Dissertação
Memórias autobiográficas: uma proposta de ressignificação
Fecha
2023-05-23Autor
Reis, Gabriel Zaccaro de Oliveira Freitas dos
Institución
Resumen
The present work presents empirically based reasons to defend that: (i) there is a problem of
conceptual ambiguity related to the concept of “autobiographical memories”; (ii) this problem
is related mainly to a view that approximates the concept of “autobiographical memories” and
the concept of “episodic memories”; (iii) that problem results from a largely loose view
regarding the meaning of an “autobiography”; and (iv) that problem can be simply solved by
the proposition of a way to restrict the notion of autobiography underlying to the concept of
“autobiographical memories”. To accomplish this, in chapter 2, I will present concepts related
to subjective temporality of episodic memories, which will be utilized for my argumentation of
the difference in phenomenology between episodic memories and autobiographical memories.
And in chapter 4, I put forward two arguments to defend, respectively, the difference in
phenomenology and self-reference between episodic memories, semantic memories, and
autobiographical memories. Furthermore, I put in practice a prescriptive metaphysical task, in
which I propose the conceptual amelioration of the concept of “autobiographical memories” by
the restriction of the meaning of “autobiography”, in a way of avoiding the conceptual clarity
problems of the term, which can be seen throughout the literature. In chapter 4, I will treat about
the self and the problem of personal identity. I believe that we can analyze in which way my
resignification proposal of “autobiographical memories” can help us better understand
questions related to personal identity.