Living in Spin
Narrative as a Distributed Ontology of Human Action
Nonfiction, Religion & Spirituality, Philosophy
| Author: | Andrew P. Porter | ISBN: | 9781467854795 |
| Publisher: | AuthorHouse | Publication: | November 18, 2011 |
| Imprint: | AuthorHouse | Language: | English |
| Author: | Andrew P. Porter |
| ISBN: | 9781467854795 |
| Publisher: | AuthorHouse |
| Publication: | November 18, 2011 |
| Imprint: | AuthorHouse |
| Language: | English |
All the hard questions about human action are about what to include in a story, what can be left out, and how to characterize what gets included. A narrative selects from all the world's motions which ones are part of or relevant to an act, and so narratives give us what narratives have already shaped: the relation is circular. Many narratives can be told of an act, not all consistent. Some features of human action: - events "off-stage" determine what's happening "on-stage"; - many actions ``pass through'' motions in view; - an act can be changed after the fact; - action presupposes language; - what an act is can be highly ambiguous; - we judge acts (and narratives) because we have a stake in them.
All the hard questions about human action are about what to include in a story, what can be left out, and how to characterize what gets included. A narrative selects from all the world's motions which ones are part of or relevant to an act, and so narratives give us what narratives have already shaped: the relation is circular. Many narratives can be told of an act, not all consistent. Some features of human action: - events "off-stage" determine what's happening "on-stage"; - many actions ``pass through'' motions in view; - an act can be changed after the fact; - action presupposes language; - what an act is can be highly ambiguous; - we judge acts (and narratives) because we have a stake in them.
