XXXI—ANALOGY
Logicians of Greek inspiration apply the term reasoning or argument to at least eight different intellectual operations, some of them important indeed but only one of them argument. This is Analogy—which receives but little notice from logicians because it does not give certain conclusions. The operations mistaken for argument are:
- Immediate Inference—
- Arithmetical Calculation—
- Geometrical Demonstration—
- Induction—
- Aristotle's Dictum—
- Mediate Comparison—
- Syllogism.