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Memories: mental repetition of representations without the original stimulus. See also stimuli, knowledge, learning.
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Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments.

 
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Steven Pinker on Memory - Dictionary of Arguments

I 153
Memory/Pinker: thoughts are not stored as a whole, but composed of terms.
I 157
Not every statement can be assigned to a memory space: too much energy loss.
Cf. >Memory/Luhmann
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I 158
Memory/Pinker:
1. "episodic" or autobiographical,
2. "semantic" or general knowledge memory.
The two forms are wired according to different patterns.
>Event, >Semantics.
I 177
Memory/Pinker: not sound chains but delimited words are stored.
>Language, >Words, >Sentence, >Picture.
I 180
PinkerVsPlato: no impression in wax, no "resistance" - there are indelible memories.
>Plato.

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Explanation of symbols: Roman numerals indicate the source, arabic numerals indicate the page number. The corresponding books are indicated on the right hand side. ((s)…): Comment by the sender of the contribution. Translations: Dictionary of Arguments
The note [Concept/Author], [Author1]Vs[Author2] or [Author]Vs[term] resp. "problem:"/"solution:", "old:"/"new:" and "thesis:" is an addition from the Dictionary of Arguments. If a German edition is specified, the page numbers refer to this edition.

Pi I
St. Pinker
How the Mind Works, New York 1997
German Edition:
Wie das Denken im Kopf entsteht München 1998


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