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    Applying propositional falsity to mythic narratives commi... — Carmelics
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    Challenges→Traditional myths told to children are false on the whole, though they contain some truth

    Applying propositional falsity to mythic narratives commits a category error, as Cassirer and Lévi-Strauss independently argued.

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    • 1.Myths function symbolically to express collective meanings and cultural structures, not to describe empirical facts about the world.
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    • 2.Applying truth-values requires a reference frame; myths operate in aesthetic and social registers where such frames don't apply.
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    • 3.Treating myths as truth-apt propositions systematically misinterprets their actual cognitive and social purpose in cultures.
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    • 1.Ancient myth-makers often *intended* literal truth-claims about origins, gods, and events—dismissing this invokes anachronistic categories.
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    • 2.Some myths make falsifiable claims (e.g., historical flood narratives); rejecting truth-values entirely begs the question against literal content.
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    • 3.Calling truth-application a 'category error' itself requires justification—it's a substantive claim, not a neutral observation about mythology.
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