Routledge Handbook of Philosophy of Memory

<p>Memory occupies a fundamental place in philosophy playing a central role not only in the history of philosophy but also in philosophy of mind epistemology and ethics. Yet the philosophy of memory has only recently emerged as an area of study and research in its own right.</p><p>The Routledge Handbook of Philosophy of Memory is an outstanding reference source on the key topics problems and debates in this exciting area and is the first philosophical collection of its kind. The forty-eight chapters are written by an international team of contributors and divided into nine parts:</p><ul> <ul> </ul> <li>The nature of memory</li> <li>The metaphysics of memory</li> <li>Memory mind and meaning</li> <li>Memory and the self</li> <li>Memory and time</li> <li>The social dimension of memory</li> <li>The epistemology of memory</li> <li>Memory and morality</li> <li>History of philosophy of memory.</li> <ul> </ul> </ul><p>Within these sections central topics and problems are examined including: truth consciousness imagination emotion self-knowledge narrative personal identity time collective and social memory internalism and externalism and the ethics of memory. The final part examines figures in the history of philosophy including Aristotle Augustine Freud Bergson Wittgenstein and Heidegger as well as perspectives on memory in Indian and Chinese philosophy.</p><p>Essential reading for students and researchers in philosophy particularly philosophy of mind and psychology the <i>Handbook</i> will also be of interest to those in related fields such as psychology and anthropology.</p>