The nature of memory -- Problems of memory -- The metaphysics of memory -- The intentionality of memory -- The phenomenology of memory -- The experience of time

Our memories, many believe, make us who we are. But most of our experiences have been forgotten, and the memories that remain are often wildly inaccurate. How,

How do our brains store—and then conjure up—past experiences to make us who we are? A twinge of sadness, a rush of love, a knot of loss, a whiff of regret.

How we think of ourselves depends largely on what we remember from our lives, and what we remember is biased in many ways by how we think of ourselves. The comp

Originally published in 1993. This book explores the process by which individuals reconstruct the meaning and significance of past experience. Drawing on the li