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  2. Similarity (philosophy) - Wikipedia

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    But in resemblance nominalism, they are treated as one property since all their bearers belong to the same resemblance class. [24] Another counter-argument is that this approach does not fully solve the problem of universals since it seemingly introduces a new universal: resemblance itself. [22] [3]

  3. Nominalism - Wikipedia

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    Proponents of resemblance nominalism believe that 'cat' applies to both cats because Fluffy and Kitzler resemble an exemplar cat closely enough to be classed together with it as members of its kind, or that they differ from each other (and other cats) quite less than they differ from other things, and this warrants classing them together. [23]

  4. Family resemblance - Wikipedia

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    Family resemblance (German: Familienähnlichkeit) is a philosophical idea made popular by Ludwig Wittgenstein, with the best known exposition given in his posthumously published book Philosophical Investigations (1953). [1]

  5. Plausible reasoning - Wikipedia

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    Plausible reasoning can be used to fill in implicit premises in incomplete arguments. Plausible reasoning is commonly based on appearances from perception. Stability is an important characteristic of plausible reasoning.

  6. Godwin's law - Wikipedia

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    Promulgated by the American attorney and author Mike Godwin in 1990, [1] Godwin's law originally referred specifically to Usenet newsgroup discussions. [3] He stated that he introduced Godwin's law in 1990 as an experiment in memetics, [1] specifically to address the ubiquity of such comparisons which he believes regrettably trivialize the Holocaust.

  7. Resemblance - Wikipedia

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    Resemblance may refer to: Similarity (philosophy) , or resemblance, a relation between objects that constitutes how much these objects are alike Family resemblance (anthropology) , physical similarities shared between close relatives

  8. Argument from analogy - Wikipedia

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    Argument from analogy is a special type of inductive argument, where perceived similarities are used as a basis to infer some further similarity that has not been observed yet. Analogical reasoning is one of the most common methods by which human beings try to understand the world and make decisions. [ 1 ]

  9. Popper and After - Wikipedia

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    Induction is invalid without Resemblance: Any inductive argument is invalid, and the validator of it is a Resemblance Thesis. H: Resemblance is a contingent feature of the Universe: A Resemblance Thesis is a contingent proposition about the unobserved. I: Resemblance is not provable a priori: A Resemblance Thesis is not deducible from necessary ...