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    A determination rule that fully specifies which variables... — Carmelics
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    Challenges→Analogical reasoning can be justified by determination rules without trivializing the analogical argument

    A determination rule that fully specifies which variables determine Q already encodes the analogical inference, making the analogy itself epistemically redundant.

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    • 1.A complete determination rule logically entails the outcome, making analogical inference—which relies on partial similarity—explanatorily redundant.
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    • 2.If analogy adds epistemic value beyond the rule, the rule was incomplete; completeness and analogy's independence are mutually exclusive.
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    • 3.Analogy functions heuristically to discover rules, but once rules are fully specified, analogy becomes pedagogically useful but not epistemically necessary.
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    • 1.Complete determination rules are rarely achievable; analogy provides justified inference where full specification is unattainable or computationally intractable.
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    • 2.Analogy can encode domain-specific knowledge about relevance that formal rules miss; redundancy presupposes rules capture all epistemically salient information.
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    • 3.Even with a rule, analogy justifies belief by warranting the rule's applicability to novel cases—a distinct epistemic contribution from the rule itself.
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