In discussion on consciousness and the hard problem, there is an unquestioned background assumption, namely, our experience is stored in the brain. Yet Bergson (in: Matter and memory. Zone Books, New York, 1896/1991) argued that this very question, “Is experience stored in the brain?” is the critical issue in the problem of consciousness. His examination of then-current memory research led him, save for motor or procedural memory, to a “no” answer. Others, for example Sheldrake (in: Science set free. Random House, New York, 2012), have continued this negative assessment of the research findings. So, has this assumption actually been proven since Bergson? Do we know how experience is stored? Or that it is stored? Here, a recent review and model of memory is examined to see where this assumption actually stands. Again, the assessment will be that nothing has changed. The core of the problem, it will be argued, lies in two things: Firstly, the search for how/where experience is stored is motivated—rephrasing Bergson—in the classic metaphysic , a framework on space and time whose logic cannot be coherently, logically adhered to in attempting to explain how experience is stored. Secondly, the search generally assumes an inadequate theory of perception that is implicitly based in this classic metaphysic. If framed within Bergson’s model of perception and his temporal metaphysic, conjoined with J. J. Gibson’s model, the storage-search appears misguided from the start.

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经验储存在大脑中吗？柏格森的当前记忆模型和时间形而上学

在讨论意识和难题时，有一个毋庸置疑的背景假设，即我们的经验存储在大脑中。然而柏格森（在：物质和记忆。Zone Books，纽约，1896/1991）提出了这个问题，“经验是否储存在大脑中？” 是意识问题中的关键问题。他对当时的记忆研究的检查使他（除了运动记忆或程序记忆）给出了“否”的答案。其他人，例如 Sheldrake（在：Science set free。兰登书屋，纽约，2012 年）继续对研究结果进行负面评估。那么，自柏格森以来，这个假设是否真的得到了证明？我们知道经验是如何储存的吗？或者它被存储？在这里，对最近的记忆回顾和模型进行了检查，以了解该假设的实际情况。再次，评估结果是没有任何改变。将争论的问题的核心在于两件事：首先，在经典形而上学（一个逻辑无法连贯的空间和时间框架）中，对经验如何/在哪里存储的探索是有动机的——重新表述柏格森，在试图解释经验是如何存储的过程中符合逻辑。其次，搜索通常假设一种不充分的知觉理论，它隐含地基于这种经典的形而上学。如果将柏格森的感知模型和他的时间形而上学模型与 JJ Gibson 的模型结合起来，存储搜索从一开始就似乎被误导了。一个关于空间和时间的框架，其逻辑无法连贯一致，在试图解释经验如何存储时在逻辑上坚持。其次，该搜索通常假定一种不充分的知觉理论，该理论隐含地基于这种经典的形而上学。如果将柏格森的感知模型和他的时间形而上学模型与 JJ Gibson 的模型结合起来，存储搜索从一开始就似乎被误导了。一个关于空间和时间的框架，其逻辑无法连贯一致，在试图解释经验如何存储时在逻辑上坚持。其次，该搜索通常假定一种不充分的知觉理论，该理论隐含地基于这种经典的形而上学。如果将柏格森的感知模型和他的时间形而上学模型与 JJ Gibson 的模型结合起来，存储搜索从一开始就似乎被误导了。