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whether two dynamic mechanisms are fundamentally different, or whether they are the result of breaking the symmetries of a generic mechanism in two different ways

A methodological question that the associative model helps to answer by revealing symmetries.

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An association-based model of dynamic behaviour

(2011) · Piumarta, Ian

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The symmetry between type-centric and selector-centric inheritance, described in Section 5, is one example of how different mechanisms are specialisations of a generic mechanism.
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Claim that the associative model reveals fundamental symmetries between ostensibly different delegation strategies.

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