However, when one thinks about it a little more, we’re not on quite such solid ground. First, memory isn’t a ‘primary’ way of knowing. Instead, we use the other ways of knowing to provide us with our intial knowledge, and only afterwards employ memory to modify and enhance that knowledge. Second, memory is notoriously unreliable: how one person remembers something will be radically different to how another person recalls it, meaning that it must be treated with care if one is to build up objective knowledge about a thing.
Knowledge questions that come up with memory include: to what extent do we shape memory with our own personal paradigms? Which way of knowing provides us with the most reliable memory? To what extent should memory be trusted when one studies history (ie primary sources)? (source:Theory of Knowledge.Net)
Knowledge questions that come up with memory include: to what extent do we shape memory with our own personal paradigms? Which way of knowing provides us with the most reliable memory? To what extent should memory be trusted when one studies history (ie primary sources)? (source:Theory of Knowledge.Net)