BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID:-//Grails iCalendar plugin//NONSGML Grails iCalendar plugin//EN VERSION:2.0 CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260605T123914Z DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20170324T103000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20170324T120000 SUMMARY:Two senses of narrative unification UID:20260608T105030Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-bd7db559-gt5qm TZID:Australia/Melbourne LOCATION:Monash University\, Clayton\, Australia\, 3800 DESCRIPTION:

Narrative theories of identity make a range of claims about using the notion of narrative to understand persons\, and some claim that the synchronic and diachronic unity of a person can be understood in narrative terms. Focusing on Schechtman&rsquo\;s (1996) narrative account\, I argue that such a claim reveals a tension in narrative theories\, which I will demonstrate by showing that theory has conflicting implications when applied to cases of radical personal change.  \;I examine how attempts to resolve this problem have led Schechtman to modify her account in way that amounts to abandoning the use of the notion of narrative to capture a sense of personal unity. I then propose an alternative response\, which could allow narrative theorists to retain some of their claims about narrative unity\, by developing a distinction between two senses in which we might think that narrative is unifying.

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