How language shapes episodic memory: A radical enactivist approach

Radical Enactivism (REC) states that basic cognition does not involve computation of representational information. Due to its antirepresentationalism, episodic memory (memory for one’s personal past events) can become a challenge for REC because it is intuitive that memories represent the past event...

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Autor: Camillo, José Carlos
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2024
País:Brasil
Institución:Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN)
Repositorio:Princípios (Natal. Online)
Idioma:portugués
OAI Identifier:oai:periodicos.ufrn.br:article/34584
Acceso en línea:https://periodicos.ufrn.br/principios/article/view/34584
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Episodic Memory
Radical Enactivism
Language
Memory functions
Memória episódica
Enativismo radical
Linguagem
Funções da memória
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Sumario:Radical Enactivism (REC) states that basic cognition does not involve computation of representational information. Due to its antirepresentationalism, episodic memory (memory for one’s personal past events) can become a challenge for REC because it is intuitive that memories represent the past events. In this paper, this problem will be addressed by focusing on how language shapes episodic memory. It will be argued that language affect the functions of episodic memory such that it acquires a new function: a communicative one. Consequently, memory acquires a representational aspect.