False Analogy

In section 2 of Thank You For Arguing by Jay Heinrichs, Heinrichs discusses seven types of fallacies and examples of each one. One of these fallacies is called Tautology, which repeats the same idea over again. An example of a Tautology is “The Cowboys are favored to win since they’re the better team”(155). To add on, another fallacy is False Comparison, which is defined as a comparison of two alike ideas so they must be the same. A part of false comparison is False Analogy that is basically an argument of two things that makes absolutely no sense. A case of a false analogy is “I’m a successful businessman. Elect me mayor and I’ll run a successful city”(150). This does not make sense because being a businessman does not guarantee a person to
This fallacy is a great example of misinterpreting the evidence because a proof of this caliber will not be a strong idea. “That intern from Yale was great. Let’s get another from Yale”(153) is a great illustration of Hasty Generalization because there is too few of examples to prove an argument.Also, a deadly fallacy is the Red Herring, that is used to “distract the audience to make it forget what the main issue is about”(163). A form of red herring is the Straw Man fallacy, “which sets up a different issue that’s easier to argue”(163). Straw man is used when a person is told to tell chores then says something else to get off the topic of chores. Also, in court, a lawyer is given an argument which he cannot rebuttal so he has to use Straw Man in order to make the argument easier to win. Heinrichs also talks about Phronesis, or practical wisdom, and how a person has the ability to differ from both sides point of views to solve a problem and find a solution. An idea of Phronesis is if someone is injured and a person needs to find a way to make the person healthy. The individual uses practical wisdom to help out and find a way to solve the