The Function of Analogy in the Scientific Theories of Margaret Cavendish (1623-1673) and Anne Conway (1631-1679)
As Francis Bacon’s texts show, the use of analogy in the sciences was already both contested and recognized as potentially useful in the XVIIth century. Whereas for some it meant letting « the madwoman in the attic », where reason alone should reign, others considered analogy as an essential tool wh...
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Association Études Épistémè
2008
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| Online toegang: | https://doi.org/10.4000/episteme.731 https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.13089/fsv6 https://journals.openedition.org/episteme/731 |
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