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    Norton's material theory of analogical reasoning fails to provide useful evaluation criteria for most analogical arguments.

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    • 1.Norton's material theory requires identifying a 'fact of the analogy' as a local uniformity before evaluation can proceed.
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    • 2.Hesse's relational account shows that most analogical arguments derive force from structural mappings, not local uniformities.
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    • 3.Without a method to identify which uniformities are relevant, Norton's theory cannot generate evaluative criteria across domains.
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    • 1.Bartha's articulation model provides domain-neutral criteria (prior association, probability, causal relevance) absent from Norton's framework.
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    • 2.If a rival theory systematically evaluates cases where Norton's theory yields silence, Norton's theory fails as a general evaluative standard.
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    • 1.Norton's theory works only when the local uniformity (the fact of the analogy) is patent or naturally inferred.
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    • 2.For explanatory analogies and mathematical analogies, the uniformity is itself the target of the inference rather than a given driver, so the theory does not apply.
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    • 3.For many other analogical arguments, the underlying uniformity is unclear, leaving the theory without applicable criteria.
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    Orderly structures emerge out of random low-level processes and the program produces plausible solutions. Copycat thus shows that analogy-making can be modeled as a process akin to perception, even if the program employs mechanisms distinct from those in human perception. The multiconstraint theory and Copycat share the idea that analogical cognition involves cognitive processes that operate below the level of abstract reasoning. Both computational models—to the extent that they are capable of
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