False Analogy - Definition and Examples
Definition False Analogy, also called Faulty Analogy, is an informal logical fallacy in inductive reasoning. It’s a part of Generalizations Fallacies group. It usually occurs when someone applies or assumes that if two things or events have similarities in one or more respects, they are similar in other properties too. Still, the things or events are substantially different, and those similarities can not be extrapolated to other properties.
This logical fallacy is widespread, because real-world parallels are always limited; the differences between things can often overpower their similarities.