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5414 | Images are not memory, because they are present, and memories are of the past [Russell] |
Full Idea: An image cannot constitute a memory, because we notice that the image is in the present, whereas what is remembered is known to be in the past. | |
From: Bertrand Russell (Problems of Philosophy [1912], Ch.11) | |
A reaction: This sounds a bit glib, and maybe makes the mistake for which he criticises Berkeley, of confusing a thought and its content. The puzzle is how we know that some images represent the past, others the present, others predictions, and others fantasy. |