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Generative memory
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This paper explores the implications of the psychology of constructive memory for philosophical theories of the metaphysics of memory and for a central question in the epistemology of memory. I first develop a general interpretation of the psychology of constructive memory. I then argue, on the basis of this interpretation, for an updated version of Martin and Deutscher's influential causal theory of memory. I conclude by sketching the implications of this updated theory for the question of memory's status as a generative epistemic source.
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“Thus it may be that one of the only consistent differences between a memory and a vivid imagining is a relative difference in the fluency of construction (Michaelian, 2011), although even fluency differences can dissipate with repeated imaginings (Wiebels et al., 2019).”
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“associative strength is the likely mechanism underlying the fluency of event simulations (cf.Michaelian, 2011).”
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Metadata
- Authors
- Michaelian, K.
- Corresponding author
- Michaelian, Kourken
- ORCID
- Michaelian, Kourken
- Venue
- Philosophical Psychology
- Publisher
- Informa UK Limited
- Published
- 2011-06
- Volume
- 24
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 323-342
- ISSN
- 0951-5089 (ISSN-L)
- 1465-394X
- OpenAlex
- W4246883223
- Cited by
- 163
- References
- 50
- Citations by year
- 2026: 15 · 2025: 15 · 2024: 13 · 2023: 7 · 2022: 15 · 2021: 11 · 2020: 16 · 2019: 16 · 2018: 10 · 2017: 12 · 2016: 10 · 2015: 6 · 2014: 5 · 2013: 3 · 2012: 4
- FWCI
- 36.82
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Philosophical Psychology (publishedVersion)
- PhilPapers (PhilPapers Foundation) (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Philosophy › Epistemology, Ethics, and Metaphysics
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Philosophy › Philosophy and Theoretical Science
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Memory Processes and Influences
- Keywords
- constructive memory, epistemology of memory, psychology of memory
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