Remembering Events: A Reidean Account of (Episodic) Memory. Folescu, M. Philosophy and Phenomenological Research, 2016.
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Memory is essential to our functioning as fully developed, social individuals. Being in the world without remembering most of what we did would leave us unable to process and acquire any kind of knowledge about ourselves, the world we live in, and everyone else around us. Without memory to help us retain new information, our lives would be devoid of continuity, so that questions about our identity as persons and our place in the world would be impossible to answer. According to psychologists, there are several types of memory, and one type in particular, the so-called “episodic memory”, is essential for keeping track of our relationships with things in our environment. One project here is to determine exactly what type of things we are related to via episodic memory. Intuitively, physical objects, broadly construed, and their properties should be on the list.In addition, events seem like good candidates. But it is difficult to understand how we can have direct access to past events, given their essentially ephemeral character.
@article{Folescu2016,
abstract = {Memory is essential to our functioning as fully developed, social individuals. Being in the world without remembering most of what we did would leave us unable to process and acquire any kind of knowledge about ourselves, the world we live in, and everyone else around us. Without memory to help us retain new information, our lives would be devoid of continuity, so that questions about our identity as persons and our place in the world would be impossible to answer. According to psychologists, there are several types of memory, and one type in particular, the so-called “episodic memory”, is essential for keeping track of our relationships with things in our environment. One project here is to determine exactly what type of things we are related to via episodic memory. Intuitively, physical objects, broadly construed, and their properties should be on the list.In addition, events seem like good candidates. But it is difficult to understand how we can have direct access to past events, given their essentially ephemeral character.},
author = {Folescu, Marina},
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journal = {Philosophy and Phenomenological Research},
title = {{Remembering Events: A Reidean Account of (Episodic) Memory}},
year = {2016}
}

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