Negative Analogies

Some articles on analogies, negative analogies:

Mary Hesse
... Her publication Models and Analogies in Science is a widely cited and accessible introduction to the topic ... billiard ball model of the dynamical theory of gases and models of light based on analogies to sound and water waves ... analogues in scientific models positive analogies, negative analogies, and neutral analogies ...

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