PROBABLE ARGUMENTS.

70. Probable Arguments. -- They are those arguments which proceed from one or more probable premises to a conclusion which is only probable.

Under one heading may be classed the various arguments which may be called in a general way arguments from analogy: the enthymeme (in Aristotle's sense), analogical induction, the example and certain inferences drawn from the theory of probabilities; under another heading, the hypothesis; under a third, the argument from authority.