Cameron Shelley
Biographic Data
| ID | 3832508 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Cameron Shelley |
| GIVEN NAMES | Cameron |
| FAMILY NAME | Shelley |
| SIGNATURE | SHELLEY C |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Waterloo |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-9334-7227 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 17 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 11 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1996 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Rossum’s Universal Robots
Karel Čapek’s play R.U.R. (Rossum’s Universal Robots) was a big hit when it was first performed in the 1920s. Written in Czech, it was soon translated into English and other languages and performed throughout Europe and the Anglo-American world [1]. It was quickly adapted for radio and television as well [2]. Through this success, it had a significant influence on technologists, writers, and general audiences [3]
Why test animals to treat humans? On the validity of animal models
A Naturalistic Exploration of Forms and Functions of Analogizing
The purpose of this article is to invigorate debate concerning the nature of analogy, and to broaden the scope of current conceptions of analogy. We argue that analogizing is not a single or even a fundamental cognitive process. The argument relies on an analysis of the history of the concept of analogy, case studies on the use of analogy in scientific problem solving, cognitive research on analogy comprehension and problem solving, and a survey …
Hypocrisy as Irony
This article presents evidence that hypocrisy is nothing other than a special form of situational irony.Acognitive model of hypocrisy judgments is described and its plausibility assessed. This view of hypocrisy is contrasted with previous characterizations of hypocrisy from the psychological and philosophical literature, in which no connection between hypocrisy and irony has been explored. The article offers some explanations as to why it is plau…
Plato on the psychology of humor
The Analogy Theory of Disanalogy
Analogy Counterarguments and the Acceptability of Analogical Hypotheses
The logical empiricists held that an analogical hypothesis does not gain any acceptability from the analogy on which it is founded. On this view, the acceptability of a hypothesis cannot be discounted by criticizing the foundational analogy. Yet scientists commonly appear to level exactly this sort of criticism. If scientists are able to discount the acceptability of analogical hypotheses in this way, then the logical empiricist view is mistaken.…
The Influence of Folk Meteorology in the Anaximander Fragment
Journal of the History of Ideas - Volume 61, Number 1, January 2000
Multiple analogies in evolutionary biology
Multiple Analogies in Archaeology
Analogies have always had an important place in the reconstruction of past cultures by archaeologists. However, archaeologists and philosophers have objected on various grounds to the importance granted to analogy. Heider proposed the use of multiple analogies —analogies incorporating several sources—as a way of overcoming these objections. However, the merits and even the meaning of this proposal have not been explored adequately. This article p…
Visual Abductive Reasoning in Archaeology
Biographical studies have shown that visual mental imagery plays a significant role in the conduct of scientific research, particularly in the generation of hypotheses. But the nature of visual mental imagery and its participation in abductive inference is not systematically understood. This paper discusses examples of visual abductive reasoning by archaeologists, analyzing them according to the visual information and the process of inference emp…
Visual Abductive Reasoning in Archaeology
Biographical studies have shown that visual mental imagery plays a significant role in the conduct of scientific research, particularly in the generation of hypotheses. But the nature of visual mental imagery and its participation in abductive inference is not systematically understood. This paper discusses examples of visual abductive reasoning by archaeologists, analyzing them according to the visual information and the process of inference emp…
Analogy Counterarguments and the Acceptability of Analogical Hypotheses
The logical empiricists held that an analogical hypothesis does not gain any acceptability from the analogy on which it is founded. On this view, the acceptability of a hypothesis cannot be discounted by criticizing the foundational analogy. Yet scientists commonly appear to level exactly this sort of criticism. If scientists are able to discount the acceptability of analogical hypotheses in this way, then the logical empiricist view is mistaken.…
Why test animals to treat humans? On the validity of animal models
Plato on the psychology of humor
Multiple Analogies in Archaeology
Analogies have always had an important place in the reconstruction of past cultures by archaeologists. However, archaeologists and philosophers have objected on various grounds to the importance granted to analogy. Heider proposed the use of multiple analogies —analogies incorporating several sources—as a way of overcoming these objections. However, the merits and even the meaning of this proposal have not been explored adequately. This article p…
Visual Abductive Reasoning in Archaeology
Biographical studies have shown that visual mental imagery plays a significant role in the conduct of scientific research, particularly in the generation of hypotheses. But the nature of visual mental imagery and its participation in abductive inference is not systematically understood. This paper discusses examples of visual abductive reasoning by archaeologists, analyzing them according to the visual information and the process of inference emp…
Multiple analogies in evolutionary biology
Multiple Analogies in Archaeology
Analogies have always had an important place in the reconstruction of past cultures by archaeologists. However, archaeologists and philosophers have objected on various grounds to the importance granted to analogy. Heider proposed the use of multiple analogies —analogies incorporating several sources—as a way of overcoming these objections. However, the merits and even the meaning of this proposal have not been explored adequately. This article p…
The Influence of Folk Meteorology in the Anaximander Fragment
Journal of the History of Ideas - Volume 61, Number 1, January 2000
The Analogy Theory of Disanalogy
Analogy Counterarguments and the Acceptability of Analogical Hypotheses
The logical empiricists held that an analogical hypothesis does not gain any acceptability from the analogy on which it is founded. On this view, the acceptability of a hypothesis cannot be discounted by criticizing the foundational analogy. Yet scientists commonly appear to level exactly this sort of criticism. If scientists are able to discount the acceptability of analogical hypotheses in this way, then the logical empiricist view is mistaken.…
Plato on the psychology of humor
Hypocrisy as Irony
This article presents evidence that hypocrisy is nothing other than a special form of situational irony.Acognitive model of hypocrisy judgments is described and its plausibility assessed. This view of hypocrisy is contrasted with previous characterizations of hypocrisy from the psychological and philosophical literature, in which no connection between hypocrisy and irony has been explored. The article offers some explanations as to why it is plau…
A Naturalistic Exploration of Forms and Functions of Analogizing
The purpose of this article is to invigorate debate concerning the nature of analogy, and to broaden the scope of current conceptions of analogy. We argue that analogizing is not a single or even a fundamental cognitive process. The argument relies on an analysis of the history of the concept of analogy, case studies on the use of analogy in scientific problem solving, cognitive research on analogy comprehension and problem solving, and a survey …
Why test animals to treat humans? On the validity of animal models
Rossum’s Universal Robots
Karel Čapek’s play R.U.R. (Rossum’s Universal Robots) was a big hit when it was first performed in the 1920s. Written in Czech, it was soon translated into English and other languages and performed throughout Europe and the Anglo-American world [1]. It was quickly adapted for radio and television as well [2]. Through this success, it had a significant influence on technologists, writers, and general audiences [3]
Psychology (9 works) · Epistemology (7 works) · Philosophy (7 works) · Computer Science (5 works) · Analogy (4 works) · Cognitive science (4 works) · Artificial Intelligence (3 works) · Linguistics (3 works) · Child and Animal Learning Development (2 works) · Classical Philosophy and Thought (2 works)