Analogical Reasoning in Science

Name: Analogical Reasoning in Science
Author: Nappo, Francesco
ISBN: 9781009526470

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ISBN: 9781009526470

Published: July 2, 2026

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Pub. Country: United Kingdom

Format: Paperback / softback

Pages: 80

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As historians of science have noted, one strategy common to the natural and the social sciences is the use of analogy. Formulating hypotheses about an unknown system construed by analogy with what is observed in a more familiar system has proven to be a source of discoveries. This Element aims to clarify the main epistemological questions at stake.

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