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    Supports→The proposed analogical inference rule (5) is unacceptable as a general rule.

    A rule that cannot discriminate projectible from non-projectible analogical bases systematically underdetermines when inductive support is genuine, rendering it unfit as a general rule.

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    Key Terms

    Analogical bases(as used in inductive reasoning)
    The specific similarities or shared features between different things that we use as a reason to think they'll be alike in other ways too (reasoning by analogy).
    Non-projectible(as used in philosophy of induction)
    A property or characteristic that is NOT reliable for making predictions, even if it seemed to work in past cases; using it to predict future cases would be misleading or invalid.
    general rule(Introduced as a definitional preamble; the form itself is not given in the excerpt)
    A law-like statement (true or false) of a specified form
    inductive support(in logic and reasoning)
    Evidence gathered from specific examples that makes a general claim more likely to be true, like how seeing many red apples makes the claim 'apples are red' more believable.

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    projectible(Goodman's theory of projection)
    A universal conditional generalization that can be confirmed by its instances and projected from examined cases to unexamined ones, characterized by predicates that have a history of past projections
    underdetermines(logic and language)
    Doesn't fully decide or pin down; leaves open multiple possible interpretations because there isn't enough information visible to choose just one.

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