著者

八幡 英幸

出版者

熊本大学

雑誌

熊本大学教育学部紀要 人文科学 (ISSN:0454613X)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.60, pp.17-26, 2011-12-12

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The aim of this paper is to reconsider the relation between narrative and the power of judgment in Kant's sense, among which has been pointed out to be a close relationship. The results of this study are as follows: on one hand, diverse studies on narrative theory have reached agreement on these points: (1)in narrative is found the connection between two different kinds of orders (i. e. the chronological one and the non-chronological one); (2)the formation or reformation of narrative is set off by some contingent elements or the lack of connection between them; (3)narrative enables our self-understanding and gives the foundation of personal identity. On the other hand, the power of judgment in Kant's sense has these characteristics: (1)it mediates between two different kinds of orders (i. e. the one of nature and the one of freedom) in the same field of experience: (2)it subsumes some contingent elements under a new order: (3)it is led by a sort of feeling of pleasure: (4)it has a foundation on our bodily nature: (5)it contains two different viewpoints (i. e. the one of human limited understanding and the one of another kind of understanding). As a conclusion, narrative and the power of judgment have come out to have in fact many similarities. The above points (1) and (2) are obviously, also the other points are in fact thought to be applicable to both these activities.