A Unitary Schema for Arguments by Analogy

Informal Logic 32 (1):1-24 (2012)
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Following a Toulmian account of argument analysis and evaluation, I offer a general unitary schema for, so called, deductive and inductive types of analogical arguments. This schema is able to explain why certain analogical arguments can be said to be deductive, and yet, also defeasible

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