Contributions of the Doctrine of Memory Assemblages

Towards a Philosophical Concept of Education

Abstract

The aim of this article is to appropriate the most important concepts from Hilan Bensusan’s Memory Assemblages in order to revise my philosophical concept of education. To this end, emphasis will be placed on the concepts of addition, retention, and retrieval. But it will also be considered the broader perspective from which Hilan Bensusan conceives Memory Assemblages. Rather than representing another kind of metaphysics, his doctrine of memory assemblages stems from what Bensusan calls ultrametaphysics. Unlike metaphysics, ultrametaphysics—here's the difference—does not assume any single, primordial principle for everything. Thus, I will attempt to show how the concepts of Memory Assemblages renew my concept of experience—a fundamental aspect of my philosophical concept of education. Finally, I will point out a question which Bensusan does not develop in Memory Assemblages regarding the concept of force—which is frequently mentioned in his text, but without adequate consideration.