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Metaphors, models, and mathematics in the science of behavior

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 September 2001

A. Charles Catania
A. Charles Catania
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of Maryland Baltimore County, Baltimore, MD 21250 catania@umbc.edu www.umbc.edu/~catania
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Abstract

Metaphors and models involve correspondences between events in separate domains. They differ in the form and precision of how the correspondences are expressed. Examples include correspondences between phylogenic and ontogenic selection, and wave and particle metaphors of the mathematics of quantum physics. An implication is that the target article's metaphors of resistance to change may have heuristic advantages over those of momentum.

Type
Brief Report
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 23 , Issue 1 , February 2000 , pp. 94 - 95
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© 2000 Cambridge University Press

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