CRITICAL THINKING
ARGUMENT FROM ANALOGY: WITA EXAMPLES
1. In the current crisis, we cannot afford not to reelect Jones as president.
You should not change horses in the middle of the stream.
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2. Children require benevolent authority from their parents. So, we should
not worry about a benevolent authoritarian ruler.
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3. I know that my friend has a conscious mind that directs her behavior
because she behaves like I do and I know that I have a conscious mind
directing my behavior.
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4. I would advise against marriage. Being married to someone is like
wearing a ball and chain.
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5. Thinking creatively is like prospecting for gold. You come up with
nothing much more than you come up with something.
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6. When a nation makes military threats against other nations, it is like
when the law makes threats of punishment against citizens of a nation.
And we know that legal threats work.
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7. Civil disobedience is never justified. Living in a country is like signing a
contract promising always to obey its laws.
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8. If a nation is invaded, it is entitled to defend itself, just as an individual is
allowed to use force in self defense.
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9. If you have too much information in your head, you need to forget
something before you can learn something new, because the brain is
like a computer. After all, the nerves of the brain are like the circuits on
a computer chip.
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