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    It is not the case that An argument form that eliminates the feature constitutive of its own category cannot preserve the source domain as epistemically relevant to the conclusion.

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    • 1.Non-constitutive features can be eliminated while preserving epistemic relevance through other shared properties.
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    • 2.Categories can have multiple constitutive feature sets; eliminating one doesn't necessarily eliminate category membership.
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    • 3.Epistemic relevance depends on inferential structure, not identity preservation—the form may still reliably track truth.
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    • 1.Categorical identity depends on constitutive features; removing them destroys what makes the category meaningful.
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    • 2.Epistemic relevance requires preserving the source domain's distinctive properties that warrant inference to conclusions.
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    • 3.Analogical reasoning loses justificatory force when the analogue no longer exemplifies the relevant structural features.
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