2023/02/15 by Regina E. Fabry · 24 citations
Arts and Humanities · Psychology · #Aesthetics #Computer science #Embodied cognition #Emotions and Moral Behavior #Epistemology #Field (mathematics) #Linguistics #Mental Health and Psychiatry #Narrative #Narrative criticism #Narrative inquiry #Narrative network #Nexus (standard) #Philosophy #Psychology #Scope (computer science) #Self #Social Representations and Identity #Social psychology #Sociology
paper · doi:10.1080/0020174x.2023.2177338
published in Inquiry 69(4), 2164-2194 (Taylor & Francis)
openalex publication_date 2023/02/15 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/25
In recent years, philosophers of mind have explored the relationship between lived embodied experiences and self-narratives in bringing about a sense of self. This relationship has been vividly debated, with no consensus in the field. While some have argued that lived embodied experiences influence, but are not influenced by, self-narratives, others have maintained that lived embodied experiences and self-narratives influence each other across time. However, the very concept of ‘self-narrative’ and its scope of application has remained underspecified. The debate, I will argue, can only be resolved if we arrive at a better theoretical understanding of self-narrative. Therefore, the purpose of this paper is to develop a conceptual account of the notion of ‘self-narrative’ and a descriptive account of its scope of application. It will then be shown how these accounts can pave the way towards resolving the debate on the experience-narrative nexus.