@article{neusner1990mishnah,
  source = {jstor},
  ISSN = {0003-0279},
  abstract = {The paramount mode of reasoning in the Mishnah is "analogical-contrastive reasoning." The logic may be expressed very simply: all persons, things, or actions that fall within a single species of a given genus in a uniform system of classification follow a single rule. All persons, things, or actions that fall within a different species of that same genus follow precisely the opposite rule. Reasoning by analogy and contrast dominates in the formation of the Mishnah's rules and is, therefore, its generative mode of thought. Through hypothetical-analytical reasoning, we can thus work our way back from the conclusions that the Mishnah's authorship presents through the stages of reasoning that have led to those conclusions.},
  author = {Neusner, Jacob},
  copyright = {Copyright 1990 American Oriental Society},
  group = {Brief Communications},
  journal = {Journal of the American Oriental Society},
  jstor_articletype = {Full Length Article},
  jstor_date = {199004/199006},
  jstor_formatteddate = {Apr. - Jun., 1990},
  month = {apr},
  number = {2},
  pages = {317--321},
  publisher = {American Oriental Society},
  title = {The Mishnah's Generative Mode of Thought: Listenwissenschaft and Analogical-Contrastive Reasoning},
  url = {http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0003-0279%28199004%2F06%29110%3A2%3C317%3ATMGMOT%3E2.0.CO%3B2-%23},
  volume = {110},
  year = {1990},
}