The Characters Of Analogous Inference In Ancient China

Mainly,the logic is the knowledge to study the inference. But in ancient China, the inference is named"analogous inference"or"analogizes", sometimes also used"reasoning". There are some same aspects between the logical inference in ancient China and ancient Greek. And they also have their own characters. This article believed that, in order to know analogous inference better, it is more important to research the difference between them. So this article wants to continue discussing the characters of analogous inference that was based on the investigation of many logical thinkers. Analogous inference is an inference that depends on category in China ancient. Therefore, category is very important for analogous inference. If we want to study the characters of analogous inference, we must know that the concept of category how to product and how to develop firstly. In the first part of this paper, there are two stages: how to produce and how to develop the non-logical category's concept and logical category.What's the analogous inference of China ancient actually? Chinese ancient and modern ideologists have their own views. The author provides a definition about analogous inference that based on these views. Analogous inference divides into the same category can inference and the different category can't inference. How to judge which one is belong to the same category. Chinese classical"Mo Jing"gives us a clear definition: Things have some same aspects, they are the same category. Things have no same in some aspects, they are different category. On this point,"Huai Nan Zi"has further views than"Mo Jing", it not only realized the things in the world have many differences, but also realized that the same category is not absolutely same, the different category is definitely different. But there are some differences in the same category and some same aspects in the different category. The author believes that the dialectical relation between the same category can inference and the different category can't inference by studying and investigating.After knowing the category plays so important role in the analogous inference and the definition of analogous inference, the third part of this article will discuss the Chinese unique characters of analogous inference, such as ignoring the form, valuing the content, and"Yan Shi to Yan Dao". Then the author will discuss the quality conclusion, ancient Chinese logic has both the deduction and the contingency. In ancient China, analogous inference has these characters, because it's in the environment. In the fourth part of this article will investigate the environment that the analogous in.