Analogy is a comparison or correspondence between two things (or two groups of things) because of a third element that they are considered to share. Logically, it is an inference or an argument from one particular to another particular, as opposed to deduction, induction, and abduction.
Analogy is a comparison or correspondence between two things (or two groups of things) because of a third element that they are considered to share. Logically, it is an inference or an argument from one particular to another particular, as opposed to deduction, induction, and abduction.
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