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    It is not the case that Computational models like ACME operationalize structural alignment constraints that already function as normative principles governing analogical validity.

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    • 1.Descriptive adequacy (ACME matches human judgments) does not entail normative authority; humans may systematically reason poorly analogically.
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    • 2.Operationalization in code may merely formalize domain-specific heuristics rather than discover pre-existing universal normative principles.
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    • 3.The claim conflates functional necessity (ACME needs constraints to work) with philosophical justification (these constraints should govern validity).
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    • 1.Structural alignment constraints in ACME (systematicity, structural consistency) match principles philosophers already use to evaluate analogies.
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    • 2.Computational implementation reveals hidden normative commitments in analogical reasoning that were previously implicit in informal practice.
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    • 3.ACME's success at modeling human analogical judgments suggests its constraints capture genuine normative principles, not arbitrary algorithmic choices.
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