--- abstract: 'This paper describes the purposes served by medical analogies (why they are used) and the different cognitive processes that support those purposes (how they are used). Historical and contemporary examples illustrate the theoretical, experimental, diagnostic, therapeutic, technological, and educational value of medical analogies. Four models of analogical transfer illuminate how analogies are used in these cases.' altloc: - http://cogsci.uwaterloo.ca/Articles/Pages/Med.analog.html chapter: ~ commentary: ~ commref: ~ confdates: ~ conference: Proceedings of the nineteenth annual conference of the cognitive science society confloc: ~ contact_email: ~ creators_id: [] creators_name: - family: Thagard given: P. honourific: '' lineage: '' date: 1997 date_type: published datestamp: 1998-06-07 department: ~ dir: disk0/00/00/06/75 edit_lock_since: ~ edit_lock_until: ~ edit_lock_user: ~ editors_id: [] editors_name: - family: Langley given: P. honourific: '' lineage: '' - family: Shafto given: M. honourific: '' lineage: '' eprint_status: archive eprintid: 675 fileinfo: /style/images/fileicons/text_html.png;/675/1/medical_analogies.htm full_text_status: public importid: ~ institution: ~ isbn: ~ ispublished: pub issn: ~ item_issues_comment: [] item_issues_count: 0 item_issues_description: [] item_issues_id: [] item_issues_reported_by: [] item_issues_resolved_by: [] item_issues_status: [] item_issues_timestamp: [] item_issues_type: [] keywords: ~ lastmod: 2011-03-11 08:54:11 latitude: ~ longitude: ~ metadata_visibility: show note: ~ number: ~ pagerange: ~ pubdom: FALSE publication: ~ publisher: 'Mahway: Erlbaum' refereed: FALSE referencetext: ~ relation_type: [] relation_uri: [] reportno: ~ rev_number: 8 series: ~ source: ~ status_changed: 2007-09-12 16:32:45 subjects: - cog-psy - comp-sci-art-intel - phil-sci succeeds: ~ suggestions: ~ sword_depositor: ~ sword_slug: ~ thesistype: ~ title: 'Medical analogies: Why and How?' type: confpaper userid: 149 volume: ~