Question

consider this argument from analogy: i have visited many public gardens, and i almost always enjoyed walking in them. i just moved to a new town with a public garden. i have not visited it yet, but i know that it is similar in many ways to other public gardens that i have visited. so i will probably enjoy walking in the new public garden as well. would this argument from analogy become stronger, weaker, or neither if we added a premise that the new public garden is north of my house, whereas all of the gardens that i visited before were south of my house? group of answer choices

Answer 1

The argument from analogy would become weaker if we added the premise that the new public garden is north of the house while all the other gardens visited before were south of the house. This is because the geographical location (north vs. south) can have an impact on the features and characteristics of the public gardens, and this difference may weaken the similarity between the gardens. Therefore, adding this premise could undermine the analogy and make the argument less convincing.