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Steven Smith & Brittani Hunter

The narrative paradigm proposes that people understand the world through stories and make decisions based on narrative rationality. It views narration as the basis of human communication, rather than rationality. According to the narrative paradigm, people are storytellers who evaluate stories based on their coherence and fidelity rather than logic alone. Critics argue that Fisher is too optimistic in thinking people naturally prefer truths that are just.

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Steven Smith & Brittani Hunter

The narrative paradigm proposes that people understand the world through stories and make decisions based on narrative rationality. It views narration as the basis of human communication, rather than rationality. According to the narrative paradigm, people are storytellers who evaluate stories based on their coherence and fidelity rather than logic alone. Critics argue that Fisher is too optimistic in thinking people naturally prefer truths that are just.

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Narrative Paradigm

Steven Smith & Brittani Hunter

Main Idea: People are story telling creatures. We experience and comprehend life as a series of ongoing narratives, as conflicts, characters, beginnings, middles, and ends.

Fisher defines Narration as symbolic actions words and/or deeds that have sequence & meaning for those who live, create, or interpret them Views narration as the basis of all human communication.

Paradigm is defined as a conceptual framework; a universal model that calls for people to view events through common interpretive lens.

Rational Paradigm
Assumes that
People are essentially rational. We make decisions on the basis of arguments. The type of speaking situation (legal, scientific, legislative) determines the course of our argument. Rationality is determined by how much we know and how well we argue. The world is a set of logical puzzles that we can solve through rational analysis.

Rational Paradigm (cont d)


Suggests that logic is privileged over emotion. Empiricism reigns. Rise of technological experts. Logos is reduced to philosophical discourse & statements.

Narrative Paradigm Assumptions


People are storytellers. We make decisions based on good reasons, which vary depending on the communication context & medium. History, biography, culture, and character determine what we consider good reasons. Narrative rationality is determined by the coherence and fidelity of our stories. The world is a set of stories from which we choose.

Narrative coherence: internal consistency in the story; the story hangs together. Narrative fidelity: the compatibility between the values in a message and what listeners consider truthful and humane; story strikes a responsive chord .

Narrative rationality: A way to evaluate the worth of stories based on narrative coherence and narrative fidelity.
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Critique of Fisher
Critics of the Narrative Paradigm claim that Fisher is overly optimistic in his view that people have a natural tendency to prefer the true and just.

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