The most widely accepted view of memory in the brain holds that synapses are the storage
sites of memory, and that memories are formed through associative modification of …

This paper accounts for broad definitions of memory, which extend to paradigmatic memory
phenomena, like episodic memory in humans, and phenomena in worms and sea snails …

This Element provides a comprehensive introduction to philosophy of neuroscience. It
covers such topics as how neuroscientists procure knowledge, including not just research …

The central task of cognitive neuroscience to map cognitive capacities to neural
mechanisms faces three interlocking conceptual problems that together frame the problem …

In this paper, I investigate how researchers evaluate their characterizations of scientific
phenomena. Characterizing phenomena is an important–albeit often overlooked–aspect of …

Recent proposals that the substrate of memory is molecular raise questions about where this
molecular model stands in relation to the dominant synaptic model of memory. In this article …

A number of biologists and philosophers have noted the diversity of interpretations of
evolvability in contemporary evolutionary research. Different clusters of research identified …

Research devoted to characterizing phenomena is underappreciated in philosophical
accounts of scientific inquiry. This paper develops a diachronic analysis of research over …

False memories have thus re-energized the remembering-first project, challenging
philosophers of memory to think further about the requirements for successful remembering …

Scientists often respond to failures to replicate by citing differences between the
experimental components of an original study and those of its attempted replication. In this …