Comments on: Mythos & Logos: Two Ways of Explaining the World

By: Randy Hoyt

Randy Hoyt — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 15:23:22 +0000

There are certainly myths that have prophets and prophecies in them. Is that what you mean? Or is there something more specific?

By: sola ogunbayo

sola ogunbayo — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 12:57:46 +0000

Thank you for this great article. I enjoyed reading it. Would you please enlighten me on the possibility of using myth as prophecy: is there anything like a prophetic myth?

By: Fuad Arif

Fuad Arif — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 06:31:06 +0000

My thinking is that after the demise of postmodern thinking, our attention should not be on an dichotomy discourse between Logos and Mythos but more towards a ‘oscillation’ condition between Logos and Mythos.

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By: Andres

Andres — Thu, 14 Apr 2011 00:24:42 +0000

there is a terrific British play called ‘Jerusalem’ which is now on Broadway. If you cannot see it, then I am sure the script is or will be available soon. I have been thinking about the play for a while now and this led me to your website. Thanks for all this, fascinating stuff!

By: Timo

Timo — Sun, 10 Oct 2010 17:35:53 +0000

I don't believe I could avoid it.

Nor do I believe, that anything is good or bad. A thing can only be good or bad for something.

I don't believe, that mythical thinking is endangered either (Do I believe in anything?). Mythical thinking is absolutely necessary in certain situations.

E.g. You must master mythical thinking, if you want to master (Finnic or other) epic singing (unless you want to be a disguised parrot).

Still I hate the daily practice of presenting mythical arguments for the logical ones in politics.

People should be aware, that there is nothing wrong with mythical thinking in the spheres, where it works well and they could admit themselves, that they think this way all the time.

By: Randy Hoyt

Randy Hoyt — Sat, 09 Oct 2010 19:06:00 +0000

@Timo, I think you are absolutely right: mythical thinking is very much alive. Do you think it is a good thing? Do you think we should strive to think mythically more often? You mention at the end of the comment that you try to be aware of which way you are thinking: is that so that you can avoid thinking mythically or for some other reason?

Thanks for the comment!

By: Timo

Timo — Thu, 07 Oct 2010 18:30:58 +0000

"What has led you to appreciate mythos in a logos-heavy culture?"

It is just another myth in our culture. We BELIEVE it to be too rational.

Our daily life is full of myths. Our knowledge about surrounding reality is more than often insufficient to make logical conclusions or presumptions.

Pop-culture, advertising, political campaigns, media news ... all rely on mythical thinking.

Almost nothing has changed from the times of Socrates. People think, that they are rational, but they very seldom torture themselves with logical thinking when they are not forced to.

Mythical thinking is more natural for us. I do my best to be aware, when I base on mythical or logical reasoning.

By: Walter Gremillion

Walter Gremillion — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 12:47:01 +0000

Hi Randy,

Nice site, insightful. I’ve just done a page on this topic, from a slightly different perspective. find it here

http://ellocogringo.wordpress.com/2-functional-mind-2/duality/

I’m going to add you to my blogroll if you don’t mind

walt

By: Fred

Fred — Fri, 09 Apr 2010 03:41:33 +0000

I have come to think of mythos as the ACTUAL societal and cultural pressures that have been built up over the history of humanity with each of us having our own unique mythos to "keep us in line" so to speak. The "pressures" that I speak of push us but do not actually force us to act out in ways that society accepts.

Certain aspects of the mythos are common to all humans but are unique because of gender, color of skin, sexuality, place of residence, and a million other variables, some tiny, some not so tiny.

Break too far out of the cultural mythos and you become insane or an enemy of the state; perhaps an outcast, if you are lucky.