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work_kghp6s7rujat3dywvwidkt3ln4	Joseph Agassi	Analogies as Generalizations	1964	6	.pdf	application/pdf	2972	205	70	Analogies have been traditionally recognized as a proper part of inductive procedures, akin to generalizations. Traditionally, extensions of known observation-reports to unknown cases are of Take the standard example of induction concerning the whiteness of swans. In other words, the hypothesis that the next swan to be observed will be white is universe, the chances are that the next swan to be observed will be white because same analogy Harry also possesses the property Q, or (b) we arbitrarily discriminate Here we see no argument by analogy at all; it is merely the hypothesis that Dick This discussion, then, shows conclusively that the analogy from Tom to Dick is single predictions, or from one known case to another by analogy, are either ad hoc reliability, nor do I object to either generalization or analogy, but rather to the ad hoc DISCUSSION: ANALOGIES AS GENERALIZATIONS 355 DISCUSSION: ANALOGIES AS GENERALIZATIONS 355 	./cache/work_kghp6s7rujat3dywvwidkt3ln4.pdf	./txt/work_kghp6s7rujat3dywvwidkt3ln4.txt