Argument from analogy

I know that my body is often affected by stimuli, which generate feelings, which in turn generate outward behaviour. As I observe the stimuli effects and behaviour in others, I can generalize from my truth that the middle link (feelings) exists too.

John Stuart Mill (1878).



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