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    It is not the case that If ambiguity admits of degrees, the boundary between genuinely fallacious equivocation and legitimate analogical inference becomes unprincipled and theory-dependent.

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    • 1.The fallacy of equivocation requires using a term with different meanings in different premises—a categorical distinction independent of degree-admitting ambiguity.
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    • 2.Analogical inference explicitly acknowledges semantic differences while mapping relational structures; equivocation denies or obscures such differences.
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    • 3.Intent and transparency provide principled non-theory-dependent criteria: equivocation typically involves hidden shifts, analogy transparent ones.
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    • 1.Ambiguity manifestly admits of degrees: 'bank' is less ambiguous than context-dependent pronouns, yet both exhibit semantic multiplicity.
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    • 2.Without principled boundaries, whether an inference commits the equivocation fallacy depends entirely on which interpretive framework one adopts.
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    • 3.Legitimate analogies often exploit semantic similarity across contexts, making them structurally indistinguishable from equivocation without external criteria.
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