Comments on: Fictional realities and the function of myth http://sedgemore.com/2008/07/fictional-realities-and-the-function-of-myth/ physicist, journalist and science writer Wed, 16 May 2012 18:34:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Francis Sedgemore http://sedgemore.com/2008/07/fictional-realities-and-the-function-of-myth/comment-page-1/#comment-654 Francis Sedgemore Mon, 07 Jul 2008 22:21:47 +0000 http://sedgemore.com/?p=1212#comment-654 Why on Earth would I want to do that, Steven? Don't you know the difference between fantastic tales that no-one takes literally, and religions, whose adherents actually believe the silly stories in their holy books? Why on Earth would I want to do that, Steven? Don’t you know the difference between fantastic tales that no-one takes literally, and religions, whose adherents actually believe the silly stories in their holy books?

]]> By: steven http://sedgemore.com/2008/07/fictional-realities-and-the-function-of-myth/comment-page-1/#comment-652 steven Mon, 07 Jul 2008 21:58:12 +0000 http://sedgemore.com/?p=1212#comment-652 "The function of myth is to tell the truth." . Hehehehehe Go on Francis substitute the word "myth" with "religions" hehehe. “The function of myth is to tell the truth.”
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Go on Francis substitute the word “myth” with “religions” hehehe.

]]> By: Francis Sedgemore http://sedgemore.com/2008/07/fictional-realities-and-the-function-of-myth/comment-page-1/#comment-637 Francis Sedgemore Sun, 06 Jul 2008 14:35:03 +0000 http://sedgemore.com/?p=1212#comment-637 As <a href="http://obscenedesserts.blogspot.com/2008/07/how-do-you-remember.html" rel="nofollow">Anja says</a> (about "narrativity"), storytelling can be a means of propagating deliberate lies. But that's no reason to throw the baby out with the bathwater, which is what some people who dislike the very notion of fictional narrative appear to be doing. Over the years I've come across other scientists who on principle won't read novels. They counterpose episodic and chronological memories in the most facile way, claiming that painting, sculpture and poetry, for example, are 'legitimate' art forms, whereas fictional prose isn't. For a while I was seduced by this way of thinking. As Anja says (about “narrativity”), storytelling can be a means of propagating deliberate lies. But that’s no reason to throw the baby out with the bathwater, which is what some people who dislike the very notion of fictional narrative appear to be doing. Over the years I’ve come across other scientists who on principle won’t read novels. They counterpose episodic and chronological memories in the most facile way, claiming that painting, sculpture and poetry, for example, are ‘legitimate’ art forms, whereas fictional prose isn’t. For a while I was seduced by this way of thinking.

]]> By: Alec Macpherson http://sedgemore.com/2008/07/fictional-realities-and-the-function-of-myth/comment-page-1/#comment-636 Alec Macpherson Sun, 06 Jul 2008 11:52:37 +0000 http://sedgemore.com/?p=1212#comment-636 And to think myth is still used to indicate a deliberate and malicious lie. And to think myth is still used to indicate a deliberate and malicious lie.

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