Analogies

=Analogies=

They are not limited to Science or Literature, they are fundamental to human cognition.
===Explore the wikipedia links enclosed and you will be amazed at the range of Personal and Professional Development that analogies===

8. [|communication]
===It lies behind basic tasks such as the identification of places, objects and people, for example, in [|face perception] and===

[|facial recognition systems]. It has been argued that Analogy is "The Core of Cognition".
===Specific analogical language comprises [|exemplification], [|comparisons], [|metaphors], [|similes], [|allegories], and [|parables].=== ===Phrases like "//and so on"//, "//and the like"//, "//as if"//, and the very word "//[|like]//" also rely on an analogical understanding.=== ===Analogy is important not only in [|ordinary language] and [|common sense]=== ===(where [|proverbs] and [|idioms] give many examples of its application)=== ===but also in [|science], [|philosophy] and the [|humanities].=== ===The concepts of [|association], comparison, [|correspondence], [|metaphor], resemblance, and similarity are closely related to analogy.=== ===Analogy has been studied and discussed since [|classical antiquity] by philosophers, scientists and [|lawyers].=== ===The last few decades have shown a renewed interest in analogy, most notable in [|cognitive science].===