The Episodicity of Memory

Perrin, Denis; Rousset, Stéphane

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“…The term "episodic memory" originates in psychology(Tulving 1985a). Philosophers have historically referred to episodic memory using a variety of different terms but are increasingly adopting the psychological terminology(Perrin and Rousset 2014).2 In Section 4, we introduce a fourth category of episodic hypothetical thought: future-oriented episodic counterfactual thought.…”

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Thinking About Events: A Pragmatist Account of the Objects of Episodic Hypothetical Thought

Sant’Anna

Michaelian

2018

Rev.Phil.Psych.

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The debate over the objects of episodic memory has for some time been stalled, with few alternatives to familiar forms of direct and indirect realism being advanced. This paper moves the debate forward by building on insights from the recent psychological literature on memory as a form of episodic hypothetical thought (or mental time travel) and the recent philosophical literature on relationalist and representationalist approaches to perception. The former suggests that an adequate account of the objects of episodic memory will have to be a special case of an account of the objects of episodic hypothetical thought more generally. The latter suggests that an adequate account of the objects of episodic hypothetical thought will have to combine features of direct realism and representationalism. We develop a novel pragmatist-inspired account of the objects of episodic hypothetical thought that has the requisite features.

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Thinking About Events: A Pragmatist Account of the Objects of Episodic Hypothetical Thought

Sant’Anna

Michaelian

2018

Rev.Phil.Psych.

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“…In recalling a particular past event, I have suggested, I recall what it was like to experience the event, where this is a matter of recalling the particular way in which my experiential encounter with the event was epistemically transformative for me. This is what accounts for what is sometimes referred to as the “episodicity” of episodic memory (Perrin & Rousset, ).…”

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Episodic memory and theory of mind: A connection reconsidered

Hoerl

2018

Mind & Language

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A familiar claim in the literature on episodic memory in both psychology and philosophy is that engaging in episodic recollection requires grasp of a theory of mind. In this paper, I re‐examine what connection, if any, there is between episodic memory and theory of mind. I first criticize the dominant way in which this connection has been construed theoretically, which has sought to link the possession of episodic memory with a grasp of the idea of representation, or the idea of informational access. I then argue for a novel, alternative, way of connecting episodic memory and theory of mind, which focuses on the role a grasp of the category of an experience might be seen to play in episodic recollection. In doing so, I also draw attention to a dimension of our understanding of the mental which is as yet underexplored in the literature on theory of mind.

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“…Whereas Soteriou is concerned with the distinction between episodic memory and episodic imagination, Hoerl , in his chapter, is concerned with the distinction between episodic memory and semantic memory. The question of the distinguishing mark of episodic memory-of the nature of episodicity ( Perrin & Rousset, 2014 )-is familiar, but Hoerl defends a new answer to the question, arguing that, while both episodic memory and semantic memory display an epistemic asymmetry between past and future, they do so in different ways, with episodic memory providing the subject with knowledge not only of past events but also of what it was like to experience them. Teroni , fi nally, is concerned with semantic rather than episodic memory, suggesting that, while the attitude of semantic remembering can be explained in terms of the feeling of familiarity, the feeling of familiarity does not itself justify semantic memory belief.…”

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The Philosophy of Memory Today and Tomorrow: Editors’ Introduction

Michaelian¹,

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Perrin³

2018

New Directions in the Philosophy of Memory

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As Bernecker and Michaelian point out in their introduction to the recent Routledge Handbook of Philosophy of Memory (2017), it is hardly surprising, given that memory is one of our most fundamental cognitive capacities and the source of an enormous fraction of our knowledge, that philosophical interest in memory dates back to the dawn of philosophy and has remained strong throughout the history of the discipline. What is surprising is the fact that the philosophy of memory has only recently emerged as a recognized fi eld of research. Whatever the explanation for the delayed emergence of the fi eld, it now most defi nitely has emerged, with the publication of the Handbook being only the most obvious sign of this development. Other signs include the rapid proliferation of workshops, conferences, and special issues on the topic of memory and the establishment, at the Issues in Philosophy of Memory conference held in Cologne in 2017, of the PHilosophy Of Memory Organization (phomo.org). There is, in short, a lot going on in the philosophy of memory today, and, whereas the entries for the Handbook were compiled so as to provide a systematic overview of historical and contemporary philosophical research on memory, the present volume, New Directions in the Philosophy of Memory , offers a snapshot of some of the most active and dynamic areas of current research.

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The Episodicity of Memory

Cited by 32 publications

References 96 publications

Thinking About Events: A Pragmatist Account of the Objects of Episodic Hypothetical Thought

Thinking About Events: A Pragmatist Account of the Objects of Episodic Hypothetical Thought

Episodic memory and theory of mind: A connection reconsidered

The Philosophy of Memory Today and Tomorrow: Editors’ Introduction

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