Memory in Philosophy

Philosophy treats memory as a problem of identity, knowledge, testimony, consciousness, continuity, and truth. It asks what it means for a past experience to belong to a person or to justify belief.

Core terms: mind, matter, consciousness, conscious, awareness, qualia, self-model, temporal continuity, memory, recall, recognition, source memory, autobiographical memory, stream of consciousness, continuity.

Terms that change meaning across fields: memory, identity, truth, consciousness, testimony, continuity.

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