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Define Memory Theory
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Holds that personal identity is based on self consciousness,in particular memories, about one's former experiance.
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Name two problems with the Memory Theory.
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-We forget many of our experiances
-Our memories are not always accurate |
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Cause and effect(complete the sentence)
Because you now are remembering the experiance as one that happened to you then it means... |
You are self-identical to the person who had that experiance.
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What is the problem of Circularity in regards to the Memory theory?
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We can't use the concept of memory to explain personal idenity because to have a real memory is to assume that the person is real and to assume a person is real it assumes that the person has real memories
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What is "Lockean memory"?
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Type of memory essential to personal identity=the memory of long-term explicit events.
-a memory of a unique, personal experience — associates sensations together in the record of that experience. That record constitutes a remembered event **EXAMPLE**: I may not be able remember many events in my childhood, but I can remember a time when I could remember events in my childhood. (http://www.philosophyofmind.info/psychologicalcontinuity.html) |
