Tap every question worth asking about an analogy
Exercise and reference answers
- Questions
- Items
- Text
- In what respects are the cases alike?
- Matches the category
- Yes
- Text
- Do those respects bear on the conclusion?
- Matches the category
- Yes
- Text
- What relevant differences are there?
- Matches the category
- Yes
- Text
- Which case is longer to describe?
- Matches the category
- No
- Text
- Which case was mentioned first?
- Matches the category
- No
- Category
- Worth asking about an analogy
Explanation
The checklist for judging one. Source: Logic: Deductive and Inductive, Carveth Read (1898), public domain.