Brian92
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I'm having a problem with understanding analogies and the implications they make, if any. Allow me to give an example to illustrate my question. The political content of the analogy is unimportant. I'm not expressing a political viewpoint, it's just an example.
Lets say the Democratic party(America) proposed a national gun registry. John, a critic of this proposal, uses an analogy to reason why this is a bad idea. James then points out the implications of John's analogy.
John says, "The Nazi party started a national gun registry in Germany. That preceded a seizure of privately owned firearms. The national gun registry proposed by the Democratic party may precede a seizure of our privately owned firearms"
James replies, "It's disgusting that you would compare the Democrats to genocidal murderers."
I'm not asking if Johns analogy is strong (i.e. is it logical for him to reason an incoming firearms seizure). What I want to know is if James is correct when he accuses John of "comparing the Democrats to genocidal murderers." Do analogies make implications not explicitly mentioned in the analogy itself?
Lets say the Democratic party(America) proposed a national gun registry. John, a critic of this proposal, uses an analogy to reason why this is a bad idea. James then points out the implications of John's analogy.
John says, "The Nazi party started a national gun registry in Germany. That preceded a seizure of privately owned firearms. The national gun registry proposed by the Democratic party may precede a seizure of our privately owned firearms"
James replies, "It's disgusting that you would compare the Democrats to genocidal murderers."
I'm not asking if Johns analogy is strong (i.e. is it logical for him to reason an incoming firearms seizure). What I want to know is if James is correct when he accuses John of "comparing the Democrats to genocidal murderers." Do analogies make implications not explicitly mentioned in the analogy itself?