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Memory and the Self - Phenomenology, Science and Autobiography (Hardcover)
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Memory and the Self - Phenomenology, Science and Autobiography (Hardcover)
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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, our memories are likely to be
distorted, sometimes beyond recognition. Imagine writing your
autobiography, only to find that that most of it has been redacted,
and much of the rest substantially rewritten. What would hold this
book together? What would make it the unified and coherent account
of a life? The answer, Mark Rowlands argues, lies, partially
hidden, in a largely unrecognized form of memory-Rilkean memory. A
Rilkean memory is produced when the content of a memory is lost but
the act of remembering endures, in a new, mutated, form: a mood, a
feeling, or a behavioral disposition. Rilkean memories play a
significant role in holding the self together in the face of the
poverty and inaccuracy of the contents of memory. But Rilkean
memories are important not just because of what they are, but also
because of what they were before they became such memories. Acts of
remembering sculpt the contents of memories out of the slabs of
remembered episodes. Our acts of remembering ensure that we are in
the content of each of our memories-present in the way a sculptor
is present in his creation-even when this content is lamentably
sparse and endemically inaccurate.
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