Remembering as inverse causal inference

The causalism/simulationism debate has become central in contemporary philosophy of memory. Recently, however, I have suggested that the debate is largely ill-construed and have offered instead a particular view of memory reconstruction that, I think, can reconcile a causal and a simulationist view of remembering. The current paper seeks to elaborate on that suggestion by pursuing two aims. The first one is to clearly articulate why the debate between causalism and simulationism is ill-construed. The second aim is to show how the version of remembering I defend can provide an answer to the causal question that makes causation central to the nature of memory, but in a way that is different from how it features in the causalism/simulationism debate.

Duke Scholars

Author Felipe De Brigard Philosophy