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Memoria
Memory
Huby, Lucienne
2025
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Abstract
In a broad sense, memory can be understood as the capacity to preserve, rework, and transmit information over time, a faculty crucial for the construction of identity and for understanding human cognition. This contribution seeks to address the complex question “What is memory?” through a historical and theoretical journey that includes philosophical traditions, twentieth-century psychological theories, and computational models. It also offers an overview of contemporary debates, from mental simulation to mental time travel and embodied approaches. The aim is to highlight the complexity, interdisciplinarity, and central role of memory in the understanding of human cognitive processes.
La memoria è un concetto fondamentale che attraversa diverse discipline, quali filosofia, psicologia e neuroscienze, e che ha suscitato interesse e riflessione per secoli. Questo contributo si propone di rispondere alla domanda “Che cos’è la memoria?” attraverso un percorso storico e teorico, partendo dalle tradizioni filosofiche antiche e moderne, passando per le principali teorie psicologiche del Novecento, fino ad arrivare ai modelli computazionali sviluppati nella seconda metà del secolo scorso. Infine, si presenta una panoramica sui dibattiti contemporanei, che coinvolgono prospettive innovative come la simulazione mentale, il viaggio mentale nel tempo e l’approccio embodied. Ogni fase contribuisce a delineare la complessità della memoria e la sua importanza nello studio della cognizione umana.
In a broad sense, memory can be understood as the capacity to preserve, rework, and transmit information over time, a faculty crucial for the construction of identity and for understanding human cognition. This contribution seeks to address the complex question “What is memory?” through a historical and theoretical journey that includes philosophical traditions, twentieth-century psychological theories, and computational models. It also offers an overview of contemporary debates, from mental simulation to mental time travel and embodied approaches. The aim is to highlight the complexity, interdisciplinarity, and central role of memory in the understanding of human cognitive processes.
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Publisher
EUT Edizioni Università di Trieste
Source
Lucienne Huby, "Memoria", in "APhEx 32", 2025, pp. 1-48
Languages
it
Rights
Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
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