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Full Idea
Arguments from analogy are to be distrusted: at best they can serve as heuristics.
Clarification
A 'heuristic' is a guide
Gist of Idea
Don't trust analogies; they are no more than a guideline
Source
Volker Halbach (Axiomatic Theories of Truth [2011], 4)
Book Ref
Halbach,Volker: 'Axiomatic Theories of Truth' [CUP 2011], p.25
| 15770 | Some things cannot be defined, and only an analogy can be given [Aristotle] |
| 4636 | All reasoning concerning matters of fact is based on analogy (with similar results of similar causes) [Hume] |
| 6961 | An analogy begins to break down as soon as the two cases differ [Hume] |
| 5555 | Philosophical examples rarely fit rules properly, and lead to inflexibility [Kant] |
| 5331 | You can't infer that because you have a hidden birth-mark, everybody else does [Ayer] |
| 6574 | Legal reasoning is analogical, not deductive [Fogelin] |
| 7465 | Babylonian thinking used analogy, rather than deduction or induction [Watson] |
| 16307 | Don't trust analogies; they are no more than a guideline [Halbach] |