Formal probabilistic frameworks, such as structure-mapping theory (Gentner) and Bayesiananalogicalinference models, have demonstrably increased predictive precision over purely intuitive analogical reasoning.
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Predictive precision(as used in scientific and philosophical evaluation)
How accurate something is at correctly guessing what will happen next—the fewer mistakes, the higher the precision.
Structure-mapping theory(as the main subject being explained)
A scientific theory explaining how we understand new things by comparing their underlying patterns and relationships to things we already know, rather than just looking at surface features.
analogical reasoning(Philosophy of inductive reasoning)
A form of inference that has been analyzed as generalization from a single case, as a sampling argument, or as a distinctive argument form supported by past successes