Analogical reasoning and modeling in the sciences

Foundations of Science

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 237-270

  Abrantes, Paulo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Analogical reasoning; Heuristics; Scientific discovery; Scientific modeling

Indexed keywords

EID: 30644465155     PISSN: 12331821     EISSN: 15728471     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1009623823171     Document Type: Article

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