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Which kind of inference is this?

Exercise and reference answers

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

Explanation

Analogy sits alongside deduction and induction, and behaves like neither. Source: Logic: Deductive and Inductive, Carveth Read (1898), public domain.
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