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Analogy and Design
Analogical thought is fundamental to creativity. The use of analogy can help to solve problems, make connections between disciplines, and use those relations to form original solutions.In Analogy and Design, Andrea Ponsi considers the role of analogical thought in architectural design.Almost all work on design and architecture is the result of analogical thinking, with respect to systems derived from nature, technical and scientific models, artistic experiences, and above all past models of architecture or objects.Ponsi considers the history of architecture through a series of examples that demonstrate the value of analogy as both creative technique and didactic tool.As an architect and product designer, Ponsi himself operates on a set of principles he terms ""analogous design""?a theory he developed that involves breaking down images into abstract elements, analyzing them, and then conceptually reassembling them in another form as a sort of parallel composition.In Analogy and Design, he looks at the principal models designers have utilized as their reference from the beginning to our own day: primary analogies, that is to say the human body, nature, and the abstract universe of signs; disciplinary analogies, taken from already existing examples of architecture and design; and analogies from outside the field, such as from music, literature, and the visual arts.The components are very different, but they maintain a similar relationship to each other.This methodology, Ponsi maintains, can be applied to compositions of a wide variety of types, including buildings, landscapes, household products, furniture, music, and literature.Merging scientific and academic research?so often limited to a specialized audience?Analogy and Design lays down the principles of analogous design, enabling a student or practitioner to ""see"" works and materials in a new way.
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An Analogy of Grace
An Analogy of Grace proposes a deeply grounded investigation of grace and a robustly balanced impetus for advancing the gospel in the twenty-first century. Amid the present decline in religious affiliation, a pervasive question for many is “why bother” with faith and its practices.An Analogy of Grace engages this question in the context of grace, or our participation in the life and love of God, and investigates the difference made by the diverse ways in which the self-communication of God is received and participated.Shea begins with the contrasting models provided by twentieth century theologians Karl Rahner and Hans Urs von Balthasar.Rahner focused on how grace is universally accessible within the heart, while Balthasar envisioned grace as found principally through an encounter with the incarnate Word.Henry Shea charts a course within and beyond this difference, bolstered by fresh and insightful analysis of the work of Erich Przywara, Henri de Lubac, and other major theologians. An Analogy of Grace posits that grace is best understood as a moving Trinitarian analogy that begins in the heart and advances through the incarnate Word in the Spirit toward the whole Christ.This new analogy of grace is radically universal and inclusive while also wholly informed by the distinct form of Jesus Christ.
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Magic's Reason : An Anthropology of Analogy
In Magic's Reason, Graham M. Jones tells the entwined stories of anthropology and entertainment magic.The two areas are not as separate as they may at first seem.As Jones shows, the endeavors not only matured around the same time, but they also shared stances towards modernity and rationality that fed into each other.As stage magic established for itself a circumscribed realm of suspension of disbelief, colonial ethnographers drew on the language of that realm in describing native ritual performers as charlatans, hoodwinking gullible people into believing their sleight of hand was divine.Using French magicians' engagements with North African ritual performers as a case study, Jones shows how their concept of magic became enshrined in anthropological practice.Ultimately, Jones argues, anthropologists should not dispense with the concept of magic, but, rather, they should think more sharply about it, acknowledging the residue of its colonial origins.Through this radical reassessment of classic anthropological ideas, Magic's Reason develops a new perspective on the promise and peril of cross-cultural comparisons.
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Museums and Interactive Virtual Learning
Museums and Interactive Virtual Learning provides informal educators with practical resources that will help them to build dynamic digital engagement experiences within their own cultural organizations. Presenting vignettes from experienced museum educators and end users, as well as scientific data and practical resources, the book highlights the mutual benefits that Interactive Virtual Learning (IVL) programs offer to the museum and those visiting from a distance.Chapters mirror the step-by-step process of developing reputable IVL programs and emphasize how important it is for cultural organizations to encourage cross-departmental collaboration, if they wish to ensure that their programs align with the overall goals of the organization.Providing a thorough overview of the technologies, budget, marketing and staff requirements, the authors offer a realistic depiction of the work involved in building content for digital engagement.Emphasizing the importance of assessing existing programming, the book shows how institutions can adapt content to fit a virtual format and create inclusive digital engagement opportunities that reach local, national, and international audiences. Museums and Interactive Virtual Learning is an essential guide for professionals who are tasked with interpreting the content of a cultural organization and building lasting digital engagement opportunities.It will be particularly useful to those looking to reach diverse audiences.
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Darwin's Argument by Analogy : From Artificial to Natural Selection
In On the Origin of Species (1859), Charles Darwin put forward his theory of natural selection.Conventionally, Darwin's argument for this theory has been understood as based on an analogy with artificial selection.But there has been no consensus on how, exactly, this analogical argument is supposed to work – and some suspicion too that analogical arguments on the whole are embarrassingly weak.Drawing on new insights into the history of analogical argumentation from the ancient Greeks onward, as well as on in-depth studies of Darwin's public and private writings, this book offers an original perspective on Darwin's argument, restoring to view the intellectual traditions which Darwin took for granted in arguing as he did.From this perspective come new appreciations not only of Darwin's argument but of the metaphors based on it, the range of wider traditions the argument touched upon, and its legacies for science after the Origin.
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The Lives of Images, Vol. II: Analogy, Attunement, and Attention
The Lives of Images, edited by Stanley Wolukau-Wanambwa, is a set of contemporary thematic readers designed for educators, students, practicing photographers, and others interested in the ways images function within a wider set of cultural practices.The series tracks the many movements and “lives” of images—their tendency to accumulate, circulate, and transform through different geographies, cultures, processes, institutions, states, uses, and times. Volume 2 in this series, Analogy, Attunement, and Attention, addresses the complex relationships that the reproducible image creates with its viewers, their bodies, their minds, and their sense of the physical and metaphysical world.The selection addresses the image’s role in the social constitution of individual and collective identity, in social practices of resistance to the structural violences of racism, or in relation to state exercises of power.Of particular importance in this volume are questions of our changing relationship to space and to selfhood as mediated by the image and by the many networked technologies and norms built around it.Essays in the volume ask: what modes of attention are required of us as viewers and agents of image circulation?The question of how image technologies provide us with an array of freedoms is here combined with and read against the many ways images are deployed to reorient, repress, or reduce our field of vision—thus affecting our capacity to see and to act in social space. Contributions by Victor Burgin, Judith Butler, Tina Campt, Sarah Jane Cervenak, Harun Farocki, Tom Holert, Thomas Keenan, Rabih Mroué, Vivian Sobchack, and Tiziana Terranova
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Hans van der Laan’s Instruments of Thought : Proportion, Architecture, Analogy
The work of the Dutch Benedictine monk and architect Hans van der Laan (1904–1991) offers important insights into the ways in which artifacts address the complexity of human physical, cognitive, and social needs.Van der Laan developed a number of powerful lines of thought, three of which are introduced here: the search for a theory of architecture; the establishment of a three-dimensional system of proportions named Plastic Number; and analogy as the mainspring of human thinking.This triad of deeply interconnected intellectual strategies represents his most important ‘instruments of thought’ and is rooted in the careful observation of phenomena as they are presented to us rather than relying on conventional beliefs.Van der Laan's instruments of thought lead us to reconsider the origins of human creation, urging a deeper examination of our perceptual and cognitive response to the limitlessness of the surrounding environment.On this basis, Van der Laan develops a unique philosophy of culture and design that includes considerations on the relationship between nature, culture, and religious ritual. Although this book is informative, its principal aim is to be formative.On the basis of Van der Laan’s instruments of thought, the authors develop a methodology to explore the Plastic Number theory and the many ways in which we perceive and interpret proportion.Reintroducing playful creativity and intellectual exploration into architectural pedagogy and design practice, this book is a gateway for a deeper understanding of the effects of the built environment on human behavior and the various ways in which the human mind perceives and decodes artifacts.
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Perception and Analogy : Poetry, Science, and Religion in the Eighteenth Century
Perception and analogy explores ways of seeing scientifically in the eighteenth century.The book examines how sensory experience is conceptualised during the period, drawing novel connections between treatments of perception as an embodied phenomenon and the creative methods employed by natural philosophers.Covering a wealth of literary, theological, and pedagogical texts that engage with astronomy, optics, ophthalmology, and the body, it argues for the significance of analogies for conceptualising and explaining new scientific ideas.As well as identifying their use in religious and topographical poetry, the book addresses how analogies are visible in material culture through objects such as orreries, camera obscuras, and aeolian harps.It makes the vital claim that scientific concepts become intertwined with Christian discourse through reinterpretations of origins and signs, the scope of the created universe, and the limits of embodied knowledge. -- .
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Why is Plato's analogy of the ship an analogy?
Plato's analogy of the ship is an analogy because it uses a familiar and concrete example (a ship and its crew) to illustrate a more abstract concept (the ideal state and its citizens). By comparing the organization and function of a ship to the organization and function of a state, Plato is able to convey his ideas about the importance of a just and rational leader, the need for a well-ordered society, and the role of individuals within that society. The analogy allows readers to better understand and visualize the complex political and ethical concepts that Plato is trying to convey.
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What is an analogy?
An analogy is a comparison between two things that are similar in some way, often used to help explain a complex idea by comparing it to something more familiar. Analogies can be used to clarify concepts, highlight relationships, or make abstract ideas more concrete. By drawing parallels between two different things, analogies can help the listener or reader better understand the subject being discussed.
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What is an analogy analysis?
An analogy analysis is a method of comparing two different things in order to highlight their similarities and differences. It involves breaking down the components of each thing and identifying how they correspond to each other. This type of analysis can be used to explain complex concepts by drawing parallels to more familiar or concrete examples. It can also be used to illustrate the relationships between different ideas or phenomena. Overall, analogy analysis is a useful tool for understanding and explaining abstract or complex concepts by relating them to more relatable or understandable examples.
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What are homology and analogy?
Homology refers to similarities in traits between different species that are inherited from a common ancestor. These traits are often structural or genetic in nature and can help scientists understand evolutionary relationships between species. On the other hand, analogy refers to similarities in traits between different species that are not inherited from a common ancestor but have evolved independently due to similar environmental pressures. While homology reflects shared ancestry, analogy reflects convergent evolution.
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What completes the word analogy?
An analogy is completed by a comparison between two things that are similar in some way, often using the structure "A is to B as C is to D." The completion of the word analogy involves identifying the relationship between the first pair of words and then applying that same relationship to the second pair of words. This allows for a comparison to be made between the two sets of words, highlighting their similarities and differences.
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Is this homology or analogy?
This is an example of homology. Homology refers to the similarity in characteristics between different species due to their shared ancestry. In this case, the similarity in the bone structure of the forelimbs of different vertebrate species is due to their common evolutionary origin from a common ancestor. Analogous structures, on the other hand, are similar in function and appearance but do not share a common evolutionary origin.
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Is it homology or analogy?
Homology refers to similarities in traits due to shared ancestry, while analogy refers to similarities in traits due to convergent evolution. For example, the wings of bats and birds are homologous because they both evolved from a common ancestor with wings, while the wings of birds and insects are analogous because they evolved independently in response to the similar selective pressure of flight. Therefore, the distinction between homology and analogy depends on the evolutionary history of the traits in question.
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Is task 4 an analogy or homology? If it is a homology or analogy, why?
Task 4 is an analogy. This is because an analogy is a comparison between two things that are similar in some ways but otherwise different. In this case, the comparison is between the task of identifying whether a given image is a cat or a dog and the process of identifying whether a given sentence is a statement or a question. Both tasks involve categorizing or classifying different inputs based on specific criteria, even though the inputs themselves are different (images vs. sentences).
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