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Episodic memory isn't essentially autonoetic

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 January 2018

Peter Carruthers
Peter Carruthers*
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Department of Philosophy, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742-7615. pcarruth@umd.edu http://faculty.philosophy.umd.edu/pcarruthers/
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Abstract

I argue that the function attributed to episodic memory by Mahr & Csibra (M&C) – that is, grounding one's claims to epistemic authority over past events – fails to support the essentially autonoetic character of such memories. I suggest, in contrast, that episodic event memories are sometimes purely first order, sometimes autonoetic, depending on relevance in the context.

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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 41 , 2018 , e6
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2018 

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