Keynes argued in his Treatise on Probability that analogical reasoning gains its epistemic force from the positive analogy between source and target, not from any derived universal law.
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analogical reasoning(Philosophy of inductive reasoning)
A form of inference that has been analyzed as generalization from a single case, as a sampling argument, or as a distinctive argument form supported by past successes
positive analogy(Analogical reasoning structure)
The shared properties P(S) and P(T) that hold in both the source domain S and the target domain T, forming the basis of an analogical argument
universal law(First formulation of Kant's categorical imperative)
A principle that holds for all rational agents without exception or contradiction when universally applied.