Le Poidevin, RD orcid.org/0000-0002-7185-9440 (2017) The Arrow of Mind. Journal of Consciousness Studies, 24 (3-4). pp. 112-126. ISSN 1355-8250
Abstract
Episodic memory provides a peculiarly intimate kind of access to our experiential past. Does this tell us anything about the nature of time, and in particular the basis of time's direction? This paper will argue that the causal theory of temporal direction enables us to unify a number of the key features of episodic memory: its being about particular past experiences, its reliable representation of experiences as past, and the derivative nature of this kind of access to the past: that is, what the memory is about, and how reliable it is, depends on the content and reliability of the original experience on which the memory is based.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2016, Imprint Academic. This is an author produced version of a paper published in Journal of Consciousness Studies. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
Keywords: | memory; time; causation; direction |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Cultures (Leeds) > School of Philosophy, Religion and History of Science (Leeds) > School of Philosophy (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 30 Jun 2017 11:12 |
Last Modified: | 01 Jan 2019 01:38 |
Published Version: | http://www.ingentaconnect.com/contentone/imp/jcs/2... |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Imprint Academic |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:118421 |