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    It is not the case that The sampling argument analysis of analogical reasoning fails due to the counting problem

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    • 1.The sampling argument requires counting similarities and differences between domains
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    • 2.The population of properties is poorly defined
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    • 3.The ratio of shared to total known properties varies dramatically depending on how properties are counted
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    • 1.Goodman's grue paradox demonstrates that no principled, non-circular criterion exists for distinguishing projectible from non-projectible predicates.
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    • 2.Without such a criterion, any sampling argument over shared properties presupposes the very inductive validity it claims to establish.
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    • 3.This vicious circularity undermines the sampling argument independent of how generously or narrowly one counts the property population.
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    • 1.Quine's ontological relativity shows that property individuation is relative to a background theory, making property counts theory-dependent rather than objective.
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    • 2.If the ratio of shared to total properties shifts with theoretical framework, the sampling argument yields incompatible probability estimates for the same analogy simultaneously.
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