Seeing the Future
Theoretical Perspectives on Future-Oriented Mental Time Travel
Published on 14. June 2016
Book
Hardback
464 pages
978-0-19-024153-7 (ISBN)
Description
Episodic memory is a major area of research in psychology. Initially viewed as a distinct store of information derived from experienced episodes, episodic memory is understood today as a form of mental "time travel" into the personal past. Recent research has revealed striking similarities between episodic memory - past-oriented mental time travel - and future-oriented mental time travel (FMTT).
Seeing the Future: Theoretical Perspectives on Future-Oriented Mental Time Travel brings together leading contributors in both empirical and theoretical disciplines to present the first interdisciplinary look at the human to imagine future scenarios. Chapters focus on the challenging conceptual and theoretical questions raised by FMTT, covering themes such as: varieties of future-oriented cognition; relationships between FMTT and episodic memory; subjective temporality in FMTT; the
self in FMTT; and functional, evolutionary and comparative, developmental, and clinical perspectives on FMTT. With its focus on the conceptual issues at the heart of fast-developing research on FMTT, this edited volume will serve graduate students to senior scholars working on or interested in FMTT and related
areas as a synthesis of current theoretical thinking and a source of questions for future FMTT research.
Seeing the Future: Theoretical Perspectives on Future-Oriented Mental Time Travel brings together leading contributors in both empirical and theoretical disciplines to present the first interdisciplinary look at the human to imagine future scenarios. Chapters focus on the challenging conceptual and theoretical questions raised by FMTT, covering themes such as: varieties of future-oriented cognition; relationships between FMTT and episodic memory; subjective temporality in FMTT; the
self in FMTT; and functional, evolutionary and comparative, developmental, and clinical perspectives on FMTT. With its focus on the conceptual issues at the heart of fast-developing research on FMTT, this edited volume will serve graduate students to senior scholars working on or interested in FMTT and related
areas as a synthesis of current theoretical thinking and a source of questions for future FMTT research.
Reviews / Votes
This volume is an excellent collection of new essays on the theoretical presuppositions and implications of the research on future-oriented mental time travel. It is a must-read for anyone interested in memory studies and philosophical psychology. * Sven Bernecker, Professor of Philosophy, University of California, Irvine * Seeing the Future: Theoretical Perspectives on Future-Oriented Mental Time Travel captures the recent surge of interest in our ability to engage in future thinking and what it tells us about mental representations of time, space, the self, and the reconstructive nature of memory. The editors and contributors successfully assemble diverse theoretical perspectives and methodological approaches to the study of mental time travel, a feast for the minds ofgraduate students and seasoned professionals alike. The result is an in-depth, incisive treatment of the cognitive and neural bases of temporal thought from leaders in the fields of philosophy, psychology, and neuroscience that is sure to influence the direction of future research on mental time travel. * Shayna Rosenbaum, PhD, CPsych, Coordinator, Neuropsychology Stream, Clinical Area, Department of Psychology, York University, Canada *
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Kourken Michaelian | Stanley B. Klein | Karl K. Szpunar
Seeing the Future
Theoretical Perspectives on Future-Oriented Mental TimeTravel
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Persons
Kourken Michaelian, PhD, is a lecturer in the Philosophy Department at University of Otago and the author of Mental Time Travel: Episodic Memory and Our Knowledge of the Personal Past (2016).
Stanley B. Klein, PhD, is Professor of Psychology at University of California Santa Barbara and author of The Two Selves: Their Metaphysical Commitments and Functional Independence (OUP, 2014).
Karl K. Szpunar, PhD, is Assistant Professor of Psychology and Principal Investigator of the UIC Memory Lab at University of Illinois at Chicago.
Stanley B. Klein, PhD, is Professor of Psychology at University of California Santa Barbara and author of The Two Selves: Their Metaphysical Commitments and Functional Independence (OUP, 2014).
Karl K. Szpunar, PhD, is Assistant Professor of Psychology and Principal Investigator of the UIC Memory Lab at University of Illinois at Chicago.