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Memory-based reference and immunity to error through misidentification
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Wittgenstein distinguished between two uses of ‘I’, one “as object” and the other “as subject”, a distinction that Shoemaker elucidated in terms of a notion of immunity to error through misidentification (‘IEM’); in their use “as subject”, first-personal claims are IEM, but not in their use “as object”. Shoemaker argued that memory judgments based on “personal”, episodic memory are only de facto IEM, not strictly speaking IEM, while Gareth Evans disputed it. In the past two decades research on memory has produced very significant results, which have changed the philosophical landscape. As part of it, several new arguments have been made for and against the IEM of personal memories. The paper aims to defend the Shoemaker line by critically engaging with some compelling recent contributions.
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GARCÍA-CARPINTERO, Manuel. Memory-based reference and immunity to error through misidentification. Synthese. 2024. Vol. 204, num. 70. ISSN 0039-7857. [consulted: 7 of June of 2026]. Available at: https://hdl.handle.net/2445/228243