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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)
Ar′che-type (är′kē̍-tīp), noun [L. archetypum, Gr. ἀρχέτυπον, fr. ἀρχέτυποσ — stamped first and as model ; ἀρχε = ἀρχι + τύποσ stamp, figure, pattern, τύπτειν to strike: cf. F. archétype. See Arch-, pref.]
- 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
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 auta
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