The story of reality | Sophie Fiennes, Betty Sue Flowers, Noel Carroll
Philosophy For Our Times
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The Power of Narratives
The power of narrative operates in so many different dimensions. We need narratives for understanding, and sometimes understanding is an escape. Sometimes understanding uncovers something. It's easier for us to imagine the things of the future than a different human being experience of the future. I just went to stal that one fast thing. Ad i thought that a bettiso made a very good point. Narratives require retrospection. When the future changes, the significance of events in the past changes. And we can't know them until we live in the future, do you not?
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