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True or false: how strong an analogy is

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Questions
  1. Statement is true
    Yes
    Statement
    An analogy makes its conclusion probable, not certain.
  2. Statement is true
    Yes
    Statement
    The more relevant the resemblance, the stronger the analogy.
  3. Statement is true
    No
    Statement
    An analogy proves its conclusion beyond doubt.
  4. Statement is true
    Yes
    Statement
    A resemblance in an irrelevant respect weakens the argument.
  5. 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.

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Order the steps: judge an analogy

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Steps
  1. Identify the two things being compared
  2. Name the respects in which they genuinely resemble each other
  3. Name the conclusion the analogy wants you to draw
  4. Ask whether the resemblance is relevant to that conclusion
  5. Weigh the differences that would break the comparison
Name the resemblance, then ask whether it bears on the conclusion. Source: Logic: Deductive and Inductive, Carveth Read (1898), public domain.

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Tap every feature that STRENGTHENS an analogy

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Questions
  1. Items
    1. Text
      The shared respects bear on the conclusion
      Matches the category
      Yes
    2. Text
      Many relevant respects are shared
      Matches the category
      Yes
    3. Text
      Known differences are few
      Matches the category
      Yes
    4. Text
      The two things merely share a name
      Matches the category
      No
    5. Text
      The resemblance is in an irrelevant respect
      Matches the category
      No
    Category
    Strengthens an analogy
Relevance and number of shared respects strengthen it irrelevant likeness does not. Source: Logic: Deductive and Inductive, Carveth Read (1898), public domain.

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