Methods of Reasoning Questions - - Question 26

Historian: There is no direct evidence that timber was traded between the ancient nations of Poran and Nayal, but the...

Ashley-Tien June 22, 2018

Analogy versus example

What is the difference between an analogy and an example?

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Anita June 27, 2018

@Ashley-Tien An analogy is a comparison between two similar things, where an example is a specific thing that is characteristic of the rule/king/thing/type.

nicolecald November 8, 2020

Can you please explain how it is at all an analogy? It simply stated that contemporary statutes might not be reliable. It never posed any concrete example so how are we supposed to know it's an analogy?

Abby February 16, 2021

I would also like to know how the critic's statement contains an analogy.

SMA May 19, 2022

I have the same question. Please let me know how this was an analogy.

Emil-Kunkin May 24, 2022

Hi SMA,

The analogy is the comparison between modern laws and the laws of ancient kingdoms. The critic is making an argument about how things were in the past by citing an analogous example from the present to further his argument.

Hanfan September 15, 2022

I still dont understand how this is an analogy. i crossed out this answer because i thought that no analogy was present. can you explain further? and how do we decipher analogies for these questions instead of examples. should we just always imply they are analogies?

Hanfan September 29, 2022

Hello, Just following up!

Emil-Kunkin December 18, 2022

Hi, an analogy is any time we use an example to make a point about a a similar but not identical situation, we are making an analogy.