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Epilogue

The Future of Memory

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 July 2019

Walter Glannon
Affiliation:
University of Calgary
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The Epilogue summarizes the main points in the preceding six chapters. It emphasizes the reconstructive model of memory and how our capacity to update its content makes it adaptive and promotes flexible thought and behavior. It explores possible future forms of memory modification and specifically how a completely artificial memory system might influence how we conceive of ourselves and whether it would cause a change in this conception. The Epilogue also notes how our understanding of memory has expanded from one of private subjective information to one of public objective information about our lives and how limited we are in controlling it.

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The Neuroethics of Memory
From Total Recall to Oblivion
, pp. 196 - 201
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2019

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  • Epilogue
  • Walter Glannon, University of Calgary
  • Book: The Neuroethics of Memory
  • Online publication: 18 July 2019
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781316443712.008
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  • Epilogue
  • Walter Glannon, University of Calgary
  • Book: The Neuroethics of Memory
  • Online publication: 18 July 2019
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781316443712.008
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  • Epilogue
  • Walter Glannon, University of Calgary
  • Book: The Neuroethics of Memory
  • Online publication: 18 July 2019
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781316443712.008
Available formats
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