CHL 207 Lecture 3: 1/12/2017
NEUROLOGY GIVES US RIGHT-BRAIN AND LEFT-BRAIN THINKING
Right brain
Expression
Left brain
Explanation
Symbolic (figurative meanings of words. Ex:
home is warm)
Literal
Connotative
Denotative
1. Wholistic
2. Holistic
Sequential
These opposites are always working together in the brain.
Unconscious dream
TERMS
Right brain
Ethos (ethics): good/bad. Right/wrong. The highest truths.This can be explained to the meaning of
life, although it is more complicated than that.
Mythos (mythology): expresses ethos. The spiritual writings of a group of people.
Left brain (bring ethos and mythos into the physical world)
We can bring ethos into the physical world by getting baptized; holding ceremonies, rituals, or rites
based on the bible.
LEFT BRAIN
❖ An example of left-brain thinking: you have a heart attack. You allow yourself to be rushed
to surgery, and put your life in a stranger’s hands because you trust science
❖ The idea is that you prove it in the real world
❖ Reason/logic
❖ Math/science
❖ Literary criticism
RIGHT BRAIN
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Document Summary
These opposites are always working together in the brain. The highest truths. this can be explained to the meaning of life, although it is more complicated than that. The spiritual writings of a group of people. Left brain (bring ethos and mythos into the physical world) We can bring ethos into the physical world by getting baptized; holding ceremonies, rituals, or rites based on the bible. Left brain to surgery, and put your life in a stranger"s hands because you trust science. An example of left-brain thinking: you have a heart attack. The idea is that you prove it in the real world. An example of right-brain thinking: you have a heart attack. Instead, you call a priest and pray for god to save you. In einstein"s universe, there is only one absolute: the speed of light. (left-brained). Eiss, harry. (cid:498)neurology in literature. (cid:499) ypsilanti, mi.
