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The Argument from Analogy

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The argument from analogy: others resemble me in body and behavior; my behavior comes with experience; so theirs probably does too.

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Same laughter at the same joke, same species, same nervous system. The inference is inductive—likely, not guaranteed.

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It generalizes from a single case—me—the weakest sample size induction allows. The conclusion is better than the argument.