Full Idea
The exceptional status of an object with respect to some default is more likely to spread to other objects if they share properties with that object that may play a role in explaining the exceptional status.
Gist of Idea
We infer that other objects are like some exceptional object, if they share some of its properties
Source
G. Aldo Antonelli (Non-Monotonic Logic [2014], 4)
Book Reference
'Stanford Online Encyclopaedia of Philosophy', ed/tr. Stanford University [plato.stanford.edu], p.27
A Reaction
This is an example of the sort of rational behaviour we exhibit, and which a 'real life' logic would somehow need to capture. I would suggest the essentialist logic designed by Kit Fine as a first port of call.