ABSTRACT

Accordingtothisview,literatureandsciencehaveacommonorigin; theybothoriginateintheimaginativeexplanatorystory,theimaginative explanatorymyth.Whatdistinguishesthemisthepredominantpart playedinsciencebycriticism:bythatkindofcriticismthatisdominated bytheregulativeideaoftruth,bytheideaofcorrespondencetothefacts.