Are episodic memory and episodic simulation different in kind?

Schwartz, Ari ORCID: 0000-0002-2777-1732 (2025) Are episodic memory and episodic simulation different in kind? Philosophical Psychology. ISSN 0951-5089

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Abstract

Simulation theory is a radical and yet increasingly popular view about episodic memory. It is the view that episodic memory and episodic simulation are the same natural kind. I argue that while simulation theory offers an important insight, it also makes an overreach. While episodic memory and episodic simulation likely reflect a common natural kind, they also differ in natural kind. They differ in natural kind because episodic memory is partly defined by projectible properties and memory trace mechanisms that episodic simulation lacks.

Item Type:	Article
Additional Information:	© 2025 The Author
Divisions:	Philosophy, Logic and Scientific Method CPNSS
Subjects:	B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > B Philosophy (General)
Date Deposited:	09 Jan 2025 15:24
Last Modified:	19 Feb 2025 00:35
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/126712

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