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RPF SI Analogy — practice questions — page 4

Explore 111 free Analogy questions in RPF SI Reasoning. Open each question or exercise to read its content, reference answers and available explanation.

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Which kind of inference is this?Read the answer and worked solution →True or false: how strong an analogy isRead the answer and worked solution →Order the steps: judge an analogyRead the answer and worked solution →Tap every feature that STRENGTHENS an analogyRead the answer and worked solution →Reading an analogyRead the answer and worked solution →Assertion and reasonRead the answer and worked solution →Two are true, one is notRead the answer and worked solution →Strengthens or weakens?Read the answer and worked solution →Flip and pair: inference with its directionRead the answer and worked solution →Spot the odd one outRead the answer and worked solution →True or false: analogy in argumentRead the answer and worked solution →Analogy against the other inferencesRead the answer and worked solution →Complete the test of an analogyRead the answer and worked solution →True or false: judging analogiesRead the answer and worked solution →Tap every question worth asking about an analogyRead the answer and worked solution →Which inference is at work?Read the answer and worked solution →Two are true, one is notRead the answer and worked solution →Assertion and reason: analogyRead the answer and worked solution →Spot the odd one outRead the answer and worked solution →Flip and pair: judgement with effectRead the answer and worked solution →The limits of analogyRead the answer and worked solution →

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Which kind of inference is this?

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Items
  1. Item
    Conclusion follows necessarily
    Category
    Deduction
  2. Item
    General rule applied to a case
    Category
    Deduction
  3. Item
    Generalises from many cases
    Category
    Induction
  4. Item
    Builds a rule from observation
    Category
    Induction
  5. Item
    Argues from one case to a similar case
    Category
    Analogy
  6. Item
    Leans on a resemblance
    Category
    Analogy
Categories
  1. Item
    Deduction
  2. Item
    Induction
  3. Item
    Analogy
Analogy sits alongside deduction and induction, and behaves like neither. Source: Logic: Deductive and Inductive, Carveth Read (1898), public domain.

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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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