Week 7 - 3 of 3

For chapter 12, I found that reasoning by analogy was the most useful and interesting thing in this chapter. Reasoning by Analogy is a comparison when it is part of an argument: On one side of the comparison we draw a conclusion, so on the other side we should conclude the same. This definition is from Epstein. An example of this would be: "Jessica took the hottest guy to the school prom. Yet she is not the most popular. Lily, who is, was very jealous and wanted to do something about it. So at the prom, Lily decided to pull a prank on Jessica. When Jessica walked in Lily threw punch all over Jessica's dress. Jessica does not give in. So Jessica played it off and she came back with a pair of scissors and decided to cut holes into Lily dress." This example shows that Jessica's mentality is one of "an eye for an eye". Though she may get back at Lily this will get these two nowhere. Instead they will just become enemies, living life just to make the others a living hell. And it all started because of jealousy. That is usually why things like these happen.