Joel: A myth is a narrative told to convey a community's traditional wisdom.Myths are not generally told in the moder...

Julie-V July 25, 2019

Analogy vs. Example

Hi LSAT Max, I confused Giselle's counterexample of the human body as a machine as an analogy. How can the two be distinguished so I can avoid this mistake in the future? Is an analogy something that supports, whereas a counterexample weakens/goes against? Thank you in advance for the help!

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Irina August 6, 2019

@Julie,

A counterexample is used as evidence against a certain point of view, J says there are no myths, but G gives him a counterexample to counter his position.

An analogy is used to highlight similarities between two distinct concepts. For example, a mockingbird has wings and can fly. A penguin also has wings, and therefore, can fly. This is a flawed analogy, but the general goal is to argue because X & Y are similar in some respects, they might be similar in others.

Does that make sense?

Let me know if you have any further questions.

Julie-V August 7, 2019

thank you for the explanation!

Ravi August 7, 2019

@Julie-V, let us know if you have any other questions!