A philosophical method or system of reasoning based on analogy, drawing conclusions about one thing from its similarity to another.
From 'analog' (something similar) + '-ism' (a system or practice). Developed from ancient Greek philosophy where 'analogia' meant proportion or relation between things.
Analogism is surprisingly powerful—comparing a new technology to something familiar helps us understand it (the internet as an 'information highway'), but it can also mislead us into thinking completely different things work the same way. Evolution works nothing like an engineer's design, yet many people reason by analogy.
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