Papers by Steven James
Estudios de Filosofía, 2021
Fernández (2019) offers an account of the nature of episodic memory that marries two core ideas:... more Fernández (2019) offers an account of the nature of episodic memory that marries two core ideas: (i) role-functionalism about episodic memory, and (ii) self-reflexive mnemonic content. One payoff of this view is that episodic memory judgments are immune to error through misidentification. Fernández takes this to reveal something important about the nature of one’s self-awareness in memory and our first-person conception of ourselves. However, once one sees why such judgments are immune in this way, according to the proposed account, the fact that they are immune becomes moot. While technically immune to error through misidentification, episodic memory judgments are not grounded in a way such that they have any interesting epistemological import for the subject (in contrast to other paradigms of such judgments), and any insights about our self-awareness and self-conception are directly derivable from the metaphysics of memory content alone.
Estudios de Filosofía, No 64, 2021
Fernández (2019) offers an account of the nature of episodic memory that marries two core ideas: ... more Fernández (2019) offers an account of the nature of episodic memory that marries two core ideas: (i) role-functionalism about episodic memory, and (ii) self-reflexive mnemonic content. One payoff of this view is that episodic memory judgments are immune to error through misidentification. Fernández takes this to reveal something important about the nature of one's self-awareness in memory and our first-person conception of ourselves. However, once one sees why such judgments are immune in this way, according to the proposed account, the fact that they are immune becomes moot. While technically immune to error through misidentification, episodic memory judgments are not grounded in a way such that they have any interesting epistemological import for the subject (in contrast to other paradigms of such judgments), and any insights about our self-awareness and self-conception are directly derivable from the metaphysics of memory content alone.
Contemporary memory sciences describe processes that are dynamic and constructive. This has led s... more Contemporary memory sciences describe processes that are dynamic and constructive. This has led some philosophers to weaken the relationship between memory and epistemology; though remembering can give rise to epistemic success, it is not itself an epistemic success state. I argue that non-epistemic (causal) theories will not do; they provide neither necessary nor sufficient conditions for remembering that p. I also argue that the shortcomings of the causal theory are epistemic in nature. Consequently, a theory of remembering must account for both its fundamentally epistemic nature and for its constructive and dynamic processes.
Some hallucinations are really memories in disguise.
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Ceci sera le premier de deux numéros consécutifs dédiés à la mémoire. On traitera spécialement de... more Ceci sera le premier de deux numéros consécutifs dédiés à la mémoire. On traitera spécialement de la mémoire en tant que processus d'individualité et d'individuation ; le deuxième numéro (n° 29) sera consacré par contre à la mémoire dans ses dimensions sociales et politiques. Dans le numéro 28, la mémoire sera abordée comme un problème historiographique, métaphysique, phénoménologique et épistémologique.
In occasione del suo decimo anniversario (2009-2019), Lo Sguardo dedicherà due numeri consecutivi... more In occasione del suo decimo anniversario (2009-2019), Lo Sguardo dedicherà due numeri consecutivi (nn. 28-29) al tema della memoria. Il numero 28 verterà in particolare sul rapporto tra memoria, individuo e processi di individuazione; il secondo fascicolo (il numero 29), sarà invece consacrato alla memoria nella sua dimensione sociale e politica. Nel n. 28 il tema della memoria sarà affrontato dunque come problema storiografico, metafisico, psicologico, epistemologico e fenomenologico.
This is the first of two consecutive issues dedicated to memory. It deals especially with memory ... more This is the first of two consecutive issues dedicated to memory. It deals especially with memory as it relates to both individuality and individuation processes; the second issue (n. 29) will be dedicated to memory in its social and political dimensions. In n. 28, memory will be addressed as a historiographic, metaphysical, phenomenological and epistemological problem.
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