{"title":"Consider the source: An examination of the effects of externally and internally generated content on memory.","authors":"S. Klein","doi":"10.1037/cns0000339","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Drawing on ideas from philosophy (in particular, epistemology), I argue that one of memory ’ s most important functions is to provide its owner with knowledge of the physical world. This knowledge helps satisfy the organism ’ s need to confer stability on an ever-changing reality so the objects in which it consists can be identi fi ed and reidenti fi ed. I then draw a distinction between sources of knowledge (i","PeriodicalId":52129,"journal":{"name":"Psychology of Consciousness-Theory Research and Practice","volume":"45 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.4000,"publicationDate":"2022-10-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Psychology of Consciousness-Theory Research and Practice","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1037/cns0000339","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q4","JCRName":"PSYCHOLOGY, EXPERIMENTAL","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Drawing on ideas from philosophy (in particular, epistemology), I argue that one of memory ’ s most important functions is to provide its owner with knowledge of the physical world. This knowledge helps satisfy the organism ’ s need to confer stability on an ever-changing reality so the objects in which it consists can be identi fi ed and reidenti fi ed. I then draw a distinction between sources of knowledge (i