A good analogy has one-to-one correspondence between the elements of the Analogue that determine the Assigned-Predicate and the elements of the Target-Subject. Moreover, there are two different types of a analogy: a same-domain-analogy and a different-domain-analogy. In a same-domain-analogy, the relations between the elements of the different objects are the same but also the elements are from the same domain. Juthes presents John Stuart Mill’s argument for other minds as a classical example of a same-domain-analogy. The Target-Subject is other people’s behavior and the Analogue is his own feeling and the Assigned-Predicate is that other people have minds too. Elements of the Target-Subject are: (1)Body exhibit acts, (2) Body exhibit outward signs, (3)modifications of body, (4) Feeling and other mental states causes (1) and (2), and is caused by (3). Elements of the Analogue are: (1)Body exhibit acts, (2) Body exhibit outward signs, (3)modifications of his body (4) Feeling and other mental states causes (1) and (2), and is caused by (3). Juthes states this is a good analogy because there is a one-to-one correspondence between the elements of the
A good analogy has one-to-one correspondence between the elements of the Analogue that determine the Assigned-Predicate and the elements of the Target-Subject. Moreover, there are two different types of a analogy: a same-domain-analogy and a different-domain-analogy. In a same-domain-analogy, the relations between the elements of the different objects are the same but also the elements are from the same domain. Juthes presents John Stuart Mill’s argument for other minds as a classical example of a same-domain-analogy. The Target-Subject is other people’s behavior and the Analogue is his own feeling and the Assigned-Predicate is that other people have minds too. Elements of the Target-Subject are: (1)Body exhibit acts, (2) Body exhibit outward signs, (3)modifications of body, (4) Feeling and other mental states causes (1) and (2), and is caused by (3). Elements of the Analogue are: (1)Body exhibit acts, (2) Body exhibit outward signs, (3)modifications of his body (4) Feeling and other mental states causes (1) and (2), and is caused by (3). Juthes states this is a good analogy because there is a one-to-one correspondence between the elements of the