Is external memory memory? biological memory and extended mind
dc.citation.epage | 1165 | en_US |
dc.citation.issueNumber | 3 | en_US |
dc.citation.spage | 1154 | en_US |
dc.citation.volumeNumber | 21 | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Michaelian, K. H. | en_US |
dc.date.accessioned | 2015-07-28T12:04:24Z | |
dc.date.available | 2015-07-28T12:04:24Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2012-09 | en_US |
dc.department | Department of Philosophy | en_US |
dc.description.abstract | Clark and Chalmers (1998) claim that an external resource satisfying the following criteria counts as a memory: (1) the agent has constant access to the resource; (2) the information in the resource is directly available; (3) retrieved information is automatically endorsed; (4) information is stored as a consequence of past endorsement. Research on forgetting and metamemory shows that most of these criteria are not satisfied by biological memory, so they are inadequate. More psychologically realistic criteria generate a similar classification of standard putative external memories, but the criteria still do not capture the function of memory. An adequate account of memory function, compatible with its evolution and its roles in prospection and imagination, suggests that external memory performs a function not performed by biological memory systems. External memory is thus not memory. This has implications for: extended mind theorizing, ecological validity of memory research, the causal theory of memory. | en_US |
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dc.identifier.doi | 10.1016/j.concog.2012.04.008 | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 1053-8100 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11693/13031 | |
dc.language.iso | English | en_US |
dc.publisher | Elsevier | en_US |
dc.relation.isversionof | http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.concog.2012.04.008 | en_US |
dc.source.title | Consciousness and cognition | en_US |
dc.subject | Memory | en_US |
dc.subject | External memory | en_US |
dc.subject | Extended mind | en_US |
dc.subject | Forgetting | en_US |
dc.subject | Metacognition | en_US |
dc.subject | Mental time travel | en_US |
dc.subject | Imagination | en_US |
dc.subject | Memory systems | en_US |
dc.subject | Causal theory of memory | en_US |
dc.title | Is external memory memory? biological memory and extended mind | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |
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