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By parallel reasoning : the construction and evaluation of analogical arguments / Paul F.A. Bartha.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bartha, Paul F. A., 1964- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Analogy.
- Reasoning.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (x, 356 pages) : illustrations
- Other Title:
- Construction and evaluation of analogical arguments
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, [2010]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 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.
- Contents:
- 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.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-282-49054-0
- 9786612490545
- 0-19-971705-2
- OCLC:
- 922969718
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