Current recollection and expectation describe succession without independently confirming an event or another person's consent. Original UW application identifies a stage and available evidence.
Questions explored
Does a familiar sequence prove a predetermined future?
The article draws no such conclusion. Augustine's example considers expectation and performance; a future action's conditions and another person's consent require separate grounds.
Does vivid recall confirm a meeting condition's accuracy?
In the original example, a strong current impression does not replace an available record or a participant's clarification. This limits an inference without diagnosing memory.
Must every past event be revisited?
The original practice concerns a current question. Stop when the answer suffices, leave irrelevant subjects alone, or state honestly which information is missing.
Key distinctions
In XI.27–28, Augustine distinguishes ended sound, remaining impression, and an action's anticipated portion. (Augustine, XI.27.34–36 and XI.28.37–38; Pilkington, 1887, New Advent / Kevin Knight revision.)
James distinguishes recurring content from recollection relating it to one's own past. (James, XVI, pp. 649–652; the exact short clause's full sentence limits denial to mere recurrence.)
Comparison separates duration, order, and explanatory purpose while retaining Augustine's theological surroundings. (Augustine, XI.26.33, XI.27.36, XI.29.39 and XI.31.41; James, XV, pp. 605–610, and XVI, pp. 651–652.)
In the original example, a sent invitation, current recollection, and anticipated confirmation remain distinct stages. (This article's contemporary illustration and exercise.)
Limits of interpretation
- Distinguish current image, recollection, event, expected step, and performed action. Retain Augustine's theology and James's historical analysis. No current memory-accuracy test, diagnosis, universal window, common neural mechanism, future control, or established exercise benefit. Original examples are not experiments.
Sources
- Augustine of Hippo, Confessions, Book XI — Augustine of Hippo
Fresh complete XI.26–31, numbered paragraphs33–41, web139–179, plus actual page provenance182 and copyright185. Core used XI.27–29: voice/syllables, memory/expectation, known-psalm action, Christian mediator/heavenly calling. This is fresh reading in this preparation, not copying the earlier accepted corpus. No Latin or whole Confessions claimed read.
- William James, The Principles of Psychology, Chapter XVI: Memory — William James
Fresh actual contiguous body opening, PRIMARY MEMORY and ANALYSIS OF THE PHENOMENON OF MEMORY, pp643–652, web19–73; named nested Richet/Exner/Wolff/Mill passages read as quotations, not reassigned to James. MEMORY'S CAUSES beginning74–88 incidentally read but not used for a physiological claim. Remainder/experimental replication not claimed.
- William James, The Principles of Psychology, Chapter XV: The Perception of Time — William James
Actual same-task reuse from W21: complete opening/sensible-present subsection, pp605–610/web19–50; p611 opening51–60 also read.