Russell on Mnemic Causation

According to the standard view, the causal process connecting a past representation and its subsequent recall involves intermediary memory traces. Yet Bertrand Russell and Ludwig Wittgenstein held that since the physiological evidence for memory traces isn't quite conclusive, it is prudent to c...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Sven Bernecker
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina 2001-12-01
Series:Principia: An International Journal of Epistemology
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Online Access:http://www.periodicos.ufsc.br/index.php/principia/article/view/17770/16352