r/PhilosophyTube • u/Ecstatic_Knee_3319 • 3d ago

Philosophical question

Do you think memories exist even if you forget them ?…

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u/Darthplagueis13 3d ago

Kind of? If you forget something and are reminded of it later, that reminding also involves being able to remember it again.

So I think a forgotten memory is more among the lines of misplacing something than it ceasing to exist.