Rational World Paradigm Narrative Paradigm 1. Humans are essentially rational beings.
Humans are essentially storytellers.
Rationality is determined by the nature of persons as narrative beings, by their awarness of narrative probability and their testing of narrative fidelity. The world is a set of logical puzzles than can be solved through analysis and application of reason conceived as argument. The world is a set of competing stories that we must chose from in order to live life in a process of continual re-creation.