14.2284, Books: Cognitive Science: Cameron Shelley (2003)

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Subject: 14.2284, Books: Cognitive Science: Cameron Shelley (2003)

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Date:  Wed, 27 Aug 2003 16:02:14 +0000
From:  paul at benjamins.com
Subject:  Multiple Analogies in Science and Philosophy: Shelley

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Date:  Wed, 27 Aug 2003 16:02:14 +0000
From:  paul at benjamins.com
Subject:  Multiple Analogies in Science and Philosophy: Shelley

Title: Multiple Analogies in Science and Philosophy
Series Title: Human Cognitive Processing 11

Publication Year: 2003
Publisher: John Benjamins
           http://www.benjamins.com/, http://www.benjamins.nl		

Book URL: http://www.benjamins.nl/cgi-bin/t_bookview.cgi?bookid=HCP_11

Author: Cameron  Shelley, University of Michigan

Hardback: ISBN: 9027223637, Pages: xvi, 168 pp., Price: EUR 85.00
Hardback: ISBN: 1588114023, Pages: xvi, 168 pp., Price: USD 85.00

Abstract:

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 truly
general cognitive model of analogical inference.  Shelley also shows
how a cognitive account of multiple analogies addresses important
philosophical issues such as the confidence that one may have in an
analogical explanation, and the role of analogy in science and
philosophy.  This book lucidly demonstrates that important questions
regarding analogical inference cannot be answered adequately by
consideration of single analogies alone.

Table of contents

List of Figures and Tables  ix
Preface  xiii
Acknowledgments  xv
1. The problem of multiple analogies  1-9
2. Multiple analogies and "old fourlegs"  11-33
3. Multiple analogies from the Mesozoic  35-63
4. Multiple analogies in archaeology  65-87
5. Multiple analogies in Plato's Republic  89-112
6. Modelling multiple analogies  113-135
Appendix: Historical review  137-151
Notes  153-155
References  157-164
Index  165-167

Lingfield(s): Cognitive Science

Written In: English (Language Code: ENG)

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