Forgotten Ideas, Neglected Pioneers

Richard Semon and the Story of Memory

By: Daniel L. Schacter

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Richard Semon was a German evolutionary biologist who wrote, during the first decade of the twentieth century, two fascinating analyses of the workings of human memory which were ahead of their time. Although these have been virtually unknown to modern researchers, Semon's work has been rediscovered during the past two decades and has begun to have an influence on the field. This book not only examines Semon's contribution to memory research, but also tells the story of an extraordinary life set against the background of a turbulent period in European history and major developments in science and evolutionary theory. The resulting book is an engaging blend of biographical, historical and psychological material. Through the remarkable story of an almost forgotten German biologist, this fascinating book addresses not only key questions in memory research but also wide-ranging and substantive issues in the history and psychology of science.

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'This wonderful book contains two treats - a fascinating biography of a nearly forgotten figure in memory research, and an engaging discussion of the history and psychology of science. Written by one of the leading researchers on human memory, the book is beautifully written, informative, and full of interesting observations about how science works.' Larry R. Squire, University of California, San Diego and VA Medical Center, San Diego; 'A fascinating story, told with narrative vigor and scholarly depth, and an important contribution to the history of the study of the human mind.' Steven Pinker, Peter de Florez Professor of Psychology, MIT, and author of How the Mind Works. 'This wonderful book contains two treats - a fascinating biography of a nearly forgotten figure in memory research, and an engaging discussion of the history and psychology of science. Written by one of the leading researchers on human memory, the book is beautifully written, informative, and full of interesting observations about how science works.' - Larry R. Squire, Unviersity of Calfornia, San Diego and VA Medical Center, San Diego

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Preface	p. xi
Acknowledgments	p. xiii
Foreword	p. xv
About the Author	p. xix
Introduction	p. 1
Story and Characters	p. 3
Issues: History and Psychology of Science	p. 4
The Story
Roots of the Drama	p. 11
Beginnings	p. 12
Haeckel, Monism, and the Dilemma of the German Jew	p. 21
The Oracle of Jena	p. 22
The Conversion: Causes and Contexts	p. 30
Journey and Exile	p. 39
In Search of Ceratodus	p. 42
Semon in Australia: Some Psychological Perspectives	p. 49
1897	p. 53
Battles Won and Lost	p. 57
The Initial Struggles: 1904-1908	p. 57
Germany, England, and the Threat of War	p. 69
The Hermit's Lament: 1909-1914	p. 71
Prisoners in their Cells	p. 77
Consequences of the Great War	p. 77
Felix and the War	p. 84
Munich, 1918: Journey's End	p. 87
Richard Semon: Some Final Perspectives	p. 92
The Issues
Organic Memory, Lamarckian Heresy, and Semon's Mneme	p. 97
Neo-Lamarckism and the Challenge of Weismann	p. 98
Heredity as Memory: Excavations of a Scientific Atlantis	p. 106
Relationships Between Memory and Heredity	p. 110
The Mneme	p. 120
The Reception of Die Mneme: Seeds of Scientific Isolation	p. 127
Retrieval: The Mnemonic Missing Link	p. 137
Memory Research in the Era of Ebbinghaus and Muller: Critical Concerns of an Emerging Science	p. 140
Where is Retrieval?	p. 148
Association and the Problem of Retrieval	p. 152
Voices in the Wilderness	p. 157
Semon's Theory and the Modern Psychology of Memory	p. 163
Preliminaries: The Engram	p. 166
Conditions, Functions, and Processes of Retrieval	p. 168
Semon's Theory and Four Problems of Memory	p. 175
Revolutionaires, Cranks, and the Research Community: Perspectives on Unrecognized Scientific Contributions	p. 181
Theory Evaluation as Signal-Detection: An Heuristic Analogy	p. 182
Null Effect: Semon's Influence on Memory Research	p. 184
The Scientific Crank and Correct Rejections	p. 195
The March of the Invisible Men: Profiles in Scientific Neglect	p. 197
The Revolutionary and the Crank: Some Final Perspectives	p. 209
The Psychology of the Isolated Scientist	p. 215
Isolation, Recognition, and Intellectual Passions	p. 216
The Anchorite Gallery: Struggles of the Isolated Scientist	p. 221
The Psychology of the Isolated Scientist: Some Final Perspectives	p. 240
Epilogue: Past, Present, and Future in Psychology	p. 243
Richard Semon's Theory of Memory	p. 247
References	p. 277
Author Index	p. 291
Subject Index	p. 299
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