In studying memory, experiences, and age, the question of their relationship shows up. Our experiences help us to form memory and these memories are applied towards knowledge. Knowledge by itself is not useful if it is not demonstrative or empirical. Empiricism proposes that sensory experiences are the only way to acquire knowledge that we need. Knowledge is gained with the intention of using it to alter or improve future encounters with same or different experiences. However, the ability to recall, is contingent on the strength if association between the memory and new stimulus. This strength can be affected by age and frequency of exposure. Keywords: memory, experience, sensory, empiricism, age.
Memory and Novel Experiences: A Review on the influence of stored memory on new experiences (especially in the elderly)
This article is a review of an article titled,” What you know can influence what you are going to know”. In the review, the word ‘know’ was defined as to develop a relationship with …show more content…
(Hergenhahn, 2005, p.176). This philosophy emphasizes the acquisition of knowledge through experience, rather than innate knowledge. The inner experiences are disregarded by focusing heavily on our senses. Thomas Hobbes is considered the father of British empiricism. He was interested in studying humans as machines and thereby the statement ‘humans are machines’. He troubled himself with studying us using geometry and explaining our life through motion and matter. He did support sensory experiences, and said “The [origin of all thoughts] is that which we can see, for there is no conception in a man’s mind, which hath not at first, totally, or by parts, been begotten upon the organ of senses. The rest are derived from that original. (Hobbes, 1651/1962, p.21). For Hobbes, all ideas, came from experience or more specifically, from sensory
Memory and Novel Experiences: A Review on the influence of stored memory on new experiences (especially in the elderly)
This article is a review of an article titled,” What you know can influence what you are going to know”. In the review, the word ‘know’ was defined as to develop a relationship with …show more content…
(Hergenhahn, 2005, p.176). This philosophy emphasizes the acquisition of knowledge through experience, rather than innate knowledge. The inner experiences are disregarded by focusing heavily on our senses. Thomas Hobbes is considered the father of British empiricism. He was interested in studying humans as machines and thereby the statement ‘humans are machines’. He troubled himself with studying us using geometry and explaining our life through motion and matter. He did support sensory experiences, and said “The [origin of all thoughts] is that which we can see, for there is no conception in a man’s mind, which hath not at first, totally, or by parts, been begotten upon the organ of senses. The rest are derived from that original. (Hobbes, 1651/1962, p.21). For Hobbes, all ideas, came from experience or more specifically, from sensory