Blog #10

  My second reading of Strawson’s essay was very similar to the first. The most notable changes were the fact that I personally felt more confident in my opinions whether or not I agreed with him. Having discussed and thought trough my feelings on whether or not everyone thinks in terms of narrative or if everyone even has a life story I felt less compelled by some of his points. I also took note of his sarcastic or negative attitude towards other authors. He usually disagrees with them in an almost rude manner. He also posses a sort of pretentions tone throughout the whole piece. Strawson uses a lot of fancy vocabulary in his writing and does things like slip in a lot Latin in order to make himself seem more intelligent but when his argument doesn’t seem to hold up it more so comes off as annoying. I also looked up the meaning of many of the phrases he used that I did not understand. Doing this allowed me to get a deeper understanding of his arguments. I still felt overall that he supported the other arguments better than his own. His arguments are dwarfed by his massive library of quotes.