In Chapter 12, I read about Reasoning by Analogy, Judging Analogies, and Analogies in the Law. The one that I found most interesting was Reasoning by Analogy. Epstein says that a comparison becomes reasoning by analogy when it is part of an argument: On one side of the comparison we draw a conclusion, so on the other side we should conclude the same. Basically, an analogy is a statement of a logical relationship between two similar things that are compared with each other.
A good example of Reasoning by Analogy would be:
Firemen and fires are like soldiers and war.
This is a good comparison because they both have a lot in common. They both wear uniforms, they both put their lives at risk, and they both fight (Fires/wars). I believe that people reason by analogy everyday when they are trying to compare a certain subject.
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