Papers by Inês Pereira Rodrigues
Philosophy Now, 2024
asks, are we always (or ever) who we say we are? At some point in life, I venture to guess, we've... more asks, are we always (or ever) who we say we are? At some point in life, I venture to guess, we've all had suspicions about who someone claimed to be, being unconvinced by their story. There would have been something about how they presented themselves or the situation they were telling us about that was just not believable. Or perhaps we've watched, disconcerted, as someone we know well claimed to be the kind of person we're quite sure they're not. https://philosophynow.org/issues/161/Don_Quixote_and_Narrative_Identity 4/4 standards of certainty and irreversibility. We should be allowed changes and revision notes, and allow for them in others, too.
Études Ricoeuriennes/Ricoeur Studies, 2023
The following article explores what notion of truth is possible in Ricoeur's narrative identity. ... more The following article explores what notion of truth is possible in Ricoeur's narrative identity. It is motivated by the question of how our identity can be constituted in narratives of self when we are often easily selfdeceiving and do not choose the building blocks of our narratives. It explores how our identities are constituted in narrative, with others, in order to see what dimensions of truth this allows. Narrative identity implicates a novel notion of truth that is intrinsically ethical, which gives rise to a set of ethical issues. In particular, a truth of self that occurs in relation to others is open to violence and abuse-our very identity is, to varying degrees, in others' hands. Butler's ethics of fragility may offer a positive solution.
Humanities Bulletin, 2022
The following paper offers an account of Paul Ricoeur's "narrative identity" which proposes that ... more The following paper offers an account of Paul Ricoeur's "narrative identity" which proposes that the identity of human persons (or selves) is constituted through narratives about oneself. This account of personal identity is then further formulated through replies to the main objection raised against it, namely, that narrative identity reveals a division in the self: it shows there must be-the objectors argue-a more originary experiential self prior to the self-interpreted narrative self. The replies to the objection offer, first, with the help of Jan Patočka's conception of "movement", a way to conceive a kind of being that is constituted through its self-narration; secondly, with the help of Judith Butler, a way to understanding how an apparent division in the self when one lies about oneself is bridged in an understanding of our own human limitations and fragility.
Phenomenology and the Problem of Meaning in Human Life and History, 2017
The following paper explores the notion of meaning or, if you will, our relation to meaning in so... more The following paper explores the notion of meaning or, if you will, our relation to meaning in so-called philosophies of existence, using Jan Patočka's philosophical works and some works of literature. With the help of "existential" novels by Dostoievsky and Tolstoy, and by reflecting on some of Patočka's ideas, it aims to show the difficult, often conflicting relationships to meaning that these philosophies of existence maintain: on the one hand, meaning must not be absolute and externally given; but conversely, in recoiling from nihilism, these ideas often rely on foundations that leave them entangled in strange, seemingly metaphysical realms. Further, I argue that this position regarding meaning keeps philosophy, as a discipline and mode of discourse, politically ineffective and passive. I conclude with an attempt, following Simon Critchley, to elaborate an ethics of finitude that could place us well within the world and our own finitude, and as such, able to act.
Myth, Philosophy, Art, and Science in Jan Patočka's Thought - Acta Universitatis Carolinae, Philosophica et Historica(1/2014) Studia Aesthetica VII
In a couple of different works, Jan Patočka discusses the possibility of building a new paradise... more In a couple of different works, Jan Patočka discusses the possibility of building a new paradise on Earth, relating it to myths of a primeval paradise as well as some works by Dostoevsky. In some of Patočka's writings, this possibility of a paradise on Earth also appears described as a "new love" or "universal love". Unlike the myths of a time before the Fall, the possibility of an earthly paradise would be true to the human condition of finitude, understanding, and freedom. However, what is - or is there - the possibility of heaven on Earth? What are the differences between the original paradise and the promise of this one? What is "love" , or are there different loves?
Philosophy@Lisbon, 2013
Certes, nous avons refoulé la magique dans la subjectivité, mais rien ne nous garantit que le rap... more Certes, nous avons refoulé la magique dans la subjectivité, mais rien ne nous garantit que le rapport entre les hommes ne comporte pas, inévitablement, des composants magiques et oniriques.
Phainomenon, 2008
This paper tries to explore the phenomenon of meaning through an investigation of Jan Patočka’s a... more This paper tries to explore the phenomenon of meaning through an investigation of Jan Patočka’s asubjective phenomenology. Meaning, according to this author, is problematic: it lies neither at rest in the things themselves, nor is it merely subjective – a more or less arbitrary human imposition. Instead, meaning, like all phenomena, belongs to the “phenomenological field”, also encompassing those experiences typically called “subjective”. In this sense, meaning is relational, that is, it lies in the relation of “ having meaning for a subject”. Accordingly, it is dependent on a kind “openness” to meaning. “Care of the soul”, a term patočka takes over from the Ancient Greeks, is precisely a reflexive exercise upon this openness, this attunement to, ultimately, the very problematicity of meaning. This dynamic also seems to imply that meaning could be open to, not only unveiling, but to its (co-)creation.
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