What makes a mental state feel like a memory: feelings of pastness and presence

• Melanie Rosen ^[1] ; Michael Barkasi ^[2]
  1. [1] Trent University

     Trent University

     Canadá

     
  2. [2] University of York

     University of York

     Reino Unido

     
• Localización: Estudios de Filosofía, ISSN-e 2256-358X, ISSN 0121-3628, Nº. 64, 2021, págs. 95-122
• Idioma: inglés
• DOI: 10.17533/udea.ef.n64a05
• Títulos paralelos:
  • Qué hace que un estado mental se sienta como un recuerdo: sentimientos de pasado y presencia
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  • español

    La visión intuitiva de que los recuerdos se caracterizan por un sentimiento de pasado, las percepciones por un sentimiento de presencia, mientras que la imaginación carece de cualquiera de los dos, enfrenta varios desafíos. Algunos investigadores se quejan de que el “sentimiento de pasado” no es claro, es irrelevante o no es una característica real. Otros señalan que hay casos de memoria sin sentimiento de pasado, percepción sin sentimiento de presencia y otros casos transversales. Aquí sostenemos que, aunque el sentimiento de pasado no define ontológicamente la memoria, este es de hecho una característica real y útil y, además, es un marcador característico que nos ayuda a categorizar fácilmente un estado mental. Describimos varias características cognitivas que subyacen a esta experiencia, incluida la sensación de accesibilidad pasada, el significado ergónomico, la inmersión, la objetividad y la fuerza mental. Nuestra perspectiva es claramente fenoménica, más que doxástica, aunque nuestra red de creencias puede contribuir a esta experiencia.

  • English

    The intuitive view that memories are characterized by a feeling of pastness, perceptions by a feeling of presence, while imagination lacks either faces challenges from two sides. Some researchers complain that the “feeling of pastness” is either unclear, irrelevant or isn’t a real feature. Others point out that there are cases of memory without the feeling of pastness, perception without presence, and other cross-cutting cases. Here we argue that the feeling of pastness is indeed a real, useful feature, and although this feeling does not define memory ontologically, it is a characteristic marker which helps us easily categorise a mental state first-personally. We outline several cognitive features that underlie this experience, including the feeling of past accessibility, ergonomic significance, immersion, objectivity and mental strength. Our account is distinctly phenomenal, rather than doxastic, although our web of beliefs may contribute to this experience.

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