Rаtionality, conceptual imagination and myth

The article addresses the problem of how myth relates to rationality. In classical formulation, this question appears in following manner: are mythos and logos opposites? It can be stated that has become one key themes philosophy 20th century. been studied ethnography anthropology, cultural studies, art theory, political science even theory knowledge. Myth is understood not only as a special artistic form, but also form intuition, thinking, life. Despite sometimes cardinal difference approaches analysis myth, common feature its understanding identified. Mythical thinking considered either irrational or protorational. For example, Cassirer Blumenberg, an affective rationality, Vico Schelling — poetic reason for seen fact product imagination. latter indisputable, does mean rationality incompatible? order answer question, concept imagination should analyzed. Drawing on theories Hume, Aristotle, Kant, author contends there type referred “conceptual”, which human capacity spontaneous production concepts. conceptual seems distinctive However, if so, then condition counterpart. discursive thus turn out merely different forms realization our basis.