Memories as pictures
- Jun.-Prof. Dr. Kristina Liefke
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- December 12, 2024
Memory scenarios resemble pictures in a number of ways: Like pictures, scenarios are informationally rich, can be of particular objects or events, and allow the agent to take a new perspective on the represented target. Like pictures, scenarios can further alter some (or more) details of, or even change the overall valence of this target.
In a recent post on Sarah Robins’ and Marta Carava’s Substack"The Memory Palace", I explore scenario/picture-similarities of the above sort. I argue that these similarities warrant applying the rich analytical tools from philosophy of depiction to current issues in the philosophy of memory. I contend that such application will help structure and advance contemporary discussion.
The Memory Palace features weekly posts in the philosophy of memory (broadly construed). Recent posts were written by, e.g., Felipe De Brigard, Christoph Hoerl, and Johannes Mahr. Next week’s post (on Dec. 17) will be by Kourken Michaelian. To subscribe, go to https://thememorypalacephil.substack.com/
The research unit FOR 2812 "Constructing scenarios of the past: A new framework in episodic memory" is a project funded by the German Research Foundation (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, DFG). The research unit studies the cognitive and neuronal mechanisms underlying scenario construction in episodic memory. We employ and integrate approaches from Philosophy, Psychology, and Experimental and Computational Neuroscience.
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