Argument by Analogy

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AA types

  • situational

  • temporal

  • person

  • group

  • arguments

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CONC AA ID language

  • as well

  • similarly

  • likewise

  • also

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Incomplete Analogy

  • leaves off a portion of the evidence required to complete the analogy

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Argument by Disanalogy WACS

NOT the same as AA bc it makes the CONC go in the opposite direction

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Nature of the Flaw

  • By definition you are dealing with two different situations. So will they really produce the same result? Sometimes, those situations are similar enough to produce the same result and sometimes they are not

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The assumption all CACs will deal with

The two situations are similar enough to attain the same result