On the compatibility of competing narratives

David Weberman*

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Abstract (may include machine translation)

We reconstruct past events, whether in history or in everyday life, in the form of narratives. Yet narratives describing one and the same set of events can and do differ. What is the relation between these different narratives? Must they necessarily conflict? When are they compatible and when not? If we can tell stories differently without getting the facts wrong, what constraints can there be for judging the adequacy of competing narratives?.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)5-10
Number of pages6
JournalBalkan Journal of Philosophy
Volume13
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - 2021

Keywords

  • Comple-mentarity
  • Divergence
  • Incompatibility
  • Narrative
  • Truth

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