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False Analogy
Emma Webb and Bethany WoodMs. Gardner
English 10, Period 0
Wrongful comparisons of dissimilar situations.They can also be called “weak analogies” or “faulty analogies.”
Definition:
"The Fallacy-a-Day Podcast." The FallacyaDay Podcast. N.p., n.d. Web. 18 Mar. 2015.
False Analogy Examples. Digital image. Self Publish Your Book. Pixgood, n.d. Web. 17 Mar. 2015.
Examples of False Analogies Obama’s comparison of health insurance to car insurance. The difference is that driving is a privilege; life is not.
Glenn, Alex. In the News, Insurance 101. Digital image. Esurance Blog. N.p., 3 Oct. 2012. Web. 18 Mar. 2015.
Advertisers use the false analogy of comparing women to toys: "Women are like toys. They need to be decorated and accessorized to have value."
Top Ten Beauty Things You Should Own. Digital image. N.P., 2015. Web. 18 March. 2015.
Analysis on Fallacy ExamplesThe two provided examples are both instances of false analogies because they compare two dissimilar thoughts, with
the two different insurances and the different ideas of property and value. In the analogy about insurances, Obama’s
health insurance is compared to a car’s. This is false because of how they drastically differ. With a car, if it breaks down
or the battery dies you can replace it, but with a person’s health that isn’t always the case. Because not everyone has a
car or can drive, car insurance isn’t the most necessary thing to own. Once you are alive there are plenty of
opportunities to get a disease, in which case your health would be more important than a car. False analogies are not
only used to exert political power, but also to further the world of advertising.The comparison of women to toys is a
vital part of today’s advertising strategy; the speaker must create a necessity to own their product, and this is based off
the idea that women truly do need accessories to be valuable. These contrasting characters, of women and toys, are an
example of false analogy, illuminated by the fact that women live and toys do not. This is continually attempted to be
proved wrong by advertisers targeting both men and women who try to evade the difference of life and what it
demands and what objects demand. These two examples are only some of many in today’s world, and the faulty
comparisons lead to illogical proofs by exhorting the similarities of two objects and ignoring their differences.
Works Cited
● "False Analogy in Advertisement: How to Identify It." Answers.com. N.p., n.d. Web. 18 Mar. 2015.
● "False Analogy Examples." -Examples For False Analogy. N.p., n.d. Web. 18 Mar. 2015.