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Maydanov, A. S.
The Logic of Mythological Thinking
// Philosophy and Culture.
2014. № 3.
P. 426-441.
URL: https://en.nbpublish.com/library_read_article.php?id=64172
Maydanov, A. S. The Logic of Mythological Thinking
Abstract:
The author of the article tries to answer the question if we can talk about the logic of mythological thinking and
if we can, then what the logic of mythological thinking is all about? The author proves that we can’t apply the term ‘logic’
as it was understood by Aristotle here. The author also describes how the views on the logic of mythological thinking have
been developing with time and defines the most promising points of view for his study. He describes the consciousness of
archaic people and finds out that special features of their consciousness were conditioned by particular forms and rules
of thinking. In his study the author uses the evolutionary approach, comparison methods, generalization method and the
method of new typification. The author establishes that the archaic thinking was based on certain principles and specific
paradigms. As a consequence, mythological thinking is a special type of thinking activity operating a great number of
unique methods and techniques. Under the influence of these factors, the process of myth creation has appeared to be a
rather determined, theological, efficient and psychologically and esthetically efficient.
Keywords:
myth, consciousness, image, concept, reality, determinants, opposition, schemes, paradigms, correlation.
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