Question

Thing A has properties P 1, P 2, P 3, plus the property P 4. Thing B has properties P 1, P 2, and P 3. Therefore, thing B probably has property P 4" is a pattern of reasoning known as

Answer 1

Answer:

Analogical argument

Explanation:

This  is  the  situation where  by  we  argue  that  because  two  things  are  similar, therefore  what  is  true  of  the  one  is  definitely  true  of  the  other.

To conclude or argue that because thing A has properties P 1, P 2, P 3, and P 4,  and thing B also has properties P 1, P 2, and P 3, definitely thing B has P4. This is a very wrong notion.