PHI 1101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Animal Testing

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Philosophy
• Course: PHI 1101
• Professor: Sardar Hosseini

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Earliest use may have been in mathematics (analogia=proportion) The main idea: because two things/objects are similar in several ways, they must be similar in some further way. ". A and b share properties (features w, x, y ) B has property (feature) z ex: animals, like humans, have nerves, a spinal cord, and a brain. So, like humans, animals must feel pain (not 100% guaranteed) Two kinds of non-deductive analogical arguments: factual analogical argument this type of argument uses an analogy to establish a claim about some state of affairs to some facts. Ex: mice are mammals, have a mammalian circulatory system, have typical mammalian biochemical reactions, respond readily to high blood pressure drugs, and experience a reduction in blood cholesterol when given the new. Humans are mammals, have a mammalian circulatory system, have typical mammalian biochemical reactions, and respond readily to high blood pressure drugs. A and b are similar (share w, x, y )