Reasoning by Analogy in Hume's Dialogues

Refutation by Parallel Argument

“…There is also a problem of making the correct specification of the universal premise that is targeted for the counterexample. 55 53 Barker (1989), see also Cohen (1986, pp. 82-91).…”

The fallacy of composition: Guiding concepts, historical cases, and research problems

“…6 The association of the second and third notions with each other is very common, as we have seen. On the other hand, the association of all three is relatively rare, but does occur.…”

“…See also [61]. 6 The distinction between the parts-whole relationship and the members-group relationship strikes me as intuitively obvious. However, it may be partly justified by arguing that this distinction is analogous to one needed in set theory and the foundations of mathematics; that is, the distinction between the notion of one set being a subset of another and the notion of an individual object being an element of a set; cf.…”

“…Barker [6]; O'Connor [71], 69-70; Finocchiaro [32], 207). This charge is only one objection 10 However, that version of the argument, and the Galilean criticism of it, raise other interesting issues, which happen to relate to the fallacy of petitio principii or begging the question; see Galilei [37], 86-88.…”

Arguments, Meta-arguments, and Metadialogues: A Reconstruction of Krabbe, Govier, and Woods

“…343-411), there are two projects. The first involves one of the most well known cases of meta-argument in the history of thought-Hume's critique of the argument from design in his Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion; this task will be immensely facilitated by Barker (1989), who has analyzed this work with such great informal-logical insight that the main thing left to do is to adapt his conclusions to meta-argumentative or metadialogical purposes.…”