TY - JOUR
T1 - Memory foundationalism and the problem of unforgotten carelessness
AU - Schroer, Robert
PY - 2008/1/1
Y1 - 2008/1/1
N2 - According to memory foundationalism, seeming to remember that P is prima facie justification for believing that P. There is a common objection to this theory: If I previously believed that P carelessly (i.e. without justification) and later seem to remember that P, then (according to memory foundationalism) I have somehow acquired justification for a previously unjustified belief. In this paper, I explore this objection. I begin by distinguishing between two versions of it: One where I seem to remember that P while also seeming to remember being careless in my original believing that P and the other where I seem to remember that P while not seeming to remember my past carelessness. I argue that the former case is the real challenge for memory foundationalism. After establishing the case of unforgotten carelessness as objection to memory foundationalism, I recast memory foundationalism in way that allows it to escape this objection.
AB - According to memory foundationalism, seeming to remember that P is prima facie justification for believing that P. There is a common objection to this theory: If I previously believed that P carelessly (i.e. without justification) and later seem to remember that P, then (according to memory foundationalism) I have somehow acquired justification for a previously unjustified belief. In this paper, I explore this objection. I begin by distinguishing between two versions of it: One where I seem to remember that P while also seeming to remember being careless in my original believing that P and the other where I seem to remember that P while not seeming to remember my past carelessness. I argue that the former case is the real challenge for memory foundationalism. After establishing the case of unforgotten carelessness as objection to memory foundationalism, I recast memory foundationalism in way that allows it to escape this objection.
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U2 - 10.1111/j.1468-0114.2008.00310.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1468-0114.2008.00310.x
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:60949504289
VL - 89
SP - 74
EP - 85
JO - Pacific Philosophical Quarterly
JF - Pacific Philosophical Quarterly
SN - 0279-0750
IS - 1
ER -