Molinari, Luca (2026) Disanalogies as a failure of De-idealization. In: UNSPECIFIED.
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In this paper, the issue of analogical failure (or disanalogy) is dealt with, attempting to shed light on this phenomenon in terms of failure of a de-idealization procedure with respect to a relevant feature of the source model. First, the role that idealizations play in defusing negative analogies is investigated. Then, it is shown how a crucial negative analogy can be characterized as an instance of failure in de-idealization of one or more of said idealizations. To illustrate this process, the case of the now-abandoned atomic vortex theory by W. Thomson is analyzed in light of the proposed framework.
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| Keywords: | analogy, idealization, de-idealization, vortices | ||||||
| Subjects: | General Issues > Explanation General Issues > History of Science Case Studies Specific Sciences > Physics |
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| Depositing User: | Luca Molinari | ||||||
| Date Deposited: | 12 Jun 2026 12:37 | ||||||
| Last Modified: | 12 Jun 2026 12:37 | ||||||
| Item ID: | 30080 | ||||||
| Subjects: | General Issues > Explanation General Issues > History of Science Case Studies Specific Sciences > Physics |
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| Date: | 2026 | ||||||
| URI: | https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/30080 |
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