There is a difference between argument by analogy and using an example. The relevant difference here is that examples illustrate arguments that are made separately, like how calef spent paragraphs 4 and 5 restating the arguments sans laptop.
If anything, the argument from analogy here is in the comparison between human working memory and computer RAM and a nebulous “size in mindspace,” because it is used as an important part of the argument but is not supported separately. But don’t fall for the fallacy fallacy—just because something isn’t modus ponens doesn’t mean it can’t be Bayesian evidence.
There is a difference between argument by analogy and using an example. The relevant difference here is that examples illustrate arguments that are made separately, like how calef spent paragraphs 4 and 5 restating the arguments sans laptop.
If anything, the argument from analogy here is in the comparison between human working memory and computer RAM and a nebulous “size in mindspace,” because it is used as an important part of the argument but is not supported separately. But don’t fall for the fallacy fallacy—just because something isn’t modus ponens doesn’t mean it can’t be Bayesian evidence.