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Felipe De Brigard1, Bryce Gessell1
1Department of Philosophy,Duke University,Durham,NC 27708.felipe.debrigard@duke.edubryce.gessell@duke.eduwww.imclab.orgwww.emps.me/bryce.
The Behavioral and Brain Sciences
|January 23, 2018
Summary
This study challenges Mahr & Csibra's memory proposal, arguing their unique epistemic attitude also applies to imagination. The account fails to align with neuropsychological evidence and is less parsimonious than evolutionary alternatives.
Area of Science:
- Cognitive Science
- Neuroscience
- Evolutionary Psychology
Background:
- Mahr & Csibra's proposal posits a unique epistemic attitude for memory.
- Understanding the cognitive and evolutionary basis of memory is crucial.
Purpose of the Study:
- To present three significant challenges to Mahr & Csibra's (M&C's) proposal.
- To question the uniqueness of the epistemic attitude attributed to memory.
- To evaluate the proposal's compatibility with neuropsychological data and evolutionary principles.
Main Methods:
- Conceptual analysis of Mahr & Csibra's proposal.
- Comparison with imaginative simulations.
- Review of critical neuropsychological evidence.
- Evaluation against parsimonious evolutionary accounts.
Main Results:
- The epistemic attitude claimed unique to memory is also present in non-memory imaginative simulations.
- Mahr & Csibra's account is inconsistent with key neuropsychological findings.
- Alternative, more parsimonious evolutionary explanations are more convincing.
Conclusions:
- Mahr & Csibra's proposal faces significant theoretical and empirical challenges.
- The proposed unique epistemic attitude for memory is not supported.
- The proposal's explanatory power is limited compared to evolutionary perspectives.
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