D. Gentner et al., ANALOGICAL REASONING AND CONCEPTUAL CHANGE - A CASE-STUDY OF KEPLER,JOHANNES, The Journal of the learning sciences, 6(1), 1997, pp. 3-40
The work of Johannes Kepler offers clear examples of conceptual change
. In this article, using Kepler's work as a case study, we argue that
analogical reasoning facilitates change of knowledge in four ways: (a)
highlighting, (b) projection, (c) rerepresentation, and (d) restructu
ring. We present these four mechanisms within the context of structure
-mapping theory and its computational implementation, the structure-ma
pping engine. We exemplify these mechanisms using the extended analogi
es Kepler used in developing a causal theory of planetary motion.