The present volume assembles a relevant set of studies of argument by analogy, which address this topic in a systematic fashion, either from an essentially theoretical perspective, or from the perspective of it being applied to different fields like politics, linguistics, literature, law, medicine, science in general, and philosophy. All result from original research conducted by their authors for this publication. Thus, broadly speaking, this is an exception which we find worthy of occupying a special place in the sphere of the bibliography on the argument by analogy. In effect, most of the contexts of the publications on this topic focus on specific areas, for example everyday discourse, science or law theory, while underestimating or sometimes even ignoring other interdisciplinary scopes, as is the case of literature, medicine or philosophy. The idiosyncrasy of this volume is that the reader and the researcher may follow the development of different theoretical outlooks on argument by analogy, while measuring the scope of its (greater or lesser) application to the aforementioned areas as a whole.

Inhalt
Introduction; Henrique Jales Ribeiro.- Part I: Theoretical Approaches to Argument by Analogy.- Argumentation Schemes for Argument from Analogy; Douglas N. Walton.- Argumentation by Analogy in Stereotypical Argumentative Patterns; Frans H. van Eemeren and Bart Garssen.- The Uses of Analogy; Lilian Bermejo-Luque.- Analogy and Redefinition; Fabrizio Macagno.- Arguments from Parallel Reasoning; Jan Albert van Laar.- A Systematic Review of Classifications of Arguments by Analogy; André Juthe.- Messing Up the Mind? Analogical Reasoning with Metaphors; Eugen Fischer.- Part 2: Applied Approaches to Argument by Analogy.- How To Make Figures Talk: Comparative Arguments in TV Election Night Specials; Marianne Doury.- Analogical Argumentation in Text Genres: Empirical Studies; Rosalice Pinto.- Classical Fables as Arguments: Narration and Analogy; Paula Olmos.- Analogies in Scientific Explanations: Coancept Formation by Analogies in Cultural Evolutionary Theory; Christian Feldbacher.- Analogy and Interpretation in Legal Argumentation; Damiano Canale and Giovanni Tuzet.- Analogy Legis and Analogy Iuris: An Overview from a Rhetorical Perspective; Giovanni Damele.- Analogical Reasoning in Clinical Practice; Nino Guallart Forés.- The Role of Analogy in Philosophical Discourse; Henrique Jales Ribeiro.- About the Authors.- Index.