Analyze the structure of the analogical arguments in the following passages, and evaluate them in terms of
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Analyze the structure of the analogical arguments in the following passages, and evaluate them in terms of the six criteria that have been explained:
Suppose that someone tells me that he has had a tooth extracted without an anaesthetic, and I express my sympathy, and suppose that I am then asked, “How do you know that it hurt him?” I might reasonably reply, “Well, I know that it would hurt me. I have been to the dentist and know how painful it is to have a tooth stopped [filled] without an anaesthetic, let alone taken out. And he has the same sort of nervous system as I have. I infer, therefore, that in these conditions he felt considerable pain, just as I should myself.”
—Alfred J. Ayer, “One’s Knowledge of Other Minds,” Theoria , 1953
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Introduction To Logic
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Authors: Irving M. Copi, Carl Cohen, Victor Rodych