I felt that Galen’s argument in some ways confused me, I felt like Galen often stated that he was skeptical or doubtful but never really gave supporting evidence to support his clam, but rather a lot of evidence on being a narrativist. I feel like I personally have never really been impeded by my life story but at time have had to step back with the help of others close to me and realize that this one or these smaller moments in time are not my life story, and that they will eventually pass, as I can sometimes be stuck in the moment. I feel like I relate more to myself as being more of a singular self. I think in my mind this makes more sense and that my life has revolved around finding my true self and growing and working on my personal self and working to be the best possible me. I think that over time we change and develop and I think that I am not the person I was a few years ago or even a few days ago but possessing many selves I feel like is sort of hard to process. I feel like overall I would think of myself as a narrative so I had a hard time relating to Galen.
I totally get where you are coming from. In mine even though I seem to be on Galens side i really am not and more on the fence. I see that both sides are pretty applicable. Your view and take on Galens work is something that would come out of a narratives side and explains very well what a persons explanation on a narrative would be. I see nothing wrong with what you feel like and I support where you are coming from.
I can definitely relate to what you said about being stuck in the moment! I feel that sometimes I replay a certain event and I think to myself, oh why did I do that or I should have done it this way, but what I don’t realize at the time is that no one really noticed it except for me. I agree with what you said about being a narrative. I had a hard time agreeing with Galen’s points too. I also agree with your statement about how we change. I think that we are always changing and we will never stop learning. I feel like we had similar thoughts on this essay!
I picked up on the same moment in Kamryn’s blog, Coleen. When Kamryn wrote, “but at time have had to step back with the help of others close to me and realize that this one or these smaller moments in time are not my life story, and that they will eventually pass, as I can sometimes be stuck in the moment,” I paused and reread the thought because I enjoyed it so much. I love this approach to managing difficult, but ultimately transient challenges or difficulties. Well said!
Interesting take on being a singular self. Being different from who you were before and not being related to that person is a new idea even for Strawson. I also do not feel I have been impeded by my view of the life story so despite our differing opinions it is interesting that they seem to have worked out for both of us