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The Memory Palace

@philmemopalace.bsky.social

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A repository for ideas, questions, discoveries, and events in the philosophy of memory. thememorypalacephil.substack.com

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The Memory Palace @philmemopalace.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

Memory technologies have freed up human memory to care about more than accuracy- and the same might be true for other animals. Hamish Linehan (Stirling) and Matthew Sims (Macquarie) explore this intriguing idea at The Memory Palace today. #philmemory open.substack.com/pub/thememor...

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Natural Born Historians

Hamish Linehan (University of Stirling) and Matthew Sims (Macquarie University)

The Memory Palace @philmemopalace.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

Today at the Memory Palace: a preview of the 5th biennial Issues in Philosophy of Memory (IPM5) meeting - at Purdue next month! #philmemory #philsky open.substack.com/pub/thememor...

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IPM5: Program and Preview

Sarah Robins (Purdue University)

The Memory Palace @philmemopalace.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

Today we debut Le Palais de la Mémoire, French translations of Palace posts from a team of graduate students studying in France with varying connections to the language. Thanks to Doudja Boumaza for leading the charge! #philmemory open.substack.com/pub/thememor...

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Welcome to the Palais de la mémoire

Doudja Boumaza (Université Grenoble Alpes)

The Memory Palace @philmemopalace.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

Thomas Reid's role in debates about faculty psychology and the significance of memory has been underappreciated. M Folescu (Missouri) is at the Palace today, discussing their work to change this through a book project on Reid and memory's value. Check it out! open.substack.com/pub/thememor...

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Insights on memory, from the eighteenth century

M Folescu (Univesity of Missouri)

The Memory Palace @philmemopalace.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

Think back on a time when you fantasized about a crush. Such idealization, and the later realization (and disappointment), illustrates the importance of phenomenology for investigating memory. Sofia Pedrini (Bochum) discusses such cases at the Memory Palace today - enjoy! #philmemory

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Why Phenomenology of Memory Matters

Sofia Pedrini (Ruhr University Bochum)

The Memory Palace @philmemopalace.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

What are the advantages of episodic memory? Today at The Memory Palace, Julian Bacharach (Trinity College Dublin) shares his thoughts about the power of episodic memroy with respect to our beliefs, understanding, and communication with others. #philsky #philscisky open.substack.com/pub/thememor...

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Episodic memory in folk psychology

Julian Bacharach (Trinity College)

The Memory Palace @philmemopalace.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

In traumatic memory, many people remember the event which led to the trauma. But is the memory necessary for their trauma, and if so why? Today at The Memory Palace, Judith Carlisle (Tennessee) explores the many connections between memory and trauma. #philsky open.substack.com/pub/thememor...

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Can You Be Traumatized by Something You Don’t Remember?

Judith Carlisle (University of Tennessee, Knoxville)

The Memory Palace @philmemopalace.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

What does it mean for memory when we take a break from a task and then know how to go back to it? Today at the The Memory Palace Thor Grünbaum (Univ of Copenhagen) analyzes this form of mental commitment we make with ourselves. Check it out! #philsci #philscisky open.substack.com/pub/thememor...

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Memory and Commitment to Do

Thor Grünbaum (University of Copenhagen)

The Memory Palace @philmemopalace.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

What does it mean to say we remember pain? Today at The Memory Palace, Sabrina Coninx, Ying-Tung Lin, and Christopher McCarroll examine the many ways we can understand pain memory. A great read! #philsky #philscisky open.substack.com/pub/thememor...

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The Heterogeneity of Pain Memory and Pain Amnesia

Sabrina Coninx (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam) Ying-Tung Ling (National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University) Christopher McCarroll (National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University)

The Memory Palace @philmemopalace.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

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! #philsky #philscisky open.substack.com/pub/thememor...

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The Multiple Functions of Episodic Memory

Rebecca Dreier (London School of Economics and Political Science)

The Memory Palace @philmemopalace.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

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! open.substack.com/pub/thememor...

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From Mnemicity to Mnemicidade: Welcome to O Palácio da Memória

Cesar Schirmer and Gabriel Zaccaro (Universidade Federal de Santa Maria)

The Memory Palace @philmemopalace.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

This week we have an update about translation projects here at The Memory Palace. Stay tuned for exciting developments ahead! #philsky #philscisky open.substack.com/pub/thememor...

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The Palace in Translation

Sarah Robins (Purdue University)

The Memory Palace @philmemopalace.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

If a place that produced memories is altered, is the original memory of that place altered as well? Today at The Memory Palace, Ege Selin Islekel (Texas A&M) explores how traumatic memories attached to a place are influenced by changes to that place. #philsky open.substack.com/pub/thememor...

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Spatial Memories

Ege Selin Islekel (Texas A&M University)

The Memory Palace @philmemopalace.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

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. open.substack.com/pub/thememor...

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A New Function for Episodic Memory?

Muhammad Ali Khalidi (Graduate Center, City University of New York)

The Memory Palace @philmemopalace.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

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! open.substack.com/pub/thememor...

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Why do we remember the past? Bergson's forgotten question

Doudja Boumaza (University of Grenoble Alpes)

The Memory Palace @philmemopalace.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

The Memory Palace is back for 2026! Our first post is from Charlotte Harmon, our Purdue student editorial assistant. The piece highlights the work of some of our translators and how language plays a role in the philosophy of memory. Check it out! open.substack.com/pub/thememor...

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Language in the Philosophy of Memory: An interview with the translators of "El Palacio de la Memoria"

Charlotte Harmon (Purdue University), Marcela Zarate Rochin (National Autonomous University of Mexico), Elena Ostos (Université Grenoble-Alps), and Lucienne Huby (University of Cagliari)

The Memory Palace @philmemopalace.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

When we look at ourselves in the mirror, what do we think of? Today at The Memory Palace, Antonella Tramacere examines what is entailed by mirror gazing and what kind of memory affects one's mirror perception. thememorypalacephil.substack.com/p/mirrors-an...

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Mirrors and memory: The stories embodied in your mirror image

Antonella Tramacere (Roma Tre University)

The Memory Palace @philmemopalace.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

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. thememorypalacephil.substack.com/p/wronged-by...

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Wronged by Memory

Katherine Puddifoot (Durham University)

The Memory Palace @philmemopalace.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

Did you know that the Philosophy of Memory community will be hosting an event this summer? Today at The Memory Palace, Sarah Robins will be sharing information about the Issues in Philosophy of Memory 5 event. Also, check out our latest translations! thememorypalacephil.substack.com/p/issues-in-...

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Issues in Philosophy of Memory 5

Sarah Robins (Purdue University)

The Memory Palace @philmemopalace.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

When a person views an object used as a token of a historical event, what kind of memory is being activated? Today at The Memory Palace, Juan Diego Bogota touches on kinds of collective memory from events and material culture in English and Spanish! thememorypalacephil.substack.com/p/que-es-mne...

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¿Qué es mnemónico acerca de la memoria colectiva?

Juan Diego Bogota (Universidad de Jyväskylä), Traducción del autor

The Memory Palace @philmemopalace.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

When we are recollecting a story, what discerns all are other memories from being forgotten or merely being inaccessible at that moment? Today at The Memory Palace, Jessie Munton discusses what constitutes forgetting and its many uses in our lives. thememorypalacephil.substack.com/p/is-forgett...

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Is forgetting discovered or created?

Jessie Munton (University of Cambridge)

The Memory Palace @philmemopalace.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

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. thememorypalacephil.substack.com/p/how-we-rec...

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How We Recall Recurring Events

Katja Crone (TU Dortmund)

The Memory Palace @philmemopalace.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

Do you know that the Memory Palace publishes research not only in English but also in Spanish? Check out this post from Sarah Robins to know more about this initiative! thememorypalacephil.substack.com/p/fiesta-en-...

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Fiesta en al Palacio

Sarah Robins (Purdue University)

The Memory Palace @philmemopalace.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

What does it mean that memory is epistemically blurry? Today at the Memory Palace, Uljana Feest discusses this important question and gives us a preview of her book "Operationism in Psychology. An Epistemology of Exploration". open.substack.com/pub/thememor...

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Memory as an Epistemically Blurry Object of Research

Uljana Feest (Leibniz Universität Hannover)

The Memory Palace @philmemopalace.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

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. open.substack.com/pub/thememor...

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How Memory Shapes Implicit Attitudes

Josefa Toribio (ICREA-University of Barcelona)

The Memory Palace @philmemopalace.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

After a summer break, the Memory Palace is back with an exciting post on good and bad forms of commemoration from Ten-Herng Lai (University of Stirling). Exciting news about the Palace's projects are coming soon! open.substack.com/pub/thememor...

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Commemoration and Controversy

Ten-Herng Lai (University of Stirling)

The Memory Palace @philmemopalace.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

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! substack.com/@philmemoryp...

Nostalgia and Grief

Dylan Trigg (Central European University)

The Memory Palace @philmemopalace.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

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. open.substack.com/pub/thememor...

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What does it mean to relive an experience through remembering?

Francesca Righetti (Ruhr University Bochum)

The Memory Palace @philmemopalace.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

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. open.substack.com/pub/thememor...

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Memory and Self-Knowledge

Benjamin Winokur (University of Macau)

The Memory Palace @philmemopalace.bsky.social · 06/05/2025

If Large Language Models can remember without a trace, also humans can do so. Today at the Memory Palace, Daniel Hutto (University of Wollongong) discusses this provocative and exciting idea. open.substack.com/pub/thememor...

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Remembering Without a Trace of a Trace: Of Mice, Humans, and LLMs

Daniel D. Hutto (University of Wollongong)

The Memory Palace @philmemopalace.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

If you could hold on to just a single memory, just one episode from your personal past, what would it be? Today at the Memory Palace, Chris McCarroll investigates this exciting question about personal memory. A highly recommended reading! open.substack.com/pub/thememor...

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A Single Memory

Christopher Jude McCarroll (National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University)

The Memory Palace @philmemopalace.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

A great post on the philosophy of memory in Japan from Shin Sakuragi (Shibaura Institute of Technology) open.substack.com/pub/thememor...

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The Philosophy of Memory in Japan

Shin Sakuragi (Shibaura Institute of Technology)

The Memory Palace @philmemopalace.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

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. open.substack.com/pub/thememor...

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Where did I leave my episode, again?

Hunter Gentry (Kansas State University) and Cameron Buckner (University of Florida)

The Memory Palace @philmemopalace.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

If you want to know more on the ethics of memory dampening, you should really check this awesome post by Mona Jahangiri (University of Göttingen). open.substack.com/pub/thememor...

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Between Memory and Identity: Trauma and the Self in Islamic Philosophy

Mona Jahangiri (University of Göttingen)

The Memory Palace @philmemopalace.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

An exciting post on George Hackenschmidt's philosophy of memory (and more), authored by Vilius Dranseika (Jagiellonian University). open.substack.com/pub/thememor...

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The Man Who Wrestled with Memory

Vilius Dranseika (Jagiellonian University)

The Memory Palace @philmemopalace.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

What if memory were a social kind, like race, gender, and love? What does that would mean for the ways we can study it? Today, at the Memory Palace, Alison Springle (University of Miami) discusses these and other exciting questions about our memory systems. open.substack.com/pub/thememor...

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A Social Critical Metaphysics of Memory: A Manifesto

Alison Springle (University of Miami)

The Memory Palace @philmemopalace.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

A fantastic post on looking back at our personal past from new perspectives, authored by Daniel Gyollai (University of Copenhagen). open.substack.com/pub/thememor...

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The determinable indeterminacy of our past

Daniel Gyollai (University of Copenhagen)

The Memory Palace @philmemopalace.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

A very cool post on perspectival forgetting from Megan Entwistle (Washington University in St. Louis). A highly recommended reading. open.substack.com/pub/thememor...

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Perspectival Forgetting

Megan Entwistle (Washington University in St. Louis)

The Memory Palace @philmemopalace.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

A very cool post from Krystyna Bielecka (Institute of Philosophy, University of Białystok), in which she gives fantastic overview of her teleosemantic account of episodic memory. open.substack.com/pub/thememor...

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The Error That Lies: How Teleosemantics Illuminates Memory and Confabulation

Krystyna Bielecka (Institute of Philosophy, University of Białystok)

The Memory Palace @philmemopalace.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

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...

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The Philosophy of Memory Organization: An update

James Openshaw (Nanyang Technological University)

The Memory Palace @philmemopalace.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

A beautiful post from Em Walsh (University of Central Florida), discussing trauma, grief, and the politics of traumatic memory. Mild spoiler alert: the post discusses Severance and it gives some sneak info about what happens in the TV show. open.substack.com/pub/thememor...

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"She's not dead, is she?" Risk-Taking, Agency, & the Politics of Traumatic Memory

Em Walsh (University of Central Florida)

The Memory Palace @philmemopalace.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

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! substack.com/home/post/p-...

El Palacio de la Memoria

Sarah Robins (Purdue University)

The Memory Palace @philmemopalace.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

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. thememorypalacephil.substack.com/p/memories-p...

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MemoriEs: Philosophy of Memory in Spanish from the Global South

Alberto Guerrero-Velázquez (University of Western Australia)

The Memory Palace @philmemopalace.bsky.social · 17/12/2024

Very exciting post on the past, present, and future of the Centre for Philosophy of Memory (University of Grenoble Alpes), from Kirk Michaelian and Denis Perrin. open.substack.com/pub/thememor...

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The Centre for Philosophy of Memory: The story so far

Kourken Michaelian and Denis Perrin (Université Grenoble Alpes)

The Memory Palace @philmemopalace.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

A very interesting post on how we learn to remember, from César Schirmer dos Santos (Federal University of Santa Maria)! open.substack.com/pub/thememor...

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Memory: Nature or Nurture?

César Schirmer dos Santos (Federal University of Santa Maria)

The Memory Palace @philmemopalace.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

What do pictures and episodic memories have in common? In today's post, Kristina Liefke (Ruhr University Bochum) investigates this important question through the tools of picture semantics. open.substack.com/pub/thememor...

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Memories as Pictures

Kristina Liefke (Ruhr University Bochum)

The Memory Palace @philmemopalace.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

A very exciting post from Iva Apostolova (St. Paul University) on the the relationship between touch and memory! open.substack.com/pub/thememor...

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Memory and Touch

Iva Apostolova (St. Paul University)

The Memory Palace @philmemopalace.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

An exciting preview of the the Second Shanghai-Grenoble Philosophy of Memory Workshop. Many thanks to Changsheng Lai (Shanghai Jiao Tong University) for his post! open.substack.com/pub/thememor...

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The Second Shanghai-Grenoble Philosophy of Memory Workshop

Changsheng Lai (Shanghai Jiao Tong University)

The Memory Palace @philmemopalace.bsky.social · 12/11/2024

Does memory give us reasons to trust our own beliefs? If yes, in what ways? In today's exciting post, Uku Tooming (University of Tartu) & Kengo Miyazono (Hokkaido University) address these and other questions about episodic memory. Please, have a look! open.substack.com/pub/thememor...

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How to Argue for Memory’s Epistemic Generativity

Uku Tooming (University of Tartu) & Kengo Miyazono (Hokkaido University)

The Memory Palace @philmemopalace.bsky.social · 05/11/2024

What does the feeling of familiarity tell us about episodic memory and how we should study it? Today at the Memory Palace, Christoph Hoerl (University of Warwick) discusses this challenging question about memory for our personal past. @christophhoerl.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/thememor...

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The Butcher on the Bus

Christoph Hoerl (University of Warwick)