If the Aristotelian reconstruction replaced that positive analogy with a universal generalization, it thereby eliminates the very feature—source-target similarity—that gives analogical inference its distinctive character.
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An attempt to explain or interpret what a philosopher really meant, often by building a new version of their ideas.
Source-target similarity(in analogical inference)
The resemblance between the original thing you're learning from (source) and the new thing you're trying to understand (target) when making a comparison.
positive analogy(Analogical reasoning structure)
The shared properties P(S) and P(T) that hold in both the source domain S and the target domain T, forming the basis of an analogical argument
universal generalization(what we assume when we say a cause led to an effect)
A statement that claims something is true for all cases or all members of a group, rather than just one specific example.