AN ANNOTATED-BIBLIOGRAPHY OF WORKS ON ANALOGY

This article is a survey of research in the area of Analogical Reasoning. The research is concentrated in four major areas, Artificial Intelligence, Psychology, Philosophy, and Theories of Analogy. Each of these areas sheds light on the question: What is analogy and how can it be used to increase the reasoning ability of artificial intelligence applications? While the list of papers and books presented here is not exhaustive, it does represent some of the more influential and more recent works in the area. It is hoped that this list will be helpful to others in Artificial Intelligence just entering the field of Analogical Reasoning who recognize the importance of considering the views of other fields. What follows is a summary of the ideas presented by the authors in these four areas dealing with Analogical Reasoning. Each entry begins with an abstract if one was available, followed by comments and a summary of each article. If an abstract was not available (i.e., for books) a brief summary of the work is presented. The order of presentation of the four areas will be: (1) Artificial Intelligence Perspectives on Analogy, (2) Psychological studies on Analogy, (3) Philosophy and Analogy and (4) Theories of Analogy.