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    Challenges→Determination rules do not provide a general justification for analogical arguments.

    For such cases, neither limiting analogical arguments to situations with well-supported determination rules nor formulating new ones is realistic.

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    Analogical arguments support the hypothesis that in each of these cultures, rock art symbolizes hallucinogenic experiences. Currie examines criteria that focus on assumptions about stability of cultural traits and environment-culture relationships. Currie (2016, 2018) and Wylie (Wylie and Chapman 2016) also stress the importance of robustness reasoning that combines analogical arguments of moderate strength with other forms of evidence to yield strong conclusions. Practice-based approaches can

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