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Memory and Remembering

Felipe De Brigard author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Cambridge University Press

Published:21st Dec '23

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This Element provides updated philosophical introduction to theories of memory, the process of remembering and the nature of memory traces.

This Element surveys research on three central and interrelated issues about the nature of memory and remembering. The first is about the nature of memory as a cognitive faculty, the second issue concerns what memory does, and the third issue is about the nature of what we remember.This Element surveys research on three central and interrelated issues about the nature of memory and remembering. The first is about the nature of memory as a cognitive faculty. This part discusses different strategies to distinguish memory from other cognitive faculties as well as different proposed taxonomies to differentiate distinct kinds of memory. The second issue concerns what memory does, which is traditionally thought to have a simple answer: remembering. As it turns out, philosophers not only disagree as to how to characterize remembering but also whether the function of memory is indeed to remember. Finally, the third issue is about the nature of what we remember-a question that may refer to the object of our memories but also to their content, with different views disagreeing on how to characterize the relationship between the two.

ISBN: 9781108958042

Dimensions: 230mm x 152mm x 5mm

Weight: 170g

88 pages