Principia Cybernetica Web (C)

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ANALOGY

(1) correspondence in some respects, especially in function or position, between things otherwise dissimilar. (2) a form of logical inference, or an instance of it, based on the assumption that if two things are known to be alike in some respects, then they must be alike in other respects.