Sven Bernecker is Professor of Philosophy at the University of California Irvine. His main areas of research are epistemology, metaphysics and philosophy of mind, and he has published widely in these areas. He is the author of Reading Epistemology (Blackwell, 2006), The Metaphysics of Memory (Springer, 2008), and is the editor of Knowledge (with Fred Dretske, Oxford University Press, 2000) and The Routledge Companion to Epistemology (with Duncan Pritchard, Routledge, 2010).

offers a detailed and erudite philosophical study of propositional memory ... admirably and unashamedly ambitious.

• Introduction ; 1. The Concept of Memory ; 2. Personal Identity and Memory ; 3. Remembering Without Knowing ; 4. In Defense of the Causal Theory of Memory ; 5. The Nature of Memory Causation ; 6. Pastist Externalism about Memory Content ; 7. In Defense of Pastist Externalism ; 8. The Authenticity of Memory ; 9. Concluding Remarks ; Bibliography ; Index

Sven Bernecker is Professor of Philosophy at the University of California Irvine. His main areas of research are epistemology, metaphysics and philosophy of mind, and he has published widely in these areas. He is the author of Reading Epistemology (Blackwell, 2006), The Metaphysics of Memory (Springer, 2008), and is the editor of Knowledge (with Fred Dretske, Oxford University Press, 2000) and The Routledge Companion to Epistemology (with Duncan Pritchard, Routledge, 2010).

offers a detailed and erudite philosophical study of propositional memory ... admirably and unashamedly ambitious.

• Introduction ; 1. The Concept of Memory ; 2. Personal Identity and Memory ; 3. Remembering Without Knowing ; 4. In Defense of the Causal Theory of Memory ; 5. The Nature of Memory Causation ; 6. Pastist Externalism about Memory Content ; 7. In Defense of Pastist Externalism ; 8. The Authenticity of Memory ; 9. Concluding Remarks ; Bibliography ; Index

Sven Bernecker is Professor of Philosophy at the University of California Irvine. His main areas of research are epistemology, metaphysics and philosophy of mind, and he has published widely in these areas. He is the author of Reading Epistemology (Blackwell, 2006), The Metaphysics of Memory (Springer, 2008), and is the editor of Knowledge (with Fred Dretske, Oxford University Press, 2000) and The Routledge Companion to Epistemology (with Duncan Pritchard, Routledge, 2010).

offers a detailed and erudite philosophical study of propositional memory ... admirably and unashamedly ambitious.

• Introduction ; 1. The Concept of Memory ; 2. Personal Identity and Memory ; 3. Remembering Without Knowing ; 4. In Defense of the Causal Theory of Memory ; 5. The Nature of Memory Causation ; 6. Pastist Externalism about Memory Content ; 7. In Defense of Pastist Externalism ; 8. The Authenticity of Memory ; 9. Concluding Remarks ; Bibliography ; Index