More examples of a Weak and extended analogy please?
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Original Question
Hey
Can you please clarify the difference between a weak analogy and the extended analogy
I genuinely don't understand the difference.
Like not only explain it but a few examples I would highly appreciate it.
Anyone is free to try help me understand if you do!
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I agree that there is not an obvious difference. Perhaps the extended analogy is simply a particular type of weak analogy.
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Answers
1Extended analogy: two things are like a third thing, but in different ways. However, these "different ways" are ignored, and the two things are assumed the same.
Weak analogy: two things are assumed to be like each other, so if one has a specific property, the other also has that property (even though the two things are not similar enough for this to be the case).
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