Department of Philosophy and Philosophy-Neuroscience-Psychology Program,Washington University,St. Louis,MO
Behav Brain Sci. 2018 Jan;41:e16. doi: 10.1017/S0140525X17001376.
We accept Mahr & Csibra's (M&C's) causal claim that episodic memory provides humans with the means for evaluating the veracity of reports about non-occurrent events. We reject their evolutionary argument that this is the proper function of episodic memory. We explore three intriguing implications of the causal claim, for cognitive neuropsychology, comparative psychology, and philosophy.
我们接受 Mahr & Csibra（简称 M&C）的因果主张，即情景记忆为人类提供了评估非当前事件报告真实性的手段。我们反对他们的进化论点，即情景记忆具有这种适当功能。我们探讨了因果主张对认知神经心理学、比较心理学和哲学的三个有趣影响。
