Logic / Unit 8 Logic 391 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Weak Analogy
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The idea
Arguing from an analogy whose similarities are irrelevant to the projected property.
In practice
"Employees are like family, and you don't lay off family." The respects in which they differ are precisely the ones at issue.
Where people slip
Near-miss: analogy as such is indispensable — case law runs on it. The verdict comes from video 335's criteria, never from "that's just an analogy."
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