Episodic memory without autonoetic consciousness.
Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci
; 379(1913): 20230410, 2024 Nov 04.
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ABSTRACT
Ever since Tulving's influential 1985 article 'Memory and consciousness', it has become traditional to think of autonoetic consciousness as necessary for episodic memory. This paper questions this claim. Specifically, it argues that the construct of autonoetic consciousness lacks validity and that, even if it was valid, it would still not be necessary for episodic memory. The paper ends with a proposal to go back to a functional/computational characterization of episodic memory in which its characteristic phenomenology is a contingent feature of the retrieval process and, as a result, open to empirical scrutiny. The proposal also dovetails with recent taxonomies of memory that are independent of conscious awareness and suggests strategies to evaluate within- and between-individual variability in the conscious experience of episodic memories in human and non-human agents. This article is part of the theme issue 'Elements of episodic memory lessons from 40 years of research'.
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Assunto principal:
Estado de Consciência
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Memória Episódica
Limite:
Humans
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci
Ano de publicação:
2024
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Article
País de afiliação:
Estados Unidos
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Reino Unido