Inductive Symmetry
If an argument treats one observed pattern as forceful, similar patterns should receive comparable permission unless relevant differences are identified.
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The audit is grounded in the idea that relevantly similar inductive assessments should be governed by the same evidential standards unless a real differentiator is named and justified.
Read the grounding paperIf an argument treats one observed pattern as forceful, similar patterns should receive comparable permission unless relevant differences are identified.
Modal smuggling happens when an observed regularity is quietly promoted into necessity without an independent bridge premise.
Scope drift occurs when evidence gathered inside one domain is used to support a claim in another domain without showing that the transfer is licensed.
Specificity inflation occurs when modest evidence for a broad claim is treated as evidence for a much richer doctrinal claim.
The tool asks users to expose their anchor induction, compare it with parallel inductions, classify any differentiators, and inspect the remaining tension. The score is a diagnostic pressure reading, not a proof that a conclusion is false.
Grounding document: Inductive Symmetry and the Smuggling of Necessity .