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    Challenges→Interpreting the argument from analogy as single-case induction is counter-productive because it fails to advance the search for criteria distinguishing relevant from irrelevant similarities.

    Distinguishing relevant from irrelevant similarities is necessary to differentiate good from bad analogical arguments.

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    Interpreting the argument from analogy as single-case induction is also counter-productive in another way. The simplistic analysis does nothing to advance the search for criteria that help us to distinguish between relevant and irrelevant similarities, and hence between good and bad analogical arguments.

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