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Rhetoric and Analogies

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Aragones, E.
Gilboa, I.
Postlewaite, A.
Schmeidler, D.

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The art of rhetoric may be defined as changing other people`s minds (opinions, beliefs) without providing them new information. One technique heavily used by rhetoric employs analogies. Using analogies, one may draw the listener`s attention to similarities between cases and to re-organize existing information in a way that highlights certain regularities. In this paper we offer two models of analogies, discuss their theoretical equivalence, and show that finding good analogies is a computationally hard problem.

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Paper provided by Tel Aviv in its series Papers with number 2001-15.

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Date of creation: 2001
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Keywords: INFORMATION ; RHETORIC ; MODELS;

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D80 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - General
D83 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - Search, Learning, and Information
D89 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - Other

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  1. Ran Spiegler, 2006. "Argumentation in Multi-issue Debates," Social Choice and Welfare, Springer, vol. 26(2), pages 385-402, April. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
  2. E. Aragones & I. Gilboa & A. Postlewaite & D. Schmeidler, 2003. "Accuracy vs. Simplicity: A Complex Trade-Off," Levine's Bibliography 506439000000000185, UCLA Department of Economics. [Downloadable!]
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  3. Ran Spiegler, 2003. "Argumentation in Multi-Issue Debates," Levine's Bibliography 506439000000000204, UCLA Department of Economics. [Downloadable!]
  4. David Austen-Smith & Tim Feddersen, 2002. "The Inferiority of Deliberation Under Unanimity," Discussion Papers 1360, Northwestern University, Center for Mathematical Studies in Economics and Management Science. [Downloadable!]
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