Metaphors, models, and mathematics in the science of behavior

Behavioral and Brain Sciences 23 (1):94-95 (2000)
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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.

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