This chapter explores the nature of episodic memory, in other words, the kind of memory that links us with our past experiences. The two theories of time introduced in the previous chapter — namely the A-theory and the B-theory — are shown to provide quite different models of memory. It is argued that of these two, it is the B-theory that provides the correct view of the epistemological connection between a memory of a past experience and the original experience, in terms of content and well-groundedness.
Keywords: episodic memory, epistemology, content, ground, A-theory, B-theory