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work_n4waatxkyzg6vf2zrixpacarmq	Paul Bartha	Norton's material theory of analogy	2020	10	.pdf	application/pdf	11012	856	53	In his book, The Material Theory of Induction, Norton argues that the quest for a universal formal theory or 'schema' for analogical inference should be abandoned. its place, he offers the "material theory of analogy": each analogical inference is "powered" by a local fact of analogy rather than by any formal schema. model promises a straightforward, fact-based approach to the evaluation and justification of analogical inferences. universal schemas is justified, Norton's positive theory is limited in scope: it works well only for a restricted class of analogical inferences. Second, Norton proposes a positive alternative: his "material theory" of analogical inference. theory of analogy differs in one important respect from his positive accounts of other types of inductive inference. apparent virtue of the material theory is that it solves, or perhaps dissolves, the problem of providing a justification for analogical reasoning, (inductive inference to the fact of analogy) and "step 2" (Norton's 	./cache/work_n4waatxkyzg6vf2zrixpacarmq.pdf	./txt/work_n4waatxkyzg6vf2zrixpacarmq.txt