Fernández, J. (2019). Memory: a self-referential account. Oxford University Press
| Autor | Juan Fernando Álvarez Céspedes |
| Cargo | Université Grenoble-Alpes, Grenoble, France |
| Páginas | 237-243 |
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Estud.filos n.º 64. Julio-diciembre de 2021 | pp. 237-243 | Universidad de Antioquia | ISSN 0121-3628 | ISSN-e 2256-358X
https://doi.org/10.17533/udea.ef.n64a13
Fernández, J. (2019). Memory:
a self-referential account.
Oxford University Press
Juan F. Álvarez
Université Grenoble-Alpes, Grenoble, France
Email: jalvarces@gmail.com | ORCID: 0000-0002-3726-470X
hps://doi.org/10.17533/udea.ef.n64a13
Fernández’ most recent book constitutes an articulated development of several
philosophical considerations on memory displayed in his previous and forthcoming
publications. The result of such an articulated development ends up being a consistent
account that provides an innovative and thought-provoking perspective on episodic
remembering. This volume not only gathers and articulates the author’s previous ideas,
but also provides new reections on, and objections to alternate theories of memory,
which encompass four signicant domains in the philosophy of memory. In the rst part
of the book (Chapters 1, 2, and 3), Fernández oers an account of both the metaphysics
and the intentionality of episodic memory; in the second part (Chapters 4 and 5), the
author deals with certain phenomenological aspects involved in remembering; in the
third part (Chapters 6 and 7), two important debates in the epistemology of memory
are discussed.
Chapter 1 spells out the explanandum of the book, and the adopted strategy to
construct a suitable explanans. The metaphysical, intentional, phenomenological,
and epistemic aspects of episodic memory compose the project’s explanandum.
The rst aspect is related to the conditions under which a mental state qualies as
an instance of episodic remembering. The second one concerns the representations
or contents of memories. The third aspect is about the experience or what-it-is-like
aspect of remembering. The fourth one is related to the kind of justication that
episodic memory provides for knowledge. Fernández’ strategy consists in taking both
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