section_path: Reason compared to related concepts/Logical reasoning methods and argumentation/Analogical reasoning
section_name: Analogical reasoning
paragraph_text: Analogical reasoning
  
  Analogical reasoning is a form of inductive reasoning from a particular to a particular. It is often used in case-based reasoning, especially legal reasoning. An example follows:
  
  Analogical reasoning is a weaker form of inductive reasoning from a single example, because inductive reasoning typically uses a large number of examples to reason from the particular to the general. Analogical reasoning often leads to wrong conclusions. For example: