What memory is-Not!
J M Fritzman, William A Rottschaefer
Wiley interdisciplinary reviews. Cognitive science 2022 DOI: 10.1002/wcs.1584 (opens in new tab)
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AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Theoretical or philosophical paper Peer reviewed |
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| Keywords | Stanley b. klein Memory Mental states |
| Key points | Argues that Stanley B. Klein's actual position on memory differs from his stated claims and that his proposed qualia may not feel like anything at all. |
Abstract
Rejecting the received account, which includes procedural and semantic memory, Stanley B. Klein claims that only episodic memory is genuine memory. This is so, he asserts, because only episodic memory is partly constituted by a quale, a Nagelian "what it is like" feeling of the past. However, his actual position reveals a very different set of claims about memory, one that involves a distinctive feel, distinct from Nagelian qualia and other versions of what qualia are. We argue that Klein's actual position significantly differs from what he claims memory is. And we try to describe what Kleinian qualia should feel like. We suspect that they might not feel like anything at all. This article is categorized under: Psychology > Memory Philosophy > Consciousness Philosophy > Psychological Capacities.