What logical fallacies involve false comparisons?
Logical fallacies that involve false comparisons include the following:
- False equivalence fallacy: Incorrectly treating two different arguments or scenarios as equally significant or valid when they are not
- False analogy fallacy: Drawing comparisons (analogy) between two things that are not sufficiently similar, leading to an invalid inference
- False dichotomy fallacy: Presenting a situation as having only two options or outcomes, ignoring the possibility of other alternatives