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Single Idea 7465
[filed under theme 2. Reason / E. Argument / 3. Analogy
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Full Idea
In Babylon thought seems to have worked mainly by analogy, rather than by the deductive or inductive processes we use in the modern world.
Gist of Idea
Babylonian thinking used analogy, rather than deduction or induction
Source
Peter Watson (Ideas [2005], Ch.04)
Book Ref
Watson,Peter: 'Ideas: from fire to Freud' [Phoenix 2006], p.112
A Reaction
Analogy seems to be closely related to induction, if it is comparing instances of something. Given their developments in maths and astronomy, they can't have been complete strangers to the 'modern' way of thought.
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