Mcntyre and Strawson on Narativity

MCINTYRE AND STRAWSON ON THE ROLE OF NARRATIVITY

Comparison between McIntyre and Strawson on the Role of Narrativity

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MCINTYRE AND STRAWSON ON THE ROLE OF NARRATIVITY Abstract Galen Strawson, a British Philosopher, is concerned about two aspects of life. Unlike many philosophers and theorists, he is not for the theory of “narrativity” (Strawson, 2005). He argues it out against two key theoretical paradigms, that is, “episodicity” and “diachronicity”. Strawson attempts to relate these two theories to the theory of Narrativity which he is completely against. On the other hand, Alasdair Macintyre, also a Philosopher, renkowned for his contributions in “the study of moral and political philosophies” has a different view from Strawson (Frazer.1994). Macintyre has published a number of works, among them “Whose Justice-Which rationality; Three rival versions of Moral Inquiry; Dependent Rationality Animals, and most importantly, After Virtue”, one of his widely read publications and which constitutes a theme of discussion in this paper. Alasdair argues about Narrativity by looking into “the Virtue, the Unity of a Human Life and the Concept of a Tradition” (Alasdair, 2007)

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MCINTYRE AND STRAWSON ON THE ROLE OF NARRATIVITY Table of Contents

Introduction………………………………………………………………………………..4

The Thesis Statement…………………………………………………………………

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Galen Strawson on the role of Narrativity……………………………………………

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Alasdair Macintyre on the role of Narrativity………………………………………… 8

Discussion………………………………………………………………………………

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Conclusion…………………………………………………………………………………12

References……………………………………………………………………………… 13

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