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2. Analogy - Wikipedia

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   In historical science, comparative historical analysis often uses the concept of analogy and analogical reasoning. Recent methods involving calculation operate on large document archives, allowing for analogical or corresponding terms from the past to be found as a response to random questions by users (e.g., Myanmar - Burma) [30] and explained ...

3. Argument from analogy - Wikipedia

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   A false analogy is an informal fallacy, or a faulty instance, of the argument from analogy. An argument from analogy is weakened if it is inadequate in any of the above respects . The term "false analogy" comes from the philosopher John Stuart Mill , who was one of the first individuals to examine analogical reasoning in detail. [ 2 ]

4. Analogy (law) - Wikipedia

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   Analogy in law is a method of resolving issues on which there is no previous authority by using argument from analogy.Analogy in general involves an inference drawn from one particular situation to another based on similarity, but legal analogy is distinguished by the need to use a legally relevant basis for drawing an analogy between two situations.

5. Argument - Wikipedia

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   For example, if A. Plato was mortal, and B. Socrates was like Plato in other respects, then asserting that C. Socrates was mortal is an example of argument by analogy because the reasoning employed in it proceeds from a particular truth in a premise (Plato was mortal) to a similar particular truth in the conclusion, namely that Socrates was mortal.

6. Miller Analogies Test - Wikipedia

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   The Miller Analogies Test (MAT) was a standardized test used both for graduate school admissions in the United States and entrance to high I.Q. societies. Created and published by Harcourt Assessment (now a division of Pearson Education ), the MAT consisted of 120 questions in 60 minutes (an earlier iteration was 100 questions in 50 minutes).

7. Structure-mapping theory - Wikipedia

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   Structure mapping, originally proposed by Dedre Gentner, is a theory in psychology that describes the psychological processes involved in reasoning through and learning from analogies. [3] More specifically, this theory aims to describe how familiar knowledge, or knowledge about a base domain, can be used to inform an individual's understanding ...

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9. Masked-man fallacy - Wikipedia

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   The above reasoning is inconsistent (not truth-preserving). The consistent conclusion should be (). The following similar argument is valid: X is Z; Y is not Z; Therefore, X is not Y; This is valid because being something is different from knowing (or believing, etc.) something. The valid and invalid inferences can be compared when looking at ...