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By Parallel Reasoning
Paul F.A. Bartha
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Description for By Parallel Reasoning
hardcover. In By Parallel Reasoning 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. Num Pages: 376 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HPL; PDA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 238 x 162 x 26. Weight in Grams: 662.
By Parallel Reasoning is the first comprehensive philosophical examination of analogical reasoning in more than forty years designed to formulate and justify standards for the critical evaluation of analogical arguments. It proposes a normative theory with special focus on the use of analogies in mathematics and science. In recent decades, research on analogy has been dominated by computational theories whose objective has been to model analogical reasoning as a psychological process. These theories have devoted little attention to normative questions. In this book Bartha proposes that a good analogical argument must articulate a clear relationship that ... Read more
By Parallel Reasoning is the first comprehensive philosophical examination of analogical reasoning in more than forty years designed to formulate and justify standards for the critical evaluation of analogical arguments. It proposes a normative theory with special focus on the use of analogies in mathematics and science. In recent decades, research on analogy has been dominated by computational theories whose objective has been to model analogical reasoning as a psychological process. These theories have devoted little attention to normative questions. In this book Bartha proposes that a good analogical argument must articulate a clear relationship that ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Oxford University Press United States
Number of pages
376
Condition
New
Number of Pages
376
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780195325539
SKU
V9780195325539
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About Paul F.A. Bartha
Paul F.A. Bartha is Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of British Columbia
Reviews for By Parallel Reasoning
This is the most important book in decades to deal with the pragmatic basis for reasoning by analogy. Bartha s theoretical analysis is woven together with a wealth of actual examples of reasoning by analogy in fields as diverse as mathematics, astronomy, archeology, and the law. His book is a must read for scholars and researchers with a serious interest ... Read more