Johnson, Fred (Frederick A.), authorUniversity of Windsor, publisher2007-01-032007-01-031989Johnson, Fred, Analogical Arguings and Explainings, Informal Logic 11, no. 3 (Fall 1989): [153]-160. http://ojs.uwindsor.ca/ojs/leddy/index.php/informal_logic/article/view/2629/2070http://hdl.handle.net/10217/39022Publisher version: http://ojs.uwindsor.ca/ojs/leddy/index.php/informal_logic/article/view/2629/2070.Johnson takes arguings and explainings to be more fundamental than arguments and explanations. The former require agents for their explication. Johnson contends that the texts fail to recognize that many ordinary analogical arguments and explanations have a deductive structure. According to Johnson, analogies are often used to state general principles, which are a part of the structure of analogical arguments and explanations. Johnson compares his analysis of analogies with Levi's analysis of legal reasoning and with Aristotle's analysis of "reasoning by example."born digitalarticleseng© 1989 University of Windsor.Copyright and other restrictions may apply. User is responsible for compliance with all applicable laws. For information about copyright law, please see https://libguides.colostate.edu/copyright.informal logicexplanationargumentanalogylogicText