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1 Weak Analogy By: Maria Rivas

2 Weak Analogy Weak analogy is also knowns as:
(also known as: bad analogy, false analogy, faulty analogy, questionable analogy, argument from spurious similarity, false metaphor) When an analogy is used to prove or disprove an argument, but the analogy is too dissimilar to be effective. It is unlike the argument more than it is like the argument.

3 What is a weak analogy? The fallacy known as Weak Analogy (sometimes called False Analogy) is a weak argument based on debatable or unimportant similarities between two or more things. Example: My mom is just like Adolf Hitler. I doubt she will let me go out with you guys.

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