RLGN 3110 Lecture 6: feb 2
20 Sep 2018
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Similar use to armstrong, the problem of myth has been solved. At some point he decided what myth was. He takes a stand on myth and science. In the 2004 edition he says that myth is as if, its pretend play, genre of make believe. Future of study of myth vs. future of myth. 3 questions origin: how/why myth arises function of myth: how does myth subject matter: gods, symbol. | myth arises when theres a need for it. Myth a story main features of myth is personalities/persons as agents or objects of actions myths have to accomplish something signi cant powerful hold on people, can neither be true or false. Science how things are methodology facts testable predictive. Only one kind of science modern science if there is only one kind why is the word modern there?? that suggests that there was a pre-modern science aka 2 types of science.
