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| relevance:false_analogy [22.08.26, 08:08:17] – ↷ Page moved from relevancy:false_analogy to relevance:false_analogy sascha | relevance:false_analogy [25.08.26, 20:41:49] (current) – [False equivalence] sascha |
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| The term "false equivalence" refers to a specific type of //false analogy// in which two things, ideas, or circumstances are presented as morally, logically or factually equivalent, even though there are significant differences between them. In this context, it is primarily used as a form of [[rhetoric:index|rhetorical fallacy]]. | The term "false equivalence" refers to a specific type of //false analogy// in which two things, ideas, or circumstances are presented as morally, logically or factually equivalent, even though there are significant differences between them. In this context, it is primarily used as a form of [[rhetoric:index|rhetorical fallacy]]. |
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| Treacherously, such analogies often seem quite plausible and reasonable at first glance, as in the following example: | Deceptively, such analogies often seem quite plausible and reasonable at first glance, as in the following example: |
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| > <u "Certainly true in certain respects, but probably not in others">A national budget is to a state what a household budget is to a private household.</u> | > <u "Certainly true in certain respects, but probably not in others">A national budget is to a state what a household budget is to a private household.</u> |
