认识的无辜和生产虚假的记忆信念的生产
Katherine Puddifoot1, Lisa Bortolotti1
1Department of Philosophy, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK.
概括
记忆错误,通常被视为认知脆弱,实际上提供了显著的认识系统益处. 这些记忆机制增强了真正的信念和知识的获取,挑战了传统的观点.
科学领域:
- 认知科学 认知科学
- 认识论的认识论学.
- 思想的哲学 思想的哲学
背景情况:
- 记忆错误通常被认为是认知缺陷.
- 传统观点将虚假记忆与不可靠性和认知脆弱性联系在一起.
- 现有的认识论理论不足以解决记忆错误的适应性.
研究的目的:
- 论证内存错误背后的认知机制提供了实质性的认识系统益处.
- 挑战人们对记忆信念的概念,认为记忆信念仅仅是认知弱点的标志.
- 提议扩大认识无辜的概念,包括认知机制.
主要方法:
- 概念分析整合了认知科学和认识论的发现.
- 检查负责记忆错误的认知机制的适应功能.
- 对认知机制应用认识无辜的概念.
主要成果:
- 产生记忆错误的认知机制是适应性的,并产生显著的认识效益.
- 虚假的记忆信念可以从普通的,有益的认知操作中产生.
- 有证据表明,记忆错误增加了获得真实的信念和知识的可能性.
结论:
- 挑战了人们对记忆错误的概念,认为记忆错误纯粹是负面的.
- 背后的认知机制记忆错误应该通过认识无辜的镜头来看.
- 将认识的无罪性扩展到认知机制提供了对记忆和信念形成的更细致的理解.
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