Showing posts with label rationalist paradigm. Show all posts
Showing posts with label rationalist paradigm. Show all posts

Tuesday, June 26, 2012

Rationalist Paradigm vs Narrative Paradigm


Aristotle’s disciples discuss his rationalist and narrative paradigms.

Rationalist: Information is best transmitted by a reasoned approach: defining the question, hypothesizing an answer and presenting an argument to support this. Logic. Logos.

Narrativist: People pick up information through stories, too. Set a scene, set a problem and show a solution. Emotional involvement. Pathos.

Voice-over
Perhaps there is not such a great difference here. Both paradigms are three step processes. 
Both progress logically and sequentially. Both have a beginning, middle and end.
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