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Using episodic memory to gauge implicit and/or indeterminate social commitments

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 January 2018

John Michael ,
Marcell Székely  and
Wayne Christensen
John Michael
Affiliation:
Department of Philosophy, University of Warwick, Coventry, CV4 7ALUnited Kingdom. [email protected]@gmail.comhttp://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/philosophy/people/michael/
Marcell Székely
Affiliation:
Department of Cognitive Science, Central European University, Budapest, 1051 Hungary. [email protected]
Wayne Christensen
Affiliation:
Department of Philosophy, University of Warwick, Coventry, CV4 7ALUnited Kingdom. [email protected]@gmail.comhttp://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/philosophy/people/michael/
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Abstract

In discussing Mahr & Csibra's (M&C's) observations about the role of episodic memory in grounding social commitments, we propose that episodic memory is especially useful for gauging cases of implicit commitment and cases in which the content of a commitment is indeterminate. We conclude with some thoughts about how commitment may relate to the evolution of episodic memory.

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Open Peer Commentary
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 41 , 2018 , e21
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2018 

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