching tools, how would anyone be able to track that down in a reasonable amount of time? (I guess that's why checking quotes and references is a kind of rigor....)

A page from Husserl that I think is what was being referred to in the index

The continuation of the quote from the next page

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Jeremy Trevelyan Burman 🎓 @burmanphd.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

Can someone who knows Husserl please explain how this index entry refers to a page that isn't contained within the book? This is from the English translation of Husserl's (1948/1973) "Experience and Judgment." The book ends on page 443. What I want is on page 521. (How?)

An excerpt of the index from the English translation of Husserl's (1948/1973) "Experience and Judgment." The entry for genetic construction of logic is highlighted, and given on page 521. But the book ends on page 443.

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Jeremy Trevelyan Burman 🎓 @burmanphd.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

English is the second language of Europe. But although fluency has increased since 2012 among 55+, it's spoken mainly—and increasingly—by young people (under 35). This enhances the EU's "freedom of movement" (Art 21 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the EU). www.brusselstimes.com/1464390/euro...

A graph of second languages spoken "well or very well" in Europe, comparing 2012 with 2024, for English, German, French, Spanish, and Russian

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Jeremy Trevelyan Burman 🎓 @burmanphd.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

Google Maps, in Europe, still says it's the Gulf of Mexico www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

Screen capture of Google Maps showing the "Gulf of Mexico" is still named correctly when seen from Europe

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Jeremy Trevelyan Burman 🎓 @burmanphd.bsky.social · 19/01/2025

There are so many trashy videos that are like "you might be #autistic if..." or "you might have #adhd if...." And I think they're unprofessional; even unethical. But if you are indeed the sort of person who is bothered about the ambiguity of which sock goes on which foot, just get labeled socks.

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Jeremy Trevelyan Burman 🎓 @burmanphd.bsky.social · 27/10/2024

Everyone learning Dutch: "Ik ben tired of this...." Duolingo: "De babyvleermuizen eten bananen" Everyone: "Ja, oké. Nog een...."

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Jeremy Trevelyan Burman 🎓 @burmanphd.bsky.social · 26/04/2024

Reminding the universe about my awesome master track at @rug-gmw.bsky.social. In short, it's for #psychology students with questions. Here's a clickable link to the track page: www.rug.nl/masters/theo... And here's a clickable link for the big block of text below: www.linkedin.com/posts/jeremy...

A screenshot of the text at the link provided

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Jeremy Trevelyan Burman 🎓 @burmanphd.bsky.social · 08/01/2024

For my guest lecture in @wittingslow.bsky.social's "Knowledge, signs & meaning" bachelor course, I decided to illustrate a point about meaning-change in the history of memetics. The distracted boyfriend meme is used to present Quine's field linguist: he ignores "gavagai" in favour of "lo, a rabbit."

The distracted boyfriend meme is used to present Quine's field linguist: he ignores "gavagai" in favour of "lo, a rabbit."

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Jeremy Trevelyan Burman 🎓 @burmanphd.bsky.social · 04/01/2024

I haven't been so excited about a new book in a long time: "Piaget’s Genetic Epistemology for Mathematics Education Research." Published yesterday, so I still need to wait for my copy to arrive. link.springer.com/book/10.1007...

Cover for "Piaget’s Genetic Epistemology for Mathematics Education Research," newly published by Springer

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Jeremy Trevelyan Burman 🎓 @burmanphd.bsky.social · 03/01/2024

This is the chart from the Dutch public health service (RIVM). It shows that we're in the middle of the worst wave ever. By far. There's no news about this either. coronadashboard.rijksoverheid.nl/landelijk/ri...

A graph from the Dutch public health service showing the amount of virus circulating in sewage. There are several spikes corresponding with previous recognized "waves." The current spike is the largest by double.

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Jeremy Trevelyan Burman 🎓 @burmanphd.bsky.social · 28/10/2023

News from the Oliver Sacks Foundation: Zachary Quinto will play Oliver Sacks in a new show, Dr Wolf, inspired by "The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat" and "An Anthropologist on Mars." (The description reads to me like House, except focusing on the brain.)

Zachary Quinto plays Dr Wolf, a character based on Oliver Sacks, in an upcoming medical show from NBC

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Jeremy Trevelyan Burman 🎓 @burmanphd.bsky.social · 27/09/2023

May I please teach three grad sections of "Important books to read and think about" using this list? One section for psychology, education, & linguistics; one section for philosophy, sociology, & anthropology; one for economics, management, and political science. blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsoci...

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Jeremy Trevelyan Burman 🎓 @burmanphd.bsky.social · 01/09/2023

Tell me you're a spammer without telling me you're a spammer

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Jeremy Trevelyan Burman 🎓 @burmanphd.bsky.social · 12/08/2023

Sportsball in Cleveland with Dr Jennifer Bazar of the Cummings Center for the History of Psychology

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Jeremy Trevelyan Burman 🎓 @burmanphd.bsky.social · 03/08/2023

Green Lab reunion at #APA2023 in Washington, DC. Left to right: Chris Green, me, Cathy Faye, and Jennifer Bazar 😁

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