Sarah Robins
@sarahrobins.bsky.social
Philosopher at Purdue. Philosophy of Memory, Psychology, Neuroscience.
www.sarahkrobins.com
www.sarahkrobins.com
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Discover how greater gender parity and the growth of female leadership across Latin America created the conditions for a successful social movement, in this illuminating case study from Somebody Should Do Something
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Voices of change: Leadership’s role in the rise of social movements
Many sparks fail to start fires where conditions seem right, while others flare up into fires where nobody would have expected. Few movements in recent history provide as good an example of this as t…
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November 6, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Discover how greater gender parity and the growth of female leadership across Latin America created the conditions for a successful social movement, in this illuminating case study from Somebody Should Do Something
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Next week in San Diego!
Come check out the #MCCS25 debate on November 14!
Drs. André Fenton & Yaniv Ziv will be debating a hot topic: are memory stability and representational drift opposing or complementary processes? Moderated by Dr. @sarahrobins.bsky.social 🧠
Register now: event.fourwaves.com/MCCS25/pages
Drs. André Fenton & Yaniv Ziv will be debating a hot topic: are memory stability and representational drift opposing or complementary processes? Moderated by Dr. @sarahrobins.bsky.social 🧠
Register now: event.fourwaves.com/MCCS25/pages
November 5, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Next week in San Diego!
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🔥 New Publication: @oldjerryfodor.bsky.social has a book chapter titled "Practical capacities, empathy, and human-centered artificial intelligence" forthcoming in 'Empathy and Artificial Intelligence: Challenges, Advances, and Ethical Considerations'
Read here: philpapers.org/rec/KARPCE
Read here: philpapers.org/rec/KARPCE
November 4, 2025 at 6:22 PM
🔥 New Publication: @oldjerryfodor.bsky.social has a book chapter titled "Practical capacities, empathy, and human-centered artificial intelligence" forthcoming in 'Empathy and Artificial Intelligence: Challenges, Advances, and Ethical Considerations'
Read here: philpapers.org/rec/KARPCE
Read here: philpapers.org/rec/KARPCE
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
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 Memory Palace takes a big step forward with our translation project today. Check out our El Palacio de la Memoria section, featuring the efforts of the MemoriEs project - and come back regularly (or subscribe) to see more that we’ve got lined up to debut in the weeks ahead!
#philscisky #philsky
#philscisky #philsky
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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Fiesta en al Palacio
Sarah Robins (Purdue University)
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October 28, 2025 at 5:21 PM
The Memory Palace takes a big step forward with our translation project today. Check out our El Palacio de la Memoria section, featuring the efforts of the MemoriEs project - and come back regularly (or subscribe) to see more that we’ve got lined up to debut in the weeks ahead!
#philscisky #philsky
#philscisky #philsky
Squinting at this image? You’re trying to identify objects in the blur, much as psychologists do when they approach research objects. Uljana Feest develops this view of psychology in her recent book, and she's talking about how it shapes implicit memory at The Memory Palace today. Enjoy!
#philscisky
#philscisky
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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Memory as an Epistemically Blurry Object of Research
Uljana Feest (Leibniz Universität Hannover)
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October 14, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Squinting at this image? You’re trying to identify objects in the blur, much as psychologists do when they approach research objects. Uljana Feest develops this view of psychology in her recent book, and she's talking about how it shapes implicit memory at The Memory Palace today. Enjoy!
#philscisky
#philscisky
Reposted by Sarah Robins
This Friday, @okaydaniellle.bsky.social will be giving a talk titled 'An epistemic problem for the realist about mathematical functions in neuroscience' at the CAIC Brown Bag Series! 🧠
October 14, 2025 at 12:45 AM
This Friday, @okaydaniellle.bsky.social will be giving a talk titled 'An epistemic problem for the realist about mathematical functions in neuroscience' at the CAIC Brown Bag Series! 🧠
“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
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
The Memory Palace is back for a new season! Starting with a great post on controversial commemoration from Ten-Herng Lai. Take a look!
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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Commemoration and Controversy
Ten-Herng Lai (University of Stirling)
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October 2, 2025 at 1:11 PM
The Memory Palace is back for a new season! Starting with a great post on controversial commemoration from Ten-Herng Lai. Take a look!
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!
#philsky #philscisky
#philsky #philscisky
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!
#philsky #philscisky
#philsky #philscisky
Highlights from the most recent SSPP meeting are up at the Brains Blog this week.
I started things off with some thoughts about the distinctive virtues of the SSPP model for an interdisciplinary conference.
Thoughts? Objections? Let’s get our hands on some ketamine and hash it out!
I started things off with some thoughts about the distinctive virtues of the SSPP model for an interdisciplinary conference.
Thoughts? Objections? Let’s get our hands on some ketamine and hash it out!
SSPP 2025: Sarah Robins on SSPP
By Sarah Robins, Purdue University Thanks to the Brains Blog for featuring some of the great work from the latest SSPP meeting this week. There are several ‘phil & psych societies’, so it feels worth kicking off the week with a note about what distinguishes the…
By Sarah Robins, Purdue University Thanks to the Brains Blog for featuring some of the great work from the latest SSPP meeting this week. There are several ‘phil & psych societies’, so it feels worth kicking off the week with a note about what distinguishes the…
SSPP 2025: Sarah Robins on SSPP
By Sarah Robins, Purdue University Thanks to the Brains Blog for featuring some of the great work from the latest SSPP meeting this week. There are several ‘phil & psych societies’, so it feels worth kicking off the week with a note about what distinguishes the SSPP. The SSPP is, so far as I know, the oldest/longest running of these organizations.
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June 6, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Highlights from the most recent SSPP meeting are up at the Brains Blog this week.
I started things off with some thoughts about the distinctive virtues of the SSPP model for an interdisciplinary conference.
Thoughts? Objections? Let’s get our hands on some ketamine and hash it out!
I started things off with some thoughts about the distinctive virtues of the SSPP model for an interdisciplinary conference.
Thoughts? Objections? Let’s get our hands on some ketamine and hash it out!
Reposted by Sarah Robins
This week we are very happy to co-host a series of posts with the Southern Society for Philosophy and Psychology, featuring work from this year's annual meeting! Check out posts each day of the week on the blog.
June 3, 2025 at 7:15 PM
This week we are very happy to co-host a series of posts with the Southern Society for Philosophy and Psychology, featuring work from this year's annual meeting! Check out posts each day of the week on the blog.
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!
#philsky #philscisky
#philsky #philscisky
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!
#philsky #philscisky
#philsky #philscisky
Reposted by Sarah Robins
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...
open.substack.com/pub/thememor...
What does it mean to relive an experience through remembering?
Francesca Righetti (Ruhr University Bochum)
open.substack.com
June 3, 2025 at 3:46 PM
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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open.substack.com/pub/thememor...
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!
#philsky #philscisky
#philsky #philscisky
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!
#philsky #philscisky
#philsky #philscisky
Catching my breath after an amazing 3 days at #EngramsandEnsembles2025 Bit terrifying to close out such a stellar meeting, but absolutely worth it for the conversations afterward. thanks @tjryan.bsky.social for one hell of an engram!
May 17, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Catching my breath after an amazing 3 days at #EngramsandEnsembles2025 Bit terrifying to close out such a stellar meeting, but absolutely worth it for the conversations afterward. thanks @tjryan.bsky.social for one hell of an engram!
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PhOMO's early career researcher conference (IPM 4.5) is coming up next week! Online, May 22–23. Full program and connection details here: www.phomo.org/events/ipm4-5
May 14, 2025 at 1:47 AM
PhOMO's early career researcher conference (IPM 4.5) is coming up next week! Online, May 22–23. Full program and connection details here: www.phomo.org/events/ipm4-5
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Day 28 (breakthrough): The brain's memory "engram" - a tremendous cumultative brain research accomplishment that unfolded across a century, including multiple Nobel prizes.
Also a terrific test case for the question: How does progress in (neuro)science happen?
#ElusiveCures30
Also a terrific test case for the question: How does progress in (neuro)science happen?
#ElusiveCures30
May 13, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Day 28 (breakthrough): The brain's memory "engram" - a tremendous cumultative brain research accomplishment that unfolded across a century, including multiple Nobel prizes.
Also a terrific test case for the question: How does progress in (neuro)science happen?
#ElusiveCures30
Also a terrific test case for the question: How does progress in (neuro)science happen?
#ElusiveCures30
Radical Enactivism purports to explain remembering without reliance on the age-old memory trace. Dan Hutto is at The Memory Palace today, arguing for Radical Enactivism’s advantage in characterizing memory from mice to large language models. Take a look!
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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Remembering Without a Trace of a Trace: Of Mice, Humans, and LLMs
Daniel D. Hutto (University of Wollongong)
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May 6, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Radical Enactivism purports to explain remembering without reliance on the age-old memory trace. Dan Hutto is at The Memory Palace today, arguing for Radical Enactivism’s advantage in characterizing memory from mice to large language models. Take a look!
Very excited for this Engrams and Ensembles meeting next week in Dublin!
Just 3 days left to register for Engrams and Ensembles in Learning and Memory '25.
We have 40 X outstanding speakers, 70 X Posters, a Keynote Lecture from Thomas Südhof & a neurophilosophical summation from @sarahrobins.bsky.social
Agenda:
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We have 40 X outstanding speakers, 70 X Posters, a Keynote Lecture from Thomas Südhof & a neurophilosophical summation from @sarahrobins.bsky.social
Agenda:
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May 6, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Very excited for this Engrams and Ensembles meeting next week in Dublin!
You get to keep one memory from your personal past. This is the provocative premise from which Chris McCarroll (National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University) begins his post at The Memory Palace today. A great read!
#philsky #philscisky
#philsky #philscisky
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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A Single Memory
Christopher Jude McCarroll (National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University)
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April 29, 2025 at 6:30 PM
You get to keep one memory from your personal past. This is the provocative premise from which Chris McCarroll (National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University) begins his post at The Memory Palace today. A great read!
#philsky #philscisky
#philsky #philscisky
The philosophy of memory is growing in Japan! Shin Sakuragi (Shibaura Institute of Technology) is at The Memory Palace today discussing recent and upcoming events, and the unique ways of this community is expanding the topics under consideration. Take a look!
#philsky #philscisky
#philsky #philscisky
A great post on the philosophy of memory in Japan from Shin Sakuragi (Shibaura Institute of Technology)
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The Philosophy of Memory in Japan
Shin Sakuragi (Shibaura Institute of Technology)
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April 22, 2025 at 11:01 PM
The philosophy of memory is growing in Japan! Shin Sakuragi (Shibaura Institute of Technology) is at The Memory Palace today discussing recent and upcoming events, and the unique ways of this community is expanding the topics under consideration. Take a look!
#philsky #philscisky
#philsky #philscisky
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
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
Many of ethical dimensions of memory modification depend on the value framework from which you view the issue. Mona Jahangiri (Göttingen) is at The Memory Palace today, using Mullā Ṣadrā's work in Islamic Philosophy to explore issues surrounding memory, identity, and trauma.
#philsky #philscisky
#philsky #philscisky
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).
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Between Memory and Identity: Trauma and the Self in Islamic Philosophy
Mona Jahangiri (University of Göttingen)
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April 8, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Many of ethical dimensions of memory modification depend on the value framework from which you view the issue. Mona Jahangiri (Göttingen) is at The Memory Palace today, using Mullā Ṣadrā's work in Islamic Philosophy to explore issues surrounding memory, identity, and trauma.
#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!
#philsky #philscisky
#philsky #philscisky
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
#philsky #philscisky