The Paradox of Analogy
I will show that there is a type of analogical reasoning that instantiates a pattern of reasoning in confirmation theory that is considered at best paradoxical and at worst fatal to the entire syntactical approach to confirmation and explanation. However, I hope to elaborate conditions under which t...
Main Author: | David Botting |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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University of Windsor
2012-03-01
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Series: | Informal Logic |
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Online Access: | https://ojs.uwindsor.ca/ojs/leddy/index.php/informal_logic/article/view/3143 |
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