Robert Stalnaker on Analogies - Dictionary of Arguments

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Analogy: an analogy is a formal parallelism. It intends to show that from a similar case, similar conclusions can be drawn. _____________ Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments.

> Stalnaker, Robert	> Analogies	Robert Stalnaker on Analogies - Dictionary of Arguments I 127 Times/possible world/analogy/Stalnaker: are times more like worlds or more like places? Most authors sway. >Possible Worlds/Stalnaker, >Possible worlds, >Time, >Space, >Contingency, cf. >Four-dimensionalism. _____________ Explanation of symbols: Roman numerals indicate the source, arabic numerals indicate the page number. The corresponding books are indicated on the right hand side. ((s)…): Comment by the sender of the contribution. Translations: Dictionary of Arguments The note [Concept/Author], [Author1]Vs[Author2] or [Author]Vs[term] resp. "problem:"/"solution:", "old:"/"new:" and "thesis:" is an addition from the Dictionary of Arguments. If a German edition is specified, the page numbers refer to this edition.	Stalnaker I R. Stalnaker Ways a World may be Oxford New York 2003

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