Cleaning up (a) it reads:

“Philosophy and science as they are practiced in the west today are radically distinct from the philosophical/scientific way of thought.” Huh?

And (b)

“A mythical way of thought is just a kind of philosophical/scientific way of thinking.” Double huh?

This is why I dropped my phiolosohpy class in college.

I think I see what the professor is getting at.

Either you embrace logos or mythos and why?

I support you up to a point in your assertion that mythical thinking for the most part does not offer concrete evidence/proof. However, scientific thinking also takes things on faith ( some might argue that faith would fall under mythical thinking ), For example, while the scientist has not seen an atom with his eye he believes that the atom exists. Does the atom exist only if seen with the human eye? How do we know that an atom exists? If we cannot prove the atom does that make it mythical and therefore able to be dismissed? We ridicule and dismiss that which we do not understand because we fear it. In the end, our thinking should not be solely mythos nor logos but rather and blending of the two.

Science has its own mythology as well. Its conclusions are based on what are known as facts. However, facts can change depending upon the conclusions drawn. Several centuries ago, it was a “fact” that the earth was static, and located at universal center, with the sun, planets, moons, and stars orbiting. All scientific thinking was based upon this “fact” (we would call it a myth today) until information, previously unknown, came to a different conclusion, based on a different set of “facts”. A conclusion can only be drawn based on what you know. Science is only what we know, and is based on those “facts” alone; but since “facts” are constantly changing, science is constantly changing. Science, philosophy, religion, truth: all are subjective, and designed to achieve a single goal — the explanation for existence. That’s a fact (at least, for now). Interested in more? Shoot me an email.

You’re on the right path. Now it’s time to think of examples that back up your points. You could talk more about the scientific method and how it’s employed. Basically one side is focused on logic while the other side is focused on intuition and feelings.