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    Challenges→Analogical reasoning can be justified by determination rules without trivializing the analogical argument

    Without an independent account of which properties are projectable, the selection of determining variables P_i smuggles in the analogical conclusion rather than grounding it.

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    • 1.Analogical inference requires justification for why selected properties matter; without independent criteria, any property choice seems arbitrary.
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    • 2.If projectability standards aren't specified independently, the conclusion that P_i determines outcomes is presupposed rather than derived.
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    • 3.Goodman's grue problem shows that property selection without principled constraints leads to circular reasoning favoring desired conclusions.
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    • 1.Practical reasoning often succeeds using intuitively salient properties without prior meta-theory of projectability; theory shouldn't require what practice doesn't.
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    • 2.Demanding independent accounts of projectability may create infinite regress—justifying criteria requires criteria for criteria, ad infinitum.
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    • 3.Some property selection can be grounded pragmatically in explanatory success and causal relevance, not circular reasoning about predetermined conclusions.
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