Do nonhuman animals use analogies and analogical reasoning in ways similar to humans?
The differentiated weight of the teeth resulted from analogical differences of the length and total tooth volume of the incisors.
Latent transition analyses identified five phases with qualitative individual differences in children's analogy solving: duplication, idiosyncratic, beginner analogical, intermediate analogical and advanced analogical reasoning.
Although Aristotle employs the term analogy (analogia) and talks about analogical predication, he never talks about analogical reasoning or analogical arguments per se.
Analogical arguments based on formal analogy have also been extremely influential in physics (Steiner 1989, 1998).
Analogical reasoning helps to make the outcome of cases more predictable by giving weight to existing legal decisions and doctrines.
(He tempered the comparison moments later, admitting: "I don't like analogical thinking. It's very misleading to think analogically").
Unlike traditional inductive models, biomimetic analogs also rely on abductive [ 25] and analogical [ 26] reasoning.
