Pablo Fernandez Velasco

Postdoctoral Fellow in Philosophy, University of Stirling, UK

Pablo Fernandez Velasco is a British Academy postdoctoral research fellow at the Centre for the Sciences of Place and Memory at the University of Stirling in Scotland.

Written by Pablo Fernandez Velasco

Impressionist painting of a green Japanese bridge over a pond with water lilies surrounded by lush greenery in a garden setting.

Monet understood the elusive power of a place’s atmosphere

The gist of a scene or place can subtly alter our very sense of being, an affecting quality captured by Monet’s paintings

by Pablo Fernandez Velasco

Black and white photo of a woman covering her mouth with her hand in a crowded room.

How ‘feelings about thinking’ help us navigate our world

The pleasant feeling of knowing, the frustration of forgetting, and other ‘metacognitive feelings’ serve as unsung guides

by Pablo Fernandez Velasco & Slawa Loev