PHIL 12 Lecture 12: Animal Testing and Argument by Analogy
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Phil 12 lecture 12 animal testing and argument by analogy. Some familiar arguments: ex: the universe is a complex system like a watch. A watch can"t come about by accident it must have been designed by someone. So the universe too must have been created by an intelligent designer indeed a designer much more intelligent. Arguments from analogy: assume that two things (objects, processes, events) are similar in some respects. Then it is justified to infer that they are also similar in some other respect: things of type x have features f, g, h. Things of type y have features f, g, h, and also z. Pat and mr. x have many close friends. Therefore, mr. x is likely to be conservative: this is a good argument, people tend to have the same basic moral world view as their friends.
