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    There is room for both computational and traditional philosophical models of analogical reasoning.

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    • 1.Computational models have value in modeling the construction and recognition of analogies.
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    • 2.Traditional philosophical models provide normative principles needed for critical evaluation of analogical inferences.
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    • 1.Computational models of analogy (e.g., Gentner's SME) are descriptive of cognitive processes, not normative guides to valid inference.
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    • 2.Combining descriptive and normative frameworks without a unifying epistemology produces an equivocation on what 'analogical reasoning' means.
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    • 3.A theory of analogical reasoning that conflates psychological modeling with logical justification commits a naturalistic fallacy about inference norms.
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    • 1.Aristotle's account of analogia and Mill's methods of inductive inference presuppose that analogical strength is irreducibly domain-specific and judgment-laden.
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    • 2.Computational models abstract away domain-specific judgment into formal structural mappings, systematically omitting what traditional accounts identify as epistemically essential.
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    • 3.A framework that omits what rival theories identify as the core phenomenon does not complement those theories but rather displaces them.
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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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