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In Chapter 1 [§1.6.2], I identified a sense of ‘analogy’ that is used to refer to the process of predicting further similarities between two objects or situations, given some existing similarities. I have been calling this mode of analogy predictive analogy, but it is also known as analogical reasoning, analogical inference, and argument by analogy. For instance, given that one has just bought a 1987 Toyota Celica for $6000, on hearing that a close friend is considering buying a 1987 Toyota Celica also, predictive analogy leads her to expect that the friend will spend around $6000. Or, on finding out that the planet Venus has several characteristics in common with Earth, predictive analogy would suggest that Venus is inhabited also.
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Indurkhya, B. (1992). On Predictive Analogy and Induction. In: Metaphor and Cognition. Studies in Cognitive Systems, vol 13. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-2252-0_10
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