#610 Dorothea Debus: Philosophy of Memory, and Mental Self-regulation
RECORDED ON JANUARY 3rd 2022.
Dr. Dorothea Debus is Professor of Theoretical Philosophy at Konstanz University, with a special focus on the philosophy of language and the philosophy of mind. Her main area of research is the Philosophy of Mind. A substantial part of her published work is concerned with the mental phenomenon of memory; but she has also written on various other mental phenomena – imagination, attention, perception and the emotions. More recently her research has focused on a more general feature of our mental lives, namely the fact that we sometimes can be, and often also are, actively involved with how our own mental lives develop; she asks how we might possibly account for this ability, and explore its axiological implications.
In this episode, we talk about philosophy of memory, and mental self-regulation. We start with a brief introduction to the questions explored in philosophy of mind and, more specifically, in the philosophy of memory. We get specifically into how we remember the past; the cognitive differences between remembering the past and imagining the future; how we understand the concept of the past; the causal theory of memory; and past-directed emotions, their role and epistemic value. We also discuss mental self-regulation.
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Intro
Philosophy of mind, and philosophy of memory
How do we remember the past?
Remembering the past vs imagining the future
How do we understand the concept of the past?
The causal theory of memory
Past-directed emotions, their role and epistemic value
Mental self-regulation
Dr. Debus’ present and future work
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