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Exercise4.2.7

You are doing these exercises to develop your ability to see and draw analogies. Thomson says in the same paragraph (p. 337) that "the details make a difference." For each of the special details in her parallels (1)-(5), explain what details in the target argument she could mean to add.

(1) open windows and a burglar
(2) barred windows and a burglar
(3) open windows and an innocent person
(4) barred windows and an innocent person
(5) pollen-like people seeds.

Then turn the page to compare your answer to mine.

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Once you have completed this excercise you should:

Go on to Exercise4-2-8
or
Go back to Argument from Analogy

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