Analyzing Narratives 04 04 2013 Fisher Article he proposes that we live in a narrative world in readings on elms Rational World Paradigm Vs Narrative Paradigm Paradigm a way of thinking Fisher starts with premise that we have usually assumed humans live in rational paradigm with rational assumptions Fisher argues that humans are rational beings That we use reason to analyze and make decisions Rational world paradigm reason giving sensible logic and argument based mentality In a rational world paradigm we assume the typical mode of decision making for humans is through argument and they are inferential they are deductive if one thing is true then that might be true If I assign a quiz my students will do the reading then they will be smarter inferential reasoning rules for arguments things that count as reason depends on the context rules for argument in the courtroom are different than the rules in a religious setting argument different contexts humans are reasoning creatures but the standards for reasoning differ in rationality is determined by subject matter knowledge argumentative ability skill in employing the rules of advocacy the person who knows the most reasons the best wins the argument the good reasons that we know to be true differ depending on what we make decisions based on good reasons narrative paradigms we have learned humans are story tellers Descriptive Prompts Time sequence Plot o Climax o Resolution Characters o Heroes o Villains Interpretive Prompts Shape identity Shape time history Shape community culture Shape language Evaluative prompts Narrative probability Narrative fidelity Post discussion board for Tuesday Watch reality tv and post to discussion board for wed am 04 04 2013 04 04 2013
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