PHIL 201 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Proctor, Sulfur Dioxide, Phonics
7 Apr 2016
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Arguments from analogy depend on the comparison of instances: relevant similarities. Jack"s toyota camry is silver and has leather seats. Weak silver, leather seats: relevant dissimilarities. Jack"s car will probably get good mileage as well. Bob has a toyota and never does the manufacturer"s recommended maintenance. Jack has a toyota and does all the manufacturer"s recommended maintenance. Jack"s car will probably get good mileage as well: number of instances compared. He doesn"t regularly do the suggested maintenance and he drives mostly in the city. He does do the suggested maintenance and drives mostly in the city. He does not do the suggested maintenance and drives mostly on the highway. The diversity among cases reduces the chance that the good mileage was caused by something other than having a toyota. That is, it is unlikely it is caused by performing regular maintenance, or driving on the highway since not all of the primary analogues have these features.
