PHI 1101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Mythbusters
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Example (non-moral argument by analogy): papa-jones and jones-junior. Jones-junior is going to be a failure like his father. (1) his father was never successful in business, (2) he never had any lasting relationships, (3) he is always in debt, (4) and he drinks all the time. Jones-junior is just like his father, because he is also unmarried and unemployed. Furthermore, i often see him in the bar squandering all his money. I wouldn"t be surprised if he ended up a failure just like his father. The premises spell out the similarities between papa-jones and. Jones-junior, and these similarities provide evidence for the conclusion that junior will also be a failure. We can write out the example like this: Papa and junior both possess features 1, 2, 3 and 4. Papa-jones also possesses feature f (failure in life) Therefore, (since junior is so similar to papa) junior-jones will also possess feature f. Example (moral argument by analogy): joe and bob.
