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    A good analogical argument must satisfy both a prior asso... — Carmelics
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    A good analogical argument must satisfy both a prior association condition and a potential for generalization condition.

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    • 1.There must be a clear connection in the source domain between the known similarities (positive analogy) and the further similarity projected to hold in the target domain (hypothetical analogy).
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    • 2.There must be reason to think that the same kind of connection could obtain in the target domain, and specifically there must be no critical disanalogy between the domains.
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    • 1.Keynes and Mill both demonstrated that analogical arguments gain force from the elimination of competing hypotheses, not from generalization conditions imposed on structural features of domains.
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    • 2.The generalization condition conflates the logic of analogical inference with the logic of inductive enumeration, treating two epistemically distinct forms of reasoning as a single schema.
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    • 3.Norton's material theory of induction (2003) establishes that the warrant for any inductive inference derives from local, domain-specific facts rather than formal conditions imposed across domains.
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    • 1.Hesse's (1966) material theory of analogy shows that horizontal relations of resemblance alone can license analogical inference without requiring vertical causal associations in the source domain.
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    • 2.If resemblance between domains is sufficiently robust and multi-dimensional, the prior association condition is epistemically redundant rather than necessary.
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    Orderly structures emerge out of random low-level processes and the program produces plausible solutions. Copycat thus shows that analogy-making can be modeled as a process akin to perception, even if the program employs mechanisms distinct from those in human perception. The multiconstraint theory and Copycat share the idea that analogical cognition involves cognitive processes that operate below the level of abstract reasoning. Both computational models—to the extent that they are capable of
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