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Analogy is closely linked with metaphor and, indeed, we may think of these two notions as interchangeable: both point out likenesses in particulars between things that are otherwise dissimilar.
Jessica C. Flack • Worlds Hidden in Plain Sight: The Evolving Idea of Complexity at the Santa Fe Institute, 1984–2019 (Compass)
- The original pattern or model of a work; or the model from which a thing is made or formed.
- (Coinage) The standard weight or coin by which others
Craig Mod • Archetypes Revisited
beginnings always hide themselves in ends
katabasis: a literal or metaphorical journey to the underworld
Le raisonnement analogique est la capacité de repérer des similitudes conceptuelles importantes entre plusieurs domaines ou scénarios qui peuvent, a priori, sembler n’avoir pas grand-chose en commun en surface. C’est un outil puissant pour résoudre les problèmes pervers. Kepler était accro aux analogies, raison pour laquelle Gentner l’apprécie
... See moreDavid Epstein • Range : Le règne des généralistes : Pourquoi ils triomphent dans un monde de spécialistes (Business) (French Edition)
In biology, convergence refers to the process wherein organisms evolve analogous traits that were not present in their last common ancestor. In other words, species that are not closely related to each other will find the same solutions to the same problems in their quest to survive.
Shane Parrish • The Great Mental Models Volume 2: Physics, Chemistry and Biology
building something old