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Analogy

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.

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Analogy

Nodes187
Edges186
Triples131
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.010695
Components1

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Analogy

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related to Development · 18
Analogy → Aquinas, Archytas, Aristotelian, Cajetan, God, Greek, In, In Christian, In Islamic, Islamic, Medieval, Metaphysics, Nicomachean EthicsRoman, Not, Plato, Platonic, The Middle Ages, Thomas Cajetan
related to External links · 16
Analogy → Analogical Reasoning, Computational, Dictionary, Early Greek Thought, Grant Lamond, History, Ideas Analogy, Jennifer Ashworth, Legal Reasoning, Medieval Theories, Medieval Thought, Patristic, Paul Bartha, Philosophy, Precedent, Stanford Encyclopedia
related to Linguistics · 12
Analogy → American English, Analogies, Another, English, For, In, Langacker, Neologisms, Others, Some, These, This
related to Shared abstraction · 10
Analogy → Analogies, Analogous, Aristotle, Cajetan's De Nominum Analogia, Greek, James Francis Ross, Plato, Portraying Analogy, These, They
related to Shared structure · 9
Analogy → According, Aristotle, Contemporary, Gentner's, It, Plato, Some, Structure, The
is a · 6
Analogy → comparison or correspondence between two things, inductive inference from common known attributes to another probable common attribute, isomorphism, method of resolving issues on which there is no previous authority, process that alters words-forms perceived as breaking rules or ignoring general patterns to more typical forms that follow them, systematic and universal feature of natural languages
related to Identity of relation · 5
Analogy → Greek, In, Latin, This, While
related to Models and theories · 5
Analogy → An, Hofstadter, It, Phrases, Specific
related to Teaching strategies · 5
Analogy → Analogies, It, This, Thus, To
related to Law · 4
Analogy → In, It, The, Ubi

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Analogyis acomparison or correspondence between two things0.90text
Analogyis asystematic and universal feature of natural languages0.90text
Analogyis ainductive inference from common known attributes to another probable common attribute0.90text
Analogyis aprocess that alters words-forms perceived as breaking rules or ignoring general patterns to more typical forms that follow them0.90text
Analogyis aisomorphism0.90text
Analogyis amethod of resolving issues on which there is no previous authority0.90text
the identification of placesinstance ofIt lies behind basic tasks0.80text
objectsinstance ofIt lies behind basic tasks0.80text
peopleinstance ofIt lies behind basic tasks0.80text
for exampleinstance ofIt lies behind basic tasks0.80text
in face perceptioninstance ofIt lies behind basic tasks0.80text
facial recognition systemsinstance ofIt lies behind basic tasks0.80text

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