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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.

    The simplistic analysis of analogical argument as single-case induction does nothing to advance the search for criteria that distinguish relevant from irrelevant similarities.

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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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