Raymond Aron, Aron critique de Sartre , textes rassemblés et commentés par Perrine Simon-Nahum, Paris, Calmann-Lévy, coll. « Bibliothèque Raymond Aron », 2025, 350 p., 26,50 €.
Abstract
What is the relationship between episodic memory and imagination? This question may concern epistemic or subjective criteria and objective or constitutive criteria for the distinction. We support a contextualist position for both questions: on the one hand, it is only by referring to the context that the subject can decide whether they are imagining a scene or remembering it; on the other hand, it is nevertheless necessary to maintain the metaphysical distinction between memory and imagination as faculties. Finally, we clarify the nature of this contextualism, as opposed to other forms of philosophical contextualism.
Fields of Study & Subjects
Simone de Beauvoir and Sartre
Philosophical and Theoretical Analysis
French Literature and Critical Theory
Publication details
- Journal / source
- Revue philosophique de la France et de l étranger
- Volume
- Tome 151
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 131–133
- Publication date
- 10 February 2026
- Language
- FR