reasoning-analogicallisted

# Analogical Reasoning Transfer structured knowledge across domains. The logic of pattern recognition and adaptation. ## Type Signature ``` Analogical : Source → StructuralMap → Target → Adaptation Where: Source : PriorExperience × Relevance → SourceDomain StructuralMap : SourceDomain → (Objects × Relations × Constraints) Target : StructuralMap × NewContext → MappedStructure Adaptation : MappedStructure × ContextDifferences → AdaptedSolution ``` ## When to Use **Use analogical when:** - Entering new market with experience in similar markets - Building new product with experience in similar products - Facing novel situation with structural similarity to past cases - Need to transfer playbooks across contexts - "This is like..." patterns in thinking **Don't use when:** - Cause-effect chain is known → Use Causal - Need to explain observation → Use Abductive - Competing positions to resolve → Use Dialectical ## Four-Stage Process ### Stage 1: Source Retrieval **Purpose:** Identify relevant prior experience with documented outcomes. **Source Selection Criteria:** | Criterion | Question | Weight | |-----------|----------|--------| | **Structural similarity** | Same type of problem/situation? | 0.35 | | **Outcome documented** | Do we know what happened? | 0.25 | | **Recency** | How recent is the experience? | 0.15 | | **Success level** | Did the approach work? | 0.15 | | **Context overlap** | Similar constraints/resources? | 0.10 | **Source Re