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In an analogy, two objects (or events), A and B are shown to be similar. Then it is argued that since A has property P, so also B must have property P. An analogy fails when the two objects, A and B, are different in a way which affects whether they both have property P.
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onegoodmove.org/fallacy/falsean.htm
onegoodmove.org/fallacy/falsean.htm
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False Analogy – an elaborate comparison of two things that are too dissimilar ... These occupations and skills are not parallel, thus creating a false analogy, distortion, and slanting.
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ksuweb.kennesaw.edu/~shagin/logfal-analysis-falseanalog...
ksuweb.kennesaw.edu/~shagin/logfal-analysis-falseanalogy.htm
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Describes and gives examples of the informal logical fallacy of weak analogy. ... This is a very common fallacy, but "False Analogy", its common name, is very misleading. Analogies are neither true nor false, instead they come in degrees from near identity to extreme dissimilarity. Here are two important points about analogy:
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www.fallacyfiles.org/wanalogy.html
www.fallacyfiles.org/wanalogy.html
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The 'False Analogy' fallacy incorrectly makes an analogical connection between two unconnected items. ... Disciplines > Argument > Fallacies > False Analogy...
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changingminds.org/disciplines/argument/fallacies/false_...
changingminds.org/disciplines/argument/fallacies/false_analogy.htm
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History, Foreign Policy, Middle East, South Asia, Religious Studies, War on Terror ... On the False Analogy Between Iraq and South Korea ; Bush is now talking about a "South Korea" model for Iraq. He likely got this nonsense from John Gaddis at Yale, who I heard talking it last November at the Chicago Humanities Fair.
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www.juancole.com/2007/05/on-false-analogy-between-iraq-...
www.juancole.com/2007/05/on-false-analogy-between-iraq-and-south.html
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And Rumsfeld's False Analogy; A suicide bomber jumped on a bus in Baghdad just as it was about to head south for Nasiriyah on Thursday, eluding security. The bus was lifted by gigantic fingers of flame, reaching out to kill and wound bystanders, as well.
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www.indybay.org/news/2005/12/1788868.php
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These errors involve false judgments of the available factual material, and all lead to untenable conclusions. ... A false or over-extended analogy is an assertion that because a similarity exists in one aspect, it must also exist in other aspects.
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www.unb.ca/extend/wss/fallacytxt.htm
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The White House faces growing opposition to the continuing U.S. military commitment in Iraq, not the least of which is from ... Although in many ways the analogy is inappropriate, critics of the administration frequently draw comparisons with the failed U.S. war in Vietnam to express their disillusionment over Iraq.
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www.forbes.com/leadership/managing/2007/08/28/iraq-viet...
www.forbes.com/leadership/managing/2007/08/28/iraq-vietnam-nato-biz-cz_0828oxford.html
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A false analogy is an unjustified inference drawn on the basis of similarities between two items or types of items. The justification of an inference based on analogical reasoning depends on the number and strength of known similarities and dissimilarities of the items being compared.
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www.skepdic.com/falseanalogy.html
www.skepdic.com/falseanalogy.html
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