The Clustering Postulate, operating at the syntactic level of attribute co-occurrence, faces an analogous entrenchment problem: it cannot privilege scientifically relevant clusters over gerrymandered ones.

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Attribute co-occurrence(philosophy of science and metaphysics): When certain properties or features tend to appear together (like how 'feathers' and 'wings' often show up together in birds).
Clustering Postulate(Hesse's a priori justification of analogical reasoning (1974)): Hesse's proposed assumption that the epistemic probability function has a built-in bias towards generalization, intended to support inductive and analogical inference along Carnapian lines
Entrenchment problem(philosophy of science and epistemology): A logical difficulty where a theory or idea gets stuck and can't do what it's supposed to do because of how it's set up.
Gerrymandered(as used in metaphysics): Artificially constructed or grouped together in a way that seems designed to fit a particular purpose rather than reflecting natural categories.

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