Is myth meant to be a substitute for science? If so, are we currently living in aMythology science

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April 28, 2020
Is Myth supposed to be a Substitute for Science?
Myths has always been a part of the rich history of any society. From the Ancient Greeks and to the Amazonians, myths have always been a part of a society’s culture to which some people believe in. However, myths have a much greater purpose rather than being a tale to tell during gatherings. In the ancient times it serves as a foundation for the moral and spiritual code of the people. It is also one of things that help humans understand the different phenomena that they experience during the times when the rational explanation for them has yet to be discovered. In this article, I would discuss some of the functional usages of myths during the early times. Thus, in the succeeding sections of this article, the author would discuss the distinction between the usages of myth during the early times and current period. All in all, while I would argue that myths have been used as a replacement for science during the early period, its usage for today is only intended for artistic and cultural purposes.
The Purpose of the Myth
During the early days, people do not have any ways of conducting a rational and objective analysis of what is happening around them. Science was only at its early days and most of the works in the field comes from the minds of the philosophers who were more of an ‘armchair’ thinker rather than a scientist. Nonetheless, humans have always had an inclination towards knowing the causes and origins of things. Such knowledge forms part of the human identity to which most philosophers strive to understand with the help of philosophical thinking. However, due to the lack of a scientific way to understand things, humans have created the myths in order to justify some of the fundamental questions that they such as the “origins of humans itself”.
Perhaps one good example of how myth have been a replacement for science during the early days was the story of Odysseus and the Underworld. During those t...