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faulty analogy
the sufficiency problem of faulty analogies

description

Faulty Analogy occurs when an analogy is proposed which either contains false comparisons, or leaves out important differences that make the analogy weak.

examples

"Doctors are allowed to look up difficult diagnoses in their medical textbooks, so students should be able to look up tough test questions in their texts."



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