What is ordinary memory the memory of?

Abstract

This chapter consists of three relatively independent sections. The first provides an overview of recent developments in various fields of memory, the second suggests an ecological way of thinking about memory for personally experienced results, and the third offers a conjecture about the relation between personal memory and spatial orientation. My own confidence in the several sections is mirrored by their order of presentation: I think of section I as almost incontrovertible, of section II as an essentially reasonable proposal, and of section III as frankly speculative.