Deductive Analogy Defended

Abstract

In (2015) André Juthe proposed a novel sui generis model of analogical reasoning and argued that where deductivist accounts failed, his account succeeded. In (2018) I argued that most of Juthe’s arguments against deductivism failed; identifying five criteria, I argued that Juthe’s account did no better than deductivist accounts with regard to four of them. Replying in (2019), Juthe argues that my objections miss their mark, that his own account does meet the criteria and that deductivist accounts fail to meet them, and that this does provide his own account with strong, albeit inconclusive, evidence in its favour. In this paper I will defend my case against these new arguments.