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A speaker compares two similar cases and infers that what is true for the first case is also true for the second. what is the term for this type of reasoning?

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I believe it is deductive reasoning. Deductive reasoning is reasoning from one or more general statements, laws, or principles regarding what is already known to reach a logically certain conclusion.
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