I'm baffled by the anti-analogies argument whether used against pop culture or historical analogies.
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yeah but when people groan at analogies they are annoyed at the superficial or trite use of them, not at the possibility of comparison
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its also not smart to come up with an analogy, and then stop paying attention to differences bc youve "got it". thats a cognitive problem
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saying trump official x is harry potter villain y is not particularly enlightening, even though its like a transcendental possibility
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right exactlyand its the wrong cognitive tool to say "but this is how concepts work" when someone is saying "use concepts better"
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this is critique of judgment not critique of pure reason shit
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