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11245 | Many memories make up a single experience [Aristotle] |
Full Idea: Many recollections of the same thing perform the function of a single experience. | |
From: Aristotle (Metaphysics [c.324 BCE], 0980b28) | |
A reaction: This beautifully simple remark seems to me to be extremely important if we are going to understand the nature of thought. Personally I think it endorses the 'database' view of how the mind works (as a set of labelled 'files'). See Fodor's 'LOT2'. |