If Abell's theory leaves resemblance respects unspecified, it inherits Goodman's original objection that resemblance without constraints cannot ground an asymmetric representational relation.
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The specific ways or features in which one thing looks like or is similar to another thing.
resemblance without constraints(as used in Goodman's criticism)
The idea that if something just needs to look like what it represents, with no other rules or limits, it would be too vague to actually work as representation.