Manipulating artificial memory: An example of mistake in recalling

In late medieval Scholastic thought, the sensory experience from the Aristotelian tradition is essential for the knowledge of reality. In the case of the arts of memory, such as Romberch’s Congestorium (Venice, 1520), theories of perception are applied to the mental formation of places and images, k...

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Autor: Ramos Grané, Marta
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2023
País:España
Institución:Universidad de La Laguna (ULL)
Repositorio:RIULL. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de La Laguna
OAI Identifier:oai:riull.ull.es:915/34870
Acceso en línea:http://riull.ull.es/xmlui/handle/915/34870
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:ars memorativa
locus
Romberch
Congestorium
memory
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Sumario:In late medieval Scholastic thought, the sensory experience from the Aristotelian tradition is essential for the knowledge of reality. In the case of the arts of memory, such as Romberch’s Congestorium (Venice, 1520), theories of perception are applied to the mental formation of places and images, key elements of memory systems «per locos et imagines». Through an example taken from the Congestorium, in which the author acknowledges his error in the process of imagining places, one can appreciate how theories of perception are applied to mental processes. Thus, after a detailed description of the rules for the formation of mental places, Romberch defends the importance of experimentation and one’s own (sensory) expe- rience to generate effective artificial memory systems.