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I am not a story

24 mins | May 19, 2020
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Some find it comforting to think of life as a story. Others find that absurd. For Gale Strawson, an analytic philosopher and literary critic, his life doesn't make 'sense' narratively. Instead, he believes "life simply never assumes a story," and it shouldn't ever do "from a moral point of view." Here, he explores the key differences between being a believer and a non-believer of narratives.

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