Analogy is a comparison or correspondence between two things (or two groups of things) because of a third element that they are considered to share. In...
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Look up analogy in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Analogy is a cognitive process of transferring information or meaning from a particular subject to...
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Electronic-hydraulic analogies are the representation of electronic circuits by hydraulic circuits. Since electric current is invisible and the processes...
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watchmaker analogy or watchmaker argument is a teleological argument, an argument for the existence of God. In broad terms, the watchmaker analogy states...
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Allegory of the cave (redirect from Analogy of the cave)
by the latter. The allegory is presented after the analogy of the Sun (508b–509c) and the analogy of the divided line (509d–511e). In the allegory, Plato...
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Argument from analogy is a special type of inductive argument, where perceived similarities are used as a basis to infer some further similarity that...
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The microcosm–macrocosm analogy (or, equivalently, macrocosm–microcosm analogy) refers to a historical view which posited a structural similarity between...
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Analogy in law is a method of resolving issues on which there is no previous authority by using argument from analogy. Analogy in general involves an inference...
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The mobility analogy, also called admittance analogy or Firestone analogy, is a method of representing a mechanical system by an analogous electrical system...
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Analogical models (redirect from Dynamical analogy)
dynamical analogies. Two open systems have analog representations (see illustration) if they are black box isomorphic systems. A simple type of analogy is one...
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