[MaFLa] invitation to a talk on `Consciousness and Memory` by Carlos Montemayor - Tuesday, 14 February, 5.30 PM, Nádor 15, Room 103

[Krisztina Biber]

The CEU Department of Philosophy cordially invites you to a talk

(as part of its Departmental Colloquium series)

by

Carlos Montemayor (CEU, San Francisco State University)

on

Consciousness and Memory



Tuesday, 14 February 2017, 5.30 PM, Nádor 15, Room 103



ABSTRACT

Human episodic memory organizes information reliably and in a temporally unified fashion. This crucial epistemic role seems to be the core function of memory. Episodic memory has tradeoffs concerning accuracy and storage, which I describe in this talk. Although its epistemic functions are flexible enough to accommodate contextuality and imagery, these functions are best understood as epistemic in nature. I propose that this epistemic role is not the sole purpose of memory. A different tradeoff for narrative requires a memory function that operates independently of this epistemic role, and it is critical for phenomenally conscious memory. I explain how the distinction between phenomenal and access consciousness is useful to better understand these distinct roles. Since this narrative function seems to be part of the proper functioning of memory, it also justifies and further clarifies the distinction between episodic and autobiographical memory.

Krisztina Biber
Department of Philosophy
Coordinator
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