scholarly journals The question of Fiction – nonexistent objects, a possible world response from Paul Ricoeur

2016 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 137-153
Author(s):  
Noel Fitzpatrick
Keyword(s):  
Possible Worlds ◽  
Philosophical Anthropology ◽  
Paul Ricoeur ◽  
Historical Narrative ◽  
Ontological Status ◽  
Possible World ◽  
Fictional Objects ◽  
Fictional Narrative ◽  
Nonexistent Objects ◽  
Paul Ricœur

Abstract The question of fiction is omnipresent within the work of Paul Ricoeur throughout his prolific career. However, Ricoeur raises the questions of fiction in relation to other issues such the symbol, metaphor and narrative. This article sets out to foreground a traditional problem of fiction and logic, which is termed the existence of non-existent objects, in relation to the Paul Ricoeur’s work on narrative. Ricoeur’s understanding of fiction takes place within his overall philosophical anthropology where the fictions and histories make up the very nature of identity both personal and collective. The existence of non-existent objects demonstrates a dichotomy between fiction and history, non-existent objects can exist as fictional objects. The very possibility of the existence of fictional objects entails ontological status considerations. What ontological status do fictional objects have? Ricoeur develops a concept of narrative configuration which is akin to the Kantian productive imagination and configuration frames the question historical narrative and fictional narrative. It is demonstrated that the ontological status of fictional objects can be best understood in a model of possible worlds.

A PROBLEMÁTICA FILOSÓFICA DO RECONHECIMENTO NO PENSAMENTO DE PAUL RICOEUR

2016 ◽  
Vol 43 (137) ◽  
pp. 443
Author(s):  
Carlos Roberto Drawin
Keyword(s):  
Philosophical Anthropology ◽  
Paul Ricoeur ◽  
Husserlian Phenomenology ◽  
The World ◽  
Paul Ricœur ◽  
Do So

O artigo propõe situar a teoria do reconhecimento no pensamento de Paul Ricoeur. Com este objetivo o dividimos em duas partes. Na primeira seguimos o percurso do filósofo francês em seu projeto de construção de uma Antropologia Filosófica a partir da Filosofia da Reflexão de procedência cartesiana da Fenomenologia husserliana. Os impasses que daí decorrem o levam ao distanciamento da tentação solipsista das filosofias da consciência e à proposição de uma longa mediação pelo mundo do símbolo, dos textos e da ação. Por conseguinte, a ideia de reconhecimento está inscrita no próprio desenvolvimento do pensamento do filósofo. Na segunda parte reconstruímos o argumento do livro Percurso do reconhecimento por meio de seis temas fundamentais: os impasses da recognição; a saída da representação; a provação do desconhecimento; a reconstrução da identidade; o desafio da alteridade; a exigência da paz.Abstract: The article aims at presenting the theory of recognition in the thought of Paul Ricoeur. In order to do so, it is divided in two parts. The first follows the French philosopher in his project to construct a philosophical anthropology based on the Cartesian philosophy of Reflection as well as on the Husserlian phenomenology. However, both led him to an impasse that made him detach himself from the solipsist temptation of the philosophies of consciousness. Instead, he proposed an extended mediation that encompassed the world of symbols, texts and action. The idea of recognition is therefore embedded in the development of his thinking. The second part of this paper reconstructs the argument of Ricoeur’s book The course of recognition, through six fundamental themes: the obstacles of recognition; forsaking representation; “the test of the unrecognizable”; the reconstruction of identity; the challenge of otherness; the demand for peace.

scholarly journals A ESCRITA DA HISTÓRIA E DA FICÇÃO: UMA ANÁLISE DO ROMANCE ANATOMIA DOS MÁRTIRES, DE JOÃO TORDO

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 ◽  
pp. 118
Author(s):  
José Luis Fornos
Keyword(s):  
Paul Ricoeur ◽  
Historical Consciousness ◽  
Historical Narrative ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Main Character ◽  
Documentary Evidence ◽  
Literary Creation ◽  
Paul Ricœur ◽  
History And Literature ◽  
National Life

O presente artigo discorre inicialmente sobre as considerações realizadas por Paul Ricoeur em sua obra Tempo e narrativa em torno das características dos discursos da história e da literatura. De acordo com Ricoeur, história e ficção partilham de recursos narrativos similares; ao mesmo tempo, preservam diferenças. Ainda que não recuse o caráter tropológico da narrativa histórica, o filósofo observa que a historiografia é pressionada pelo evento e pela prova documental que exercem uma coerção ética, atribuindo compromissos ao trabalho do historiador. Também o escritor possui responsabilidades ao representar, através da sua obra, os fatos passados. Frente à liberdade da criação literária, a coerção que aprisiona o escritor é o estabelecimento da verossimilhança, categoria ética tão forte quanto à dívida do historiador na restituição da consciência histórica. Para dimensionar as reflexões de Paul Ricoeur, o artigo recorre ao romance Anatomia dos mártires, de João Tordo, observando as preocupações da narrativa com as práticas historiográficas, ilustrando-as a partir das ações da personagem central que procura resgatar um importante episódio na vida nacional portuguesa durante o período salazarista.Palavras-chave: Paul Ricoeur. História, Ficção. Romance Português. João Tordo.ABSTRACTThis study initially discusses the considerations made by Paul Ricoeur on the characteristics of history and literature discourses, based on the reading of the three volumes of Time and narrative. According to Ricoeur, history and fiction share similar narrative resources, but at the same time they preserve differences. Although the tropological character of the historical narrative is not rejected, the philosopher observes that historiography is held down by the event and by documentary evidence, which exert ethical coercion, attributing commitments to the historian’s craft. Writers also bring responsibilities when representing past facts in fiction. Faced with the freedom of literary creation, the coercion that imprisons a writer is the establishment of verisimilitude, an ethical category as strong as the debt of historians in restoring historical consciousness. In order to measure the reflections of Paul Ricoeur, this study draws on the novel The anatomy of martyrs, by João Tordo, observing the concerns of such narrative with historiographical practice. This is illustrated from the action of the main character, who seeks to revisit an important episode in Portuguese national life during the Salazar period.Keywords: Paul Ricoeur. History, Fiction. Portuguese Novel. João Tordo.

scholarly journals The Aporetics of Temporality and the Poetics of the Will

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 12-27
Author(s):  
Roger W. H. Savage
Keyword(s):  
Philosophical Anthropology ◽  
Paul Ricoeur ◽  
The Real ◽  
The Past ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
Paul Ricœur ◽  
The Future ◽  
Intended Object ◽  
The Will ◽  
The Way

The aporias of time that Paul Ricœur identifies in the conclusion to his three-volume Time and Narrative offer a fecund starting-point from which to consider how the poetics of narrativity figures in a philosophy of the will. By setting the poetics of narrativity against the aporetics of temporality, Ricoeur highlights the narrative art’s operative power in drawing together incidents and events in answer to time’s dispersion across the present, the past, and the future. In turn, the confession of the limits of narrative opens the way to a broader consideration of the idea of the unity of history in the absence of a meta-historical plot. This idea calls for a reflection on the ethical and political imperative of making freedom a reality for all. By taking the theory of freedom’s actualization as a touchstone, I argue that the vision of a reconciled humanity that for Ricœur is the intended object of the poetics of the will acquires the force of a directive idea. The capacity to refashion the real from within thus proves to be decisive for drawing out the connection between the aporetics of temporality, the poetics of narrativity, and Ricœur’s philosophical anthropology.

scholarly journals História, narrativa e ensino: diálogos, limites e possibilidades de uma reflexão teórica / History, narrative and education: dialogues, limits and possibilities of a theoretical reflection

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (10) ◽  
pp. 207
Author(s):  
Erinaldo Vicente Cavalcanti
Keyword(s):  
Daily Life ◽  
Paul Ricoeur ◽  
Historical Narrative ◽  
The Past ◽  
Paul Ricœur ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Theoretical Reflection

A narrativa foi — e é — objeto de reflexão na ciência história por diferentes autores e distintas abordagens. Este artigo acompanha o movimento de análise que tematiza a narrativa histórica, a fim de ampliar a reflexão acerca do “estatuto narrativo” da História acadêmica e didática e entender os limites e as possibilidades de sua pretensão em representar o passado. Com essa problematização, almeja-se colocar a narrativa como foco de análise no ensino de História como caminho passível para enfrentar as disputas de narrativas que perfilam o cotidiano da sala de aula. Para tanto, recorre-se a diferentes autores, em especial Paul Ricœur, para explicitar em que consiste a narrativa histórica e quais os procedimentos que atribuem legitimidade e reconhecimento a sua representação do passado. Pelo arcabouço teórico mobilizado, defende-se que os procedimentos constituidores da narrativa histórica podem ser acionados como uma estratégia viável para lidar com as disputas de narrativa em sala aula e promover o entendimento sobre a relação de confiança e credibilidade que esse relato escrito desfruta na tarefa de representar o passado.***The narrative was - and is - an object of reflection in history by different authors and different approaches. The article follows the movement of analysis that focuses on the historical narrative to broaden the reflection on the “narrative status” of History - academic and didactic – in order to understand the limits and possibilities of its claim to represent the past. With this problematization, the aim is to place the narrative as the focus of analysis in the teaching of History as a possible way to face the disputes of narratives that appear in the daily life of the classroom. To this end, it mobilizes different authors, especially Paul Ricoeur, to explain what the historical narrative consists of and which procedures give legitimacy and recognition to its representation of the past. Through the mobilized framework, it is argued that the procedures which constitute historical narrative can be used as a viable strategy to deal with classroom narrative disputes and to promote understanding of the relationship of trust and credibility that this written report rejoices in the task of representing the past.

Literature and the Philosophy of Paul Ricœur

2010 ◽  
Vol 7 (2-3) ◽  
pp. 203-210
Author(s):  
Valdés Mario J.
Keyword(s):  
Paul Ricoeur ◽  
Paul Ricœur

PAUL RICOEUR (1913-2005)

2013 ◽  
Vol 34 (109) ◽  
pp. 3
Author(s):  
Jorge Enrique González
Keyword(s):  
Paul Ricoeur ◽  
Paul Ricœur ◽  
Siglo Xx

<p>Hace cien años nació en Valence (Francia) el filósofo Paul Ricoeur. Su obra ha sido objeto de variados análisis, y ha sido el origen de una gran cantidad de estudios filosóficos así como propios del ámbito las ciencias humanas y sociales contemporáneas. En estas breves líneas, se quiere rendir homenaje a uno de los pensadores más importantes del siglo XX y comienzos del XXI, destacando no solo su trabajo estrictamente filosófico, sino una peculiaridad de su trabajo que lo aproxima de manera decisiva a algunas de las disciplinas de las ciencias humanas y sociales.</p>

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