Some people “get” analogies easily; others don’t–and the people who “get” them often don’t know where to start in explaining them to the others. So here’s a basic explanation of analogies: why we use them, how they work, and how they sometimes fail.
Some people “get” analogies easily; others don’t–and the people who “get” them often don’t know where to start in explaining them to the others. So here’s a basic explanation of analogies: why we use them, how they work, and how they sometimes fail.
Mark Grannis teaches logic and history at The Heights School in Potomac, Maryland. He is the author of The Reasonable Person: Traditional Logic for Modern Life and its Teacher Supplement.
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