More examples of a Weak and extended analogy please?

Hey

Can you please clarify the difference between a weak analogy and the extended analogy

I genuinely don't understand the difference.

Like not only explain it but a few examples I would highly appreciate it.

Anyone is free to try help me understand if you do!

asked on Friday, Jan 07, 2022 03:44:17 PM by Ed F

1	account no longer exists writes: I agree that there is not an obvious difference. Perhaps the extended analogy is simply a particular type of weak analogy.
	posted on Friday, Jan 07, 2022 04:23:44 PM

	0	account no longer exists writes: [To Prof M] See, for example, https://www.fallacyfiles.org/wanalogy.html . Here, the weak analogy is seen to have a number of "sub-fallacies." Perhaps the extended analogy is a sub-fallacy as well.
		[ login to reply ] posted on Friday, Jan 07, 2022 04:32:23 PM

0	account no longer exists writes: Hmm, I am shown to be the poster of the question, but I am not. I am simply a commenter.
	posted on Friday, Jan 07, 2022 04:35:54 PM

	0	TrappedPrior (RotE) writes: [To Prof M] I've also noticed another poster who apparently has my username, except when I click on their profile picture, their name appears blank!
		[ login to reply ] posted on Friday, Jan 07, 2022 07:57:47 PM

	0	Ed F writes: [To Prof M] I had a similar thing happen to me yesterday; I posted an answer and then someone else did and both answers were attributed to me.
		[ login to reply ] posted on Friday, Jan 07, 2022 07:58:41 PM

0	Ed F writes: Now I'm shown as the poster of this question, even though I'm not. This is happening a lot!
	posted on Saturday, Jan 08, 2022 11:21:51 AM

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TrappedPrior (RotE) 1	Extended analogy: two things are like a third thing, but in different ways. However, these "different ways" are ignored, and the two things are assumed the same. Weak analogy: two things are assumed to be like each other, so if one has a specific property, the other also has that property (even though the two things are not similar enough for this to be the case).
	answered on Friday, Jan 07, 2022 04:32:06 PM by TrappedPrior (RotE)
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