Memory and self-consciousness. Bermúdez, J. L. In Bernecker, S. & Michaelian, K., editors, The Routledge Handbook of Philosophy of Memory, pages 180–191. Routledge, New York, 2017.
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[first paragraph] Philosophical questions about memory fall into (at least) three broad categories. Some are fundamentally metaphysical, having to do with the nature of memory. In this category fall ques-tions about how to understand the relation between memory and the past (should memory be understood as a direct relation to the past, for example, or should we think instead in terms of occurrent memory states that are causally derived from past events?). A second set of questions is broadly epistemological. We can ask about how memory judgments are justified, and whether memories create knowledge or simply preserve it. The third set of questions has to do with the functional role of memories. How do memories interact with other mental states? What does the capacity for memory contribute to cognitive and affective life? Issues of functional role can have epistemological and metaphysical ramifications, as well as raising ethical questions (e.g., about the role of shared memories in social life).
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abstract = {[first paragraph] Philosophical questions about memory fall into (at least) three broad categories. Some are fundamentally metaphysical, having to do with the nature of memory. In this category fall ques-tions about how to understand the relation between memory and the past (should memory be understood as a direct relation to the past, for example, or should we think instead in terms of occurrent memory states that are causally derived from past events?). A second set of questions is broadly epistemological. We can ask about how memory judgments are justified, and whether memories create knowledge or simply preserve it. The third set of questions has to do with the functional role of memories. How do memories interact with other mental states? What does the capacity for memory contribute to cognitive and affective life? Issues of functional role can have epistemological and metaphysical ramifications, as well as raising ethical questions (e.g., about the role of shared memories in social life).},
address = {New York},
author = {Berm{\'{u}}dez, Jos{\'{e}} Luis},
booktitle = {The Routledge Handbook of Philosophy of Memory},
editor = {Bernecker, Sven and Michaelian, Kourken},
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pages = {180--191},
publisher = {Routledge},
title = {{Memory and self-consciousness}},
year = {2017}
}

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