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Episodic Memory and Unrestricted Learning.

Our thinking often uses rich memories of particular past events. Yet frequently we would do better to use other forms of memory. I show that existing accounts of the function of episodic memory cannot account for such cases, then develop an account which can. Roughly: rich representations of particu...

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Published in:Philosophy of Science Vol. 91; no. 1; pp. 90 - 111
Main Author: Brown, Simon Alexander Burns
Format: Article
Published: Cambridge University Press Jan2024
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Episodic memory
Learning
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      ab: Our thinking often uses rich memories of particular past events. Yet frequently we would do better to use other forms of memory. I show that existing accounts of the function of episodic memory cannot account for such cases, then develop an account which can. Roughly: rich representations of particular past events are required for Unrestricted Learning, learning which is not limited in how much of the world's complexity it can capture; and episodic memory's selection for Unrestricted Learning could explain its ubiquitous (and often inappropriate) use for other tasks. This proposal suggests many avenues for further empirical and computational research.
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