Book Review: Memory: A History

Frontiers in Psychology

Kourken Michaelian¹ 

关键词: memory;    history of philosophy;    history of psychology;    theoretical psychology;    collective memory;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fpsyg.2015.02047

学科分类：心理学（综合）

来源: Frontiers

【 摘 要 】

As the first to provide a thorough overview of the history of philosophical thinking about memory, this book fills an important gap in the literature (Nikulin, 2015). Despite some minor omissions in its coverage and some unusual features of its format (see below), Dmitri Nikulin's edited collection does an admirable job of providing a synoptic view of memory in the history of philosophy, and it will constitute a valuable addition to the libraries not only of philosophers but also of psychologists interested in the development of a concept which continues to play a central role in psychological research. Due to the length and scope of the multi-author volume—the book contains eight chapters on different aspects of memory in the history of philosophy, as well as a substantial editorial introduction and a series of brief “reflections” intended to relate philosophical themes to ideas from other fields—only a cursory description of its contents can be provided here; in particular, the “reflections” will be discussed only in passing.

【 授权许可】

CC BY