The Memory Palace

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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-...

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...

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...

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...

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-...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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...

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...

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

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...

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...

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

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...

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...

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...

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-...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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...

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...

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...