Multiple analogies in science and philosophy /
A multiple analogy is a structured comparison in which several sources are likened to a target. In Multiple analogies in science and philosophy, Shelley provides a thorough account of the cognitive representations and processes that participate in multiple analogy formation. Through analysis of real...
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| التنسيق: | Licensed eBooks |
| اللغة: | الإنجليزية |
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Amsterdam ; Philadelphia :
John Benjamins Pub. Co.,
©2003.
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| سلاسل: | Human cognitive processing ;
v. 11. |
| الوصول للمادة أونلاين: | https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=253204 |
| الملخص: | A multiple analogy is a structured comparison in which several sources are likened to a target. In Multiple analogies in science and philosophy, Shelley provides a thorough account of the cognitive representations and processes that participate in multiple analogy formation. Through analysis of real examples taken from the fields of evolutionary biology, archaeology, and Plato's Republic, Shelley argues that multiple analogies are not simply concatenated single analogies but are instead the general form of analogical inference, of which single analogies are a special case. The result is a trul. |
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| وصف مادي: | 1 online resource (xi, 167 pages) |
| بيبلوغرافيا: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ردمك: | 9789027296580 9027296588 9027223637 9789027223630 9781588114020 1588114023 |
| تدمد: | 1387-6724 ; |