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Memory and the Self: Phenomenology, Science and Autobiography
Mark Rowlands
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Description for Memory and the Self: Phenomenology, Science and Autobiography
Hardback. Our memories, many believe, make us who we are. But most of our experiences have been forgotten, and the memories that remain are often wildly inaccurate. How, then, can memories play this person-making role? The answer lies in a largely unrecognized type of memory: Rilkean memory. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: HPM; JMR; JMRM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 160 x 24. Weight in Grams: 454.
The idea that our memories, in some sense, make us who we are, is a common one-and not at all implausible. After all, what could make us who we are if not the things we have experienced, thought, felt and desired on these idiosyncratic pathways through space and time that we call lives? And how can we retain these experiences, thoughts, feelings and desires if not through memory? On the other hand, most of what we have experienced has been forgotten. And there is now a considerable body of evidence that suggests that, even when we think we remember, ... Read more
The idea that our memories, in some sense, make us who we are, is a common one-and not at all implausible. After all, what could make us who we are if not the things we have experienced, thought, felt and desired on these idiosyncratic pathways through space and time that we call lives? And how can we retain these experiences, thoughts, feelings and desires if not through memory? On the other hand, most of what we have experienced has been forgotten. And there is now a considerable body of evidence that suggests that, even when we think we remember, ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780190241469
SKU
V9780190241469
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99-24
About Mark Rowlands
Mark Rowlands is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Miami. He is the author of eighteen books and over a hundred journal articles, chapters and reviews, and his work has been translated into more than twenty languages. His memoir, The Philosopher and the Wolf, became an international bestseller.
Reviews for Memory and the Self: Phenomenology, Science and Autobiography
Rowlands' view is quite innovative and original, and he skillfully combines his views on phenomenology, literary studies, philosophy of mind, and the empirical psychology...Memory and the Self is a recommendable book, on account of Rowlands' original philosophical views, as well as his lively literary style.
Majid Davoody Beni, Metapsychology Online Reviews
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