Cognitive Mythology

It systematically explores the theories, methods, and practices of cognitive mythology, making it a foundational work in the field of cognitive mythology.

系统探讨认知神话学的理论、方法与实践，是认知神话学领域的奠基之作

Based on research into how humans perceive the world from the perspective of cognitive mythology, this book systematically explores the theories, methods, and practices of cognitive mythology. It showcases the groundbreaking advancements cognitive mythology has achieved in the field of human cognition and its transformative innovations for research in the humanities and social sciences. The study focuses on the pioneering accomplishments of scholars both domestically and internationally in the cognitive domain, such as the construction of mythological imagery and power, the connection between mythological thinking and scientific thinking, the relationship between mythology and biosociology, and the role of mythology in the origins of civilization. By examining cutting-edge achievements in cognitive mythology worldwide, this book offers an in-depth explanation of how mythological concepts and mythological thinking shape human cognitive systems, as well as how the cognitive world inherits and encodes mythological ideas.

基于认知神话学关于人类认知世界的研究，本书系统探讨认知神话学的理论、方法与实践，以此展示认知神话学在人类认知领域的新突破，以及给人文社会科学研究带来的变革性创新。本书的研究对象为国内外学者在认知领域取得的突破性成就，比如神话图像与权力的建构、神话思维与科学思维之间的关联、神话与生物社会学之间的关系、神话与文明起源等等。通过对国内外认知神话学前沿性成果的研究，本书深入阐释了神话理念与神话思维对于人类认知系统的塑造性作用，以及认知世界对神话理念的继承与编码。