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Single Idea 9067
[filed under theme 12. Knowledge Sources / E. Direct Knowledge / 4. Memory
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Full Idea
When it occurs often in connection with the same item, ..memories which are many in number form a single experience.
Gist of Idea
Many memories of the same item form a single experience
Source
Aristotle (Posterior Analytics [c.327 BCE], 100a05)
Book Ref
Aristotle: 'Posterior Analytics (2nd ed)', ed/tr. Barnes,Jonathan [OUP 1993], p.73
A Reaction
This is Aristotle at his most empirical. He is not describing an operation of the understanding, but a process of association. The process he alludes to is at the heart of the abstractionist view of concept-formation.
Related Idea
Idea 11245
Many memories make up a single experience [Aristotle]
The
37 ideas
with the same theme
[memory as source and preserver of knowledge]:
9067
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Many memories of the same item form a single experience
[Aristotle]
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2665
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How can there be a memory of what is false?
[Cicero]
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18452
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Memory is not conserved images, but reproduction of previous thought
[Porphyry]
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22977
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I can distinguish different smells even when I am not experiencing them
[Augustine]
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22980
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Memory contains innumerable principles of maths, as well as past sense experiences
[Augustine]
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22982
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Why does joy in my mind make me happy, but joy in my memory doesn't?
[Augustine]
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22981
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Mind and memory are the same, as shown in 'bear it in mind' or 'it slipped from mind'
[Augustine]
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22983
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We would avoid remembering sorrow or fear if that triggered the emotions afresh
[Augustine]
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23660
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The theory of ideas, popular with philosophers, means past existence has to be proved
[Reid]
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23643
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We all trust our distinct memories (but not our distinct imaginings)
[Reid]
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23644
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Without memory we could have no concept of duration
[Reid]
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20250
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We may be unable to remember, but we may never actually forget
[Nietzsche]
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23197
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Memory is essential, and is only possible by means of abbreviation signs
[Nietzsche]
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23719
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Forgetfulness is a strong positive ability, not mental laziness
[Nietzsche]
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24115
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There is no proof that we forget things - only that we can't recall
[Nietzsche]
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22220
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The phenomena of memory are given in the present, but as being past
[Husserl, by Bernet]
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21854
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Bergson showed that memory is not after the event, but coexists with it
[Bergson, by Deleuze]
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2792
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It is possible the world came into existence five minutes ago, complete with false memories
[Russell]
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5414
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Images are not memory, because they are present, and memories are of the past
[Russell]
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21500
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We rely on memory for empirical beliefs because they mutually support one another
[Lewis,CI]
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21501
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If we doubt memories we cannot assess our doubt, or what is being doubted
[Lewis,CI]
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18734
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If you remember wrongly, then there must be some other criterion than your remembering
[Wittgenstein]
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3493
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Memory is mainly a guide for current performance
[Searle]
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3101
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Memories are not just preserved, they are constantly reinferred
[Harman]
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2787
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Memories aren't directly about the past, because time-lags and illusions suggest representation
[Dancy,J]
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2788
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If perception and memory are indirect, then two things stand between mind and reality
[Dancy,J]
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2790
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I can remember plans about the future, and images aren't essential (2+3=5)
[Dancy,J]
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2791
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Phenomenalism about memory denies the past, or reduces it to present experience
[Dancy,J]
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23304
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The ancient Memorists said virtually all types of thinking could be done simply by memory
[Sorabji]
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23303
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Stoics say true memory needs reflection and assent, but animals only have perceptual recognition
[Sorabji]
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2724
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I might remember someone I can't recall or image, by recognising them on meeting
[Audi,R]
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2725
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To remember something is to know it
[Audi,R]
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7513
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Is memory stored in protein sequences, neurons, synapses, or synapse-strengths?
[Pinker]
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4919
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There seems to be no dividing line between a memory and a thought
[Carter,R]
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6667
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There are memories of facts, memories of practical skills, and autobiographical memory
[Lowe]
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3759
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You can acquire new knowledge by exploring memories
[Bernecker/Dretske]
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15703
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Memories often conform to a theory, rather than being neutral
[Gelman]
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