False+or+Weak+Analogy

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Definition #1: **A** is like **B**. **B** has property **P**. Therefore, **A** has property **P**. (Where the analogy between **A** and **B** is weak.)

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Definition #2: **False analogy** is an [|informal fallacy] applying to [|inductive] [|arguments]. It is often mistakenly considered to be a [|formal fallacy], but it is not, because a false analogy consists of an error in the substance of an argument (the content of the analogy itself), not an error in the logical structure of the argument.

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Definition in your own "student friendly" words: A False Analogy is a purposefully weak analogy that seeks to bolster an argument through faulty reasoning between 2 completely unrelated nouns. For example, "Squares are like Triangles. Squares have 4 sides. Therefore Triangles have 4 sides." this is untrue. Even though Triangles and Squares are similar in the fact that they are shapes, they do not necessarily share EVERY trait.

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2-3 sentence explanation of why it is a good example: " Employees and nails are the same. As it is necessary to hit nails on the head in order to make them work, the same must be done with employees." This is a weak analogy because while the analogy WOULD make sense, one can look at the basis of the analogy (employees and nails are the same) and see that it makes no sense. Since the entirety of the analogy is based off of an erroneous claim this analogy is weak and false.

Link to example #2 (text, advertisement, video, speech, etc): http://www.collegeessayexamples.org/false-analogy-examples/

2-3 sentence explanation of why it is a good example: " A man, who wears a suit and tie like an attorney, must be an attorney." This is a weak analogy because while attorneys wear suits for their jobs, it would be silly to assume that someone who wears a generic work suit MUST BE an attorney. Since this analogy uses such a basic, blanketing, illogical and untrue basis, it is a false analogy.

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