The analogy generation game
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3781490 |
|---|---|
| Authors | H Martin Wobst (University of Massachusetts Amherst, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2016 |
| Volume | 90 |
| Issue | 352 |
| Pages | 1083-1084 |
| Publication date | 2016-08-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Antiquity (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0003-598X • E-ISSN: 1745-1744 |
| Publisher | Antiquity Publications (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.15184/aqy.2016.107 |
| OpenAlex | W2492835075 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
I have grown increasingly allergic to arguments about analogies and origins in archaeology. Analogies are simply devices to stimulate the invention of ideas. The source of intuition is fairly irrelevant for the power of the ideas thus generated. The history of science is full of exciting hypotheses that had amusing sources, often far removed from the actual contexts to which the idea ultimately applied
Analogy · Cognitive science · Epistemology · Intuition · History · Philosophy · Philosophy and History of Science · Psychology
| Citations per year | 0.22 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2017 - 2018 (2) |
| Highly cited | No |