True or false: how strong an analogy is
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- Questions
- Statement is true
- Yes
- Statement
- An analogy makes its conclusion probable, not certain.
- Statement is true
- Yes
- Statement
- The more relevant the resemblance, the stronger the analogy.
- Statement is true
- No
- Statement
- An analogy proves its conclusion beyond doubt.
- Statement is true
- Yes
- Statement
- A resemblance in an irrelevant respect weakens the argument.
- Statement is true
- No
- Statement
- Analogy is a form of deduction.
An analogy is only as strong as the relevance of the resemblance it rests on. Source: Logic: Deductive and Inductive, Carveth Read (1898), public domain.