Connectionists: CFP: What is episodic memory?

[Sen Cheng]

CALL FOR PAPERS


What is episodic memory?

Perspectives from Philosophy, Psychology and Neuroscience
Mercator Research Group – Structure of Memory Closing Symposium
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Bochum, November 29-30, 2016

Organization: Sen Cheng, Magdalena Sauvage, Markus Werning
http://www.rub.de/mrg/memory/events/symposium.html

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Episodic memory is a critical part of the human mind and has frequently
been claimed to be a cornerstone of personal identity. Yet, there is no
universal consensus on what constitutes episodic memory. In many textbooks,
the notion of episodic memory is introduced in a hierarchical taxonomical
manner: First, a distinction between declarative and non-declarative memory
(Squire & Zola-Morgan, 1988) is made. In a second step, two subordinate
categories are introduced within the superordinate category of declarative
memory, namely, semantic memory and episodic memory. Tulving (1972)
introduced the what-where-when criterion to define the content of episodic
memory. However, this criterion was found to be insufficient to distinguish
semantic from episodic memories. As a result, Tulving (1985) later revised
his definition of episodic memory and based it on autonoetic consciousness,
the conscious reliving of a past experience. Suddendorf and Corballis
(1997) went even further and suggested that episodic memory is linked to
mental time travel into the past and facilitates mental time travel into
the future. More recently, Cheng and Werning (2016) have focused on whether
episodic memory is a natural kind and what implications this has for what
episodic memory is best taken to be.

The symposium tries to formulate new answers on the nature of episodic
memory and addresses an interdisciplinary audience of philosophers,
psychologists, and empirical as well as theoretical neuroscientists.
Abstracts for talks and posters are welcome.


INVITED SPEAKERS:

- Sven Bernecker (U Cologne)
- Ekrem Dere (MPI Göttingen)
- Katharina Henke (U Bern)
- Christoph Hoerl (U Warwick)
- Martijn Meeter (U Amsterdam)
- Kirk Michaelian (U Otago)
- Edmund Rolls (U Oxford)


SUBMISSION:

We invite authors to submit an anonymous one-page abstract by September 30,
2016 for a talk of 17 minutes (plus 3 minutes discussion). Submissions
should be made via Easychair (details at
http://www.rub.de/mrg/memory/events/symposium.html).


TIME & PLACE:

- deadline for one-page abstracts: September 30, 2016
- notification of acceptance: October 15, 2016
- conference dates: November 29 – 30, 2016
- venue: Ruhr University Bochum, Germany
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