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Thomas Reid's view of memory is worth discussing if only because it provides a clear contrast to the view of the Locke, Hume, Russsell, and the whole RTM.
Indeed, there are plenty of theorists who accept RTM in some suitable form (and also happily accept (C) in many cases) but reject LOTH either by explicitly rejecting (B) or simply by remaining neutral about it.
According to RTM such states are to be explained as relations between agents and mental representations.
The first of these views maintains that concepts are psychological entities, taking as its starting point the representational theory of the mind (RTM).
We've already seen that Russell continued and improved upon the RTM tradition of the empiricists.
The theory that has the best claim to the "traditional view" label is the "Representational Theory of Memory" (or RTM).
He notes the structural similarity between the RTM and the representational theory of perception.
In contrast to the RTM and to representative theories in general, Reid held to a theory of memory that I'll call the Direct Theory of Memory (the DTM).
Reid argues that for exactly similar reasons, the RTM leads to skepticism about the past.
Be this as it may, although Locke is clearly a proponent of RTM, he does nothing to help us answer the question of what it is that distinguishes memory images from those of other kinds.
So as with the representational theory of perception, the RTM claims that the object of your immediate awareness in memory is a representation or image, and that it is in virtue of your now having that image that you are now able to recall the event you are remembering.
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