Remembering the Personal Past: Beyond the Boundaries of Imagination

Frontiers in Psychology

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Christopher Jude McCarroll¹ 

[1] Centre for Philosophy of Memory, Université Grenoble Alpes

关键词: episodic memory;    episodic imagination;    causal theory of memory;    simulation theory of memory;    forgetting;    childhood amnesia;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fpsyg.2020.585352

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: Frontiers

【 摘 要 】

What is the relation between episodic memory and episodic (or experiential) imagination? According to the causal theory of memory, memory differs from imagination because remembering entails the existence of a continuous causal connection between one’s original experience of an event and one’s subsequent memory, a connection that is maintained by a memory trace. The simulation theory rejects this conception of memory, arguing against the necessity of a memory trace for successful remembering. I show that the simulation theory faces two serious problems, which are better explained by appealing to a causal connection maintained by a memory trace. Remembering the personal past is not the same as imagining.

【 授权许可】

CC BY