Accession Number:

ADA072865

Title:

Analogical Reasoning as a Discovery Logic.

Descriptive Note:

Research rept.,

Corporate Author:

KLEIN ASSOCIATES YELLOW SPRINGS OH

Personal Author(s):

• Weitzenfeld,Julian
• Klein,Gary A.

Report Date:

1979-08-01

Pagination or Media Count:

26.0

Abstract:

Reasoning by analogy is an important means of generating hypotheses about new situations. Phychological research on analogical reasoning has been limited to the format of mathematical proportions. However, this treatment of analogical reasoning is not consistent with the aspect of analogical reasoning that generates hypotheses. A more viable approach is taken by philosophers of science such as Hesse 1966, whose work is used to provide a description of a psychological process of discovery. The key elements of this description include 1 selecting the analogue 2 comparison of analogues to establish points of correspondance 3 classification of correspondances into similarities, dissimilarities and neutral features, and 4 refining causal descriptions. Author

Descriptors:

• *REASONING
• *ANALOGIES
• PREDICTIONS
• COMPARISON
• PROBLEM SOLVING
• HYPOTHESES
• LOGIC
• PHILOSOPHY
• PERCEPTION(PSYCHOLOGY)

Subject Categories:

• Psychology

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE