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Episodic memory isn't essentially autonoetic.

Peter Carruthers1

  • 1Department of Philosophy,University of Maryland,College Park,MD 20742-7615.pcarruth@umd.eduhttp://faculty.philosophy.umd.edu/pcarruthers/.

The Behavioral and Brain Sciences
|January 23, 2018
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Episodic memories serve to establish epistemic authority over past events, but this function doesn't fully capture their autonoetic nature. These memories can be purely first-order or autonoetic, contingent on contextual relevance.

Area of Science:

  • Cognitive Psychology
  • Neuroscience
  • Philosophy of Mind

Background:

  • Mahr & Csibra proposed episodic memory's function is grounding epistemic authority.
  • The autonoetic aspect of episodic memory refers to the subjective experience of remembering.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To challenge the proposed function of episodic memory by Mahr & Csibra.
  • To propose an alternative framework for understanding episodic memory function.

Main Methods:

  • Conceptual analysis of episodic memory.
  • Philosophical argumentation regarding memory function and subjective experience.

Main Results:

  • The function of grounding epistemic authority inadequately supports the autonoetic character of episodic memory.

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  • Episodic event memories can be either purely first-order or autonoetic.

    • Conclusions:

    • Episodic memory's function is context-dependent, varying between first-order and autonoetic experiences.
    • Relevance within a given context determines whether an episodic memory is first-order or autonoetic.