By parallel reasoning
Subtitle: the construction and evaluation of analogical arguments
By: Paul F.A. Bartha.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 356
ISBN-13: 9780195325539
Subjects: Analogy; Reasoning
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Analogical arguments; title: Philosophical theories; title: Computational theories; title: The articulation model; title: Analogies in mathematics; title: Similarity and patterns of generalization; title: Analogy and epistemic values; title: Analogy and symmetry.