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Philosophy and Memory Traces: Descartes to Connectionism by John Sutton β€” book cover

Philosophy and Memory Traces: Descartes to Connectionism

by John Sutton
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Overview

Porous Memory defends two theories of autobiographical memory. One is a bewildering historical view of memories as dynamic patterns in fleeting animal spirits, nervous fluids which rummaged through the pores of brain and body. The other is new connectionism, in which memories are 'stored' only superpositionally, and reconstructed rather than reproduced. John Sutton juxtaposes historical and contemporary debates to show that psychology can attend to culture, complexity, self, and history.

Synopsis

Offers interpretations of theories of memory and the body from Descartes to Coleridge.

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Book Details

Published
August 1, 2007
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Pages
392
Format
Paperback
ISBN
9780521039376

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