Extended Analogy Description: Suggesting that because two things are alike in some way and one of those things is like something else, then both things must be like that “something else.” In essence, the ad Hitlerum fallacy is an extended analogy because it is the attempt to associate someone with Hitler’s psychotic behavior by way of a usually much more benign connection. Logical Form: A is like B in some way. C is like B in a different way. Therefore, A is like C. Example #1: Jennie: Anyone who doesn’t have a problem with slaughtering animals for food, should not, in principle, have a
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