The book warns that analogy does not itself grant certainty: what we identify as the cause may not be the true cause. A genuine shared rationale can strengthen the inference; an accidental similarity can undermine it.
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Why analogy may not yield certainty
Induction and Analogy — Istiqra and Tamthil
The book warns that analogy does not itself grant certainty: what we identify as the cause may not be the true cause. A genuine shared rationale can strengthen the inference; an accidental similarity can undermine it.