Paternalism: A Faulty Analogy
Much of what we "know" is by analogy to something else. That is why so much of what is said and written is couched in those terms. But that is also dangerous, because any analogy, however helpful, is misleading if pushed too far or used in the . [... more]
Ludwig von Mises Institute |
Fluid Concepts And Creative Analogies: Computer Models ...
 Amazon.com Review: Douglas Hofstadter, best known for his masterpiece Godel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid, tackles the subject of artificial intelligence and machine learning in his thought-provoking work Fluid Concepts and Creative Analogies, [... more]
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Analogies and Liberty
How can one "fight" for liberty while renouncing the use of coercion against others? That problem gets more difficult when one is also unwilling to lie, since that amounts to a form of coercing others. What is left is reason, as only that can .. [... more]
Ludwig von Mises Institute |
An Analogy: Butterflies and Easter
An analogy of the three stages of the butterfly's life and the Christian celebration of Easter. Read about some of the interesting myths, symbolisms, and legends that have evolved over the centuries about butterflies! I have always equated the ... [... more]
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How to Prepare for the GRE Analogy Questions
The analogy questions on the Graduate Records Examination (GRE) test your ability to determine relationships between words. Analogy questions require you to choose the pair of words that most closely matches the relationship between the given ... [... more]
eHow |
How to Use Analogies
When we use one person, place, thing or event to describe another, we are creating analogies. Analogies help us build mental pictures because they show connections between different things; we can use something familiar to describe something ... [... more]
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Best way to break cancer news? Analogies?
What is the best way to break the cancer news to the children? Are there good analogies for young children? (i.e., it's like an alien has entered my body and is doing damage) It's very much dependent on the age. The family should be together when ... [... more]
Breast Cancer |
Learning from an everyday analogy
Common sense argues against widespread use of QOS techniques on the Internet. It is better to just get more capacity. Common sense argues against widespread use of QOS techniques on the Internet. It is better to just get more capacity. < Paying ... [... more]
Dan Bricklin |
The Logic of Metaphor: Analogous Parts of Possible ...
Author: Eric Steinhart Binding: Kindle Edition Dewey Decimal Number: 169 Edition: 1 Format: Kindle Book Number Of Pages: 264 Publication Date: 2001-07-31 [... more]
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Aquinas and Analogy
Look Elsewhere: This work is confused. McInerny tries to separate the logic of analogy from its real foundation in being. His criticisms of Cajetan just don't seem to hit the mark. The confusion can be summed up in his statement that "analogy" [... more]
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Visual Analogy: Consciousness as the Art of Connecting
Speaking Across Differences: There is no mention in this book of Friedrich Froebel, the founder of kindergarten, who might have (or should have) been mentioned because the book's subject-visual analogy, or, as Stafford defines it, the perception of [... more]
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Fluid Concepts And Creative Analogies: Computer Models ...
Amazon.com Review: A lucid, highly readable exploration of the computer models of discovery, creation, and analogical thought developed by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Gödel, Escher, Bach and the Fluid Analogies Research Group. The book [... more]
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