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Analogical reasoning is considered to be the pinnacle of cognition and it only develops in humans between the ages of three and four.

From Scientific American • Feb. 10, 2015

But some academics are now offering an elegy for the analogy: "Analogical thinking is at the very foundation of how we make use of old knowledge to understand new things," says Lohman.

From Time Magazine Archive

Analogical reasoning has a prominent place in our mental operations.

From Elementary Guide to Literary Criticism by Painter, F. V. N. (Franklin Verzelius Newton)

Analogical levelings to offset irregularities produced by phonetic laws.

From Language An Introduction to the Study of Speech by Sapir, Edward

Analogical reasoning from history or from recent experience in other places is wholly delusive.

From The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 04 (of 12) by Burke, Edmund