Showing posts with label Fallacy: False Analogy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Fallacy: False Analogy. Show all posts
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False Analogy
When reasoning by analogy, the fallacy occurs when the analogy is irrelevant or very weak or when there is a more relevant disanalogy. See also Faulty Comparison.
Example:
The book Investing for Dummies really helped me understand my finances better. The book Chess for Dummies was written by the same author, was published by the same press, and costs about the same amount. So, this chess book would probably help me understand my finances.
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