Screen LibraryBy parallel reasoning：the construction and evaluation of analogical arguments
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Oxford University Press,
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| Publisher Address: | New York |
| Publication Dates: | 2010. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Carrier Form: | x, 356 p.: ill. ; 25 cm. |
| ISBN: |
9780195325539 (hardcover : alk. paper) 0195325532 (hardcover : alk. paper) |
| Index Number: | B812 |
| CLC: | B812.3 |
| Call Number: | B812.3/B284 |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [333]-348) and index. Analogical arguments -- Philosophical theories -- Computational theories -- The articulation model -- Analogies in mathematics -- Similarity and patterns of generalization -- Analogy and epistemic values -- Analogy and symmetry -- A wider role for analogies. In this work, Paul Bartha proposes a normative theory of analogical arguments and raises questions and proposes answers regarding the criteria for evaluating analogical arguments, the philosophical justification for analogical reasoning, and the place of scientific analogies in the context of theoretical confirmation. |