Observations of history, however, are, my good sir. *puts tophat and monocle on*
Analogies are not arguments my friend :-)https://twitter.com/Styx666Official/status/1072627995549069312 …
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Stefan, do you have a single example of a functioning anarchocapitalist society?
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Somalia during the civil war?
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"Functioning" anarchocapitalist society..
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Haha, that’s as functioning as it gets. :)
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Podcast! Podcast! Podcast! Would love to hear you two talk through this!
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Acknowledging contrasts is in fact the epitome of arguments. Worse yet, it makes the comparative right unless you can legitimately convey otherwise.
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Analogies can be used in arguments as antithetical parallels.
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*Clink clink clink clink*
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You're right, but haven't said anything. Syllogisms use a similar form of deductive reasoning that analogies use. Analogies don't illustrate a truth per se, but sometimes it's the best way to give contextual clarity to an argument that is difficult to comprehend in explicit terns
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History is though.
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Saying analogies are not arguments is not an argument either. A hypothesis is not an argument etc. So what? Analogies can illuminate as much as they can mislead.
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Analogies can absolutely be arguments. You know what isn't an argument? A fake straw man dialogue like the one you used the other day. You are so bad at the thing you wrote a book on that I find myself defending fukkin Styxhexenhammer.
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The second sentence is
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Argument from analogy is a form of inductive argument...
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Uh.... yes. They are. If they are accurate ones. If they are good ones. Comparisons are arguments. X-Y=B. X=G and Y=H That is the analogy. The argument, is "therefor, G-H=B".
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