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Putting the Past into Perspective: Remembering, Reappraising, and Forgiving.Revista de Estudios Sociales. forthcoming.
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31Situated authenticity in episodic memorySynthese 202 (3): 1-21. 2023.A recalled memory is deemed authentic when it accurately represents how one experienced the original event. However, given the convincing research in cognitive science on the constructive nature of memory, this inevitably leads to the question of the ‘bounds of authenticity’. That is, how similar does a memory have to be to the original experience to still count as authentic? In this paper we propose a novel account of ‘Situated Authenticity’ which highlights that the norms of authenticity are c…Read more
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28Constructing the Past: the Relevance of the Narrative Self in Modulating Episodic MemoryReview of Philosophy and Psychology 14 (1): 87-112. 2023.Episodic memories can no longer be seen as the re-activation of stored experiences but are the product of an intense construction process based on a memory trace. Episodic recall is a result of a process of scenario construction. If one accepts this generative framework of episodic memory, there is still a be big gap in understanding the role of the narrative self in shaping scenario construction. Some philosophers are in principle sceptic by claiming that a narrative self cannot be more than a …Read more
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21Editorial: self-illness ambiguity and narrative identityPhilosophical Explorations 26 (2): 147-154. 2023.Although the concept of self-illness ambiguity is relatively new, the phenomenon is not. It seems likely that people have struggled with the oftentimes ambiguous relation between themselves and the...
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35The Complex Phenomenology of Episodic Memory: Felt Connections, Multimodal Perspectivity, and Multifaceted SelvesJournal of Consciousness Studies 29 (11-12): 29-55. 2022.There is thought to be a rich connection between the self and the phenomenology of episodic memory. Despite the emphasis on this link, the precise relation between the two has been underexplored. In fact, even though it is increasingly acknowledged that there are various facets of the self, this notion of the multifaceted self has played very little role in theorizing about the phenomenology of episodic memory. Getting clear about the complex phenomenology of episodic memory involves getting cle…Read more
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36A philosophical exploration of experience-based expertise in mental health carePhilosophical Psychology 36 (7): 1415-1434. 2023.1. Imagine the following hypothetical scenario: Sarah is often called an expert on depression: after all, she graduated from medical school and has a PhD in neuroscience. She knows all theories of...
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21The Role of Self-Illness Ambiguity and Self-Medication Ambiguity in Clinical Decision-MakingAmerican Journal of Bioethics 22 (6): 58-60. 2022.In their target article, Moore and colleagues offer a valuable overview of the various ambivalence-related phenomena that may impede swift clinical decision-making. They argue that patients...
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28What’s special about ‘not feeling like oneself’? A deflationary account of self(-illness) ambiguityPhilosophical Explorations 25 (3): 269-289. 2022.The article provides a conceptualization of self(-illness) ambiguity and investigates to what extent self(-illness) ambiguity is ‘special’. First, we draw on empirical findings to argue that self-ambiguity is a ubiquitous phenomenon. We suggest that these findings are best explained by a multidimensional account, according to which selves consist of various dimensions that mutually affect each other. On such an account, any change to any particular self-aspect may change other self-aspects and t…Read more
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44What’s special about ‘not feeling like oneself’? A deflationary account of self(-illness) ambiguityPhilosophical Explorations 25 (3): 269-289. 2022.The article provides a conceptualization of self(-illness) ambiguity and investigates to what extent self(-illness) ambiguity is ‘special’. First, we draw on empirical findings to argue that self-ambiguity is a ubiquitous phenomenon. We suggest that these findings are best explained by a multidimensional account, according to which selves consist of various dimensions that mutually affect each other. On such an account, any change to any particular self-aspect may change other self-aspects and t…Read more
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71Meaningful affordancesSynthese 199 (1-2): 1855-1875. 2020.It has been argued that affordances are not meaningful and are thus not useful to be applied in contexts where specifically meaningfulness of experience is at stake (e.g. clinical contexts or discussions of autonomous agency). This paper aims to reconceptualize affordances such as to make them relevant and applicable in such contexts. It starts by investigating the ‘ambiguity’ of (possibilities for) action. In both philosophy of action and affordance research, this ambiguity is typically resolve…Read more
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54Constructing the Past: the Relevance of the Narrative Self in Modulating Episodic MemoryReview of Philosophy and Psychology 1-26. 2021.Episodic memories can no longer be seen as the re-activation of stored experiences but are the product of an intense construction process based on a memory trace. Episodic recall is a result of a process of scenario construction. If one accepts this generative framework of episodic memory, there is still a be big gap in understanding the role of the narrative self in shaping scenario construction. Some philosophers are in principle sceptic by claiming that a narrative self cannot be more than a …Read more
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34Psychopathology, phenomenology and affordancesPhenomenology and Mind 18 56-66. 2020.Can affordances help in understanding psychiatric illness and psychopathological experience? In recent work on the philosophy of psychiatry and phenomenology, the answer appears to be a clear ‘yes’, but some recent worries have emerged that the affordance-concept might be “insufficiently discerning” and thus ill-suited to make sense of psychiatric illness and experience. In this paper I briefly review recent attempts to use the affordance-concept to make sense of psychopathology, as well as the …Read more
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43Dealing with Self-Illness Ambiguity: A RebuttalPhilosophy, Psychiatry, and Psychology 27 (4): 353-354. 2020.We thank Sanneke de Haan for her thoughtful response. We agree with what she says and consider it as a further specification of our intentions. We particularly endorse the two main points she raises, that is, that dealing with self-illness ambiguity requires a relational perspective; and that relying on reflection solely is problematic since it plays an only modest role in the resolution of self-illness ambiguity. We discuss both points in reverse order.With respect to the role of reflection, we…Read more
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53Self-Management in Psychiatry as Reducing Self-Illness AmbiguityPhilosophy, Psychiatry, and Psychology 27 (4): 333-347. 2020.ARRAY
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17Can Ecological Psychology Account for Human Agency and Meaningful Experience?Constructivist Foundations 15 (3): 220-222. 2020.I argue that any approach to affordances that stays close to the letter of the law is not able to account for human agency and meaningful experience…
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42The dynamic and recursive interplay of embodiment and narrative identityPhilosophical Psychology 32 (2): 186-210. 2018.
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24The Multidimensionality and Context Dependency of SelvesAmerican Journal of Bioethics Neuroscience 8 (2): 112-114. 2017.
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23Going Beyond Mind–Body Dualism Requires Revising the SelfAmerican Journal of Bioethics Neuroscience 5 (4): 48-50. 2014.Mecacci and Haselager's (2014) proposal is to reduce maladaptation after DBS treatment by revising the patient's conceptual scheme of the self. We are sympathetic to such an approach, but we want t...
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68Understanding phenomenological differences in how affordances solicit action. An explorationPhenomenology and the Cognitive Sciences 17 (4): 681-699. 2018.Affordances are possibilities for action offered by the environment. Recent research on affordances holds that there are differences in how people experience such possibilities for action. However, these differences have not been properly investigated. In this paper I start by briefly scrutinizing the existing literature on this issue, and then argue for two claims. First, that whether an affordance solicits action or not depends on its relevance to the agent’s concerns. Second, that the experie…Read more
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103A Young Scientists’ Perspective on DBS: A Plea for an International DBS OrganizationNeuroethics 8 (2): 187-190. 2015.Our think tank tasked by the Dutch Health Council, consisting of Radboud University Nijmegen Honours Academy students with various backgrounds, investigated the implications of Deep Brain Stimulation for psychiatric patients. During this investigation, a number of methodological, ethical and societal difficulties were identified. We consider these difficulties to be a reflection of a still fragmented field of research that can be overcome with improved organization and communication. To this eff…Read more
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82Situating the self: understanding the effects of deep brain stimulationPhenomenology and the Cognitive Sciences 15 (2): 151-165. 2016.The article proposes a theoretical model to account for changes in self due to Deep Brain Stimulation. First, we argue that most existing models postulate a very narrow conception of self, and thus fail to capture the full range of potentially relevant DBS-induced changes. Second, building on previous work by Shaun Gallagher, we propose a modified ‘pattern-theory of self’, which provides a richer picture of the possible consequences of DBS treatment.
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52Situating the self: understanding the effects of deep brain stimulationPhenomenology and the Cognitive Sciences 15 (2): 151-165. 2016.The article proposes a theoretical model to account for changes in self due to Deep Brain Stimulation. First, we argue that most existing models postulate a very narrow conception of self, and thus fail to capture the full range of potentially relevant DBS-induced changes. Second, building on previous work by Shaun Gallagher, we propose a modified ‘pattern-theory of self’, which provides a richer picture of the possible consequences of DBS treatment.
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80A Young Scientists’ Perspective on DBS: A Plea for an International DBS OrganizationNeuroethics 8 (2): 187-190. 2015.Our think tank tasked by the Dutch Health Council, consisting of Radboud University Nijmegen Honours Academy students with various backgrounds, investigated the implications of Deep Brain Stimulation for psychiatric patients. During this investigation, a number of methodological, ethical and societal difficulties were identified. We consider these difficulties to be a reflection of a still fragmented field of research that can be overcome with improved organization and communication. To this eff…Read more
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Radboud UniversityPostdoc
Nijmegen, Gelderland, Netherlands
Areas of Specialization
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Philosophy of Psychiatry and Psychopathology, Misc |
Authenticity |
The Self |
Embodiment and Situated Cognition |
Agency |
Autobiographical Memory |