Conceptualizing the Self: The Role of Narratives
Conceptualizing the Self: The Role of Narratives
Author(s): Hari Narayanan VSubject(s): Philosophy, Ethics / Practical Philosophy, Special Branches of Philosophy, Philosophy of Science
Published by: Институт по философия и социология при БАН
Keywords: narratives; self-conception; metaphors; minimal self; narrative self
Summary/Abstract: The paper seeks to argue that different ways in which the self is understood, even if radically distinct from one another, are cases of different narratives. This is done by appealing to conceptual metaphor theory. The paper begins by briefly explaining the difference between the minimal and narrative self and then argues that even radically different ways of understanding the self are cases of different narratives arising out of a metaphorical understanding of abstract concepts.
Journal: Balkan Journal of Philosophy
- Issue Year: XIII/2021
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 21-32
- Page Count: 12
- Language: English
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