Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In logic, an argument from the cause to the effect; an a priori argument.
- noun Investigation of things by their analogies; reasoning from analogy.
- noun In medicine, diagnosis by analogy.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Logic) an argument from the cause to the effect; an a priori argument.
- noun Investigation of things by the analogy they bear to each other.
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- noun logic An
argument fromcause toeffect ; ana priori argument. - noun
investigation of things by theanalogy they bear to each other
Etymologies
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Examples
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Under "analogism", all beings are different, disparate and separate.
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Under "analogism", all beings are different, disparate and separate.
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That last example of course occurrs in some other context but can, by way of analogism, easily be transferred on some other, more abstract, level, which is a thing that is always nice to be playing with.
Sven Bachmann Essay Sven Bachmann 2005
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His theory is that there are four ways in which various cultures portray reality in paintings, sculpture and other objects: animism, totemism, analogism and naturalism.
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His theory is that there are four ways in which various cultures portray reality in paintings, sculpture and other objects: animism, totemism, analogism and naturalism.
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