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

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Wronged by Memory Katherine Puddifoot (Durham University)

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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02.12.2025 18:25 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Issues in Philosophy of Memory 5 Sarah Robins (Purdue University)

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!
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25.11.2025 16:38 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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ΒΏQuΓ© es mnemΓ³nico acerca de la memoria colectiva? Juan Diego Bogota (Universidad de JyvΓ€skylΓ€), TraducciΓ³n del autor

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!
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18.11.2025 17:52 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Is forgetting discovered or created? Jessie Munton (University of Cambridge)

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.
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11.11.2025 16:35 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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How We Recall Recurring Events Katja Crone (TU Dortmund)

How do we recall the memory of events that may happen repeatedly, such as our own birthday?Β  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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04.11.2025 16:34 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 2
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Fiesta en al Palacio Sarah Robins (Purdue University)

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!
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28.10.2025 16:53 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Memory as an Epistemically Blurry Object of Research Uljana Feest (Leibniz UniversitΓ€t Hannover)

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".
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14.10.2025 15:41 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 2
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How Memory Shapes Implicit Attitudes Josefa Toribio (ICREA-University of Barcelona)

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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07.10.2025 15:42 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Commemoration and Controversy Ten-Herng Lai (University of Stirling)

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!
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30.09.2025 19:14 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Nostalgia and Grief Dylan Trigg (Central European University)

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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10.06.2025 17:11 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
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What does it mean to relive an experience through remembering? Francesca Righetti (Ruhr University Bochum)

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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03.06.2025 15:48 β€” πŸ‘ 14    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 2
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Memory and Self-Knowledge Benjamin Winokur (University of Macau)

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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20.05.2025 16:04 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Remembering Without a Trace of a Trace: Of Mice, Humans, and LLMs Daniel D. Hutto (University of Wollongong)

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.
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06.05.2025 15:44 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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A Single Memory Christopher Jude McCarroll (National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University)

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!
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29.04.2025 16:00 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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The Philosophy of Memory in Japan Shin Sakuragi (Shibaura Institute of Technology)

A great post on the philosophy of memory in Japan from Shin Sakuragi (Shibaura Institute of Technology)
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22.04.2025 20:00 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Where did I leave my episode, again? Hunter Gentry (Kansas State University) and Cameron Buckner (University of Florida)

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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15.04.2025 15:37 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 3
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Between Memory and Identity: Trauma and the Self in Islamic Philosophy Mona Jahangiri (University of GΓΆttingen)

If you want to know more on the ethics of memory dampening, you should really check this awesome post by Mona Jahangiri (University of GΓΆttingen).
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08.04.2025 15:38 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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The Man Who Wrestled with Memory Vilius Dranseika (Jagiellonian University)

An exciting post on George Hackenschmidt's philosophy of memory (and more), authored by Vilius Dranseika (Jagiellonian University).
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01.04.2025 15:53 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 3
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A Social Critical Metaphysics of Memory: A Manifesto Alison Springle (University of Miami)

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.
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25.03.2025 15:56 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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The determinable indeterminacy of our past Daniel Gyollai (University of Copenhagen)

A fantastic post on looking back at our personal past from new perspectives, authored by Daniel Gyollai (University of Copenhagen).
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18.03.2025 15:38 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Perspectival Forgetting Megan Entwistle (Washington University in St. Louis)

A very cool post on perspectival forgetting from Megan Entwistle (Washington University in St. Louis). A highly recommended reading.
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11.03.2025 15:57 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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The Error That Lies: How Teleosemantics Illuminates Memory and Confabulation Krystyna Bielecka (Institute of Philosophy, University of BiaΕ‚ystok)

A very cool post from Krystyna Bielecka (Institute of Philosophy, University of BiaΕ‚ystok), in which she gives fantastic overview of her teleosemantic account of episodic memory.
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04.03.2025 16:47 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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The Philosophy of Memory Organization: An update James Openshaw (Nanyang Technological University)

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...

25.02.2025 16:47 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 2
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"She's not dead, is she?" Risk-Taking, Agency, & the Politics of Traumatic Memory Em Walsh (University of Central Florida)

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.
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18.02.2025 16:37 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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El Palacio de la Memoria Sarah Robins (Purdue University)

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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14.02.2025 16:56 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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MemoriEs: Philosophy of Memory in Spanish from the Global South Alberto Guerrero-VelΓ‘zquez (University of Western Australia)

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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11.02.2025 16:41 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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The Centre for Philosophy of Memory: The story so far Kourken Michaelian and Denis Perrin (UniversitΓ© Grenoble Alpes)

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.
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17.12.2024 14:58 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Memory: Nature or Nurture? CΓ©sar Schirmer dos Santos (Federal University of Santa Maria)

A very interesting post on how we learn to remember, from
CΓ©sar Schirmer dos Santos (Federal University of Santa Maria)!
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10.12.2024 16:35 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Memories as Pictures Kristina Liefke (Ruhr University Bochum)

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.
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03.12.2024 16:32 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Memory and Touch Iva Apostolova (St. Paul University)

A very exciting post from Iva Apostolova (St. Paul University) on the the relationship between touch and memory!
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26.11.2024 16:33 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

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