{
  "handle": "Generalize",
  "mechanism": "Pattern Extraction: Given multiple instances, identify shared structure. Replace specific values with variables. {{state}} the invariant that holds across all instances. Test: does pattern predict behavior of new instances? Refine until predictive. The canonical form of {{induction}} in sema's reasoning taxonomy — probable conclusions from specific observations. It employs {{analogy_bridge}} to map specific instances to abstract schemata, validating the invariant across the set.",
  "gloss": "Inductive pattern extraction",
  "failure_modes": [
    "Overfitting: the extracted pattern includes noise or coincidence from the instances it was drawn from.",
    "Over-generalisation: the rule covers the instances and also cases it should exclude."
  ],
  "invariants": [
    "The abstract rule covers every instance it was drawn from.",
    "Drawn from at least `min_instances` instances.",
    "Tested against instances not used to form it."
  ],
  "preconditions": [
    "Set of specific instances"
  ],
  "postconditions": [
    "General principle extracted"
  ],
  "_meta": {
    "tier": 1,
    "related": [
      "Specialize",
      "Almostnot#4d07"
    ],
    "ring": 2,
    "supersedes": [
      "sema:Generalize#mh:SHA-256:17c94171f5f8f82695fc6dfb89eac6aad8adedf46545e3d48e799056ec132941",
      "sema:Generalize#mh:SHA-256:78cbd8c531e0daa24d78be404ae40023b9ae598b6b0642e925756b1822145ccf",
      "sema:Generalize#mh:SHA-256:251f07a282bc1b83a737977141d164311e3334d50b555400970928758153289d"
    ],
    "path": [
      "Mind",
      "Reasoning"
    ]
  },
  "parameters": [
    {
      "name": "min_instances",
      "type": "PositiveInteger",
      "range": "[2, 100]",
      "description": "Instances required before a shared structure counts as a pattern."
    }
  ],
  "sema_id": "sema:Generalize#mh:SHA-256:29f133fe83dfe2cd7d2b432390f59e3a64a84866b964a2ca6199f8134ba64e7e",
  "sema_ref": "Generalize#29f1",
  "sema_stub": "29f1",
  "dependencies": {
    "references": {
      "analogy_bridge": "sema:AnalogyBridge#mh:SHA-256:cf62f5ead4f1aaa93a26feb06a9546035a93d1103cca1fccb1d4de5f08babc4a",
      "induction": "sema:Induction#mh:SHA-256:1b39044c28c83bf79a7bfe108d0edaf616724b3cc0e9fec93086913101fc1530",
      "state": "sema:State#mh:SHA-256:4f25e6a16ccd37dc0bc154cccc7055cb504d49daa8b712f372a425eb6c7b8cb2"
    }
  },
  "sema_layer": "Mind",
  "sema_category": "Reasoning",
  "used_by": {
    "references": {
      "Almostnot": "sema:Almostnot#mh:SHA-256:4d077fbd29b813e8cada6cc2c1c8bdbb34b81766a9f3fef3351aa7ad24a0f11f",
      "CapacityPressure": "sema:CapacityPressure#mh:SHA-256:f06c432726ee48412ac4a49e9fa9ddc1a7272a298eaf984a9fef86e3fbcdf261",
      "PatternEmergence": "sema:PatternEmergence#mh:SHA-256:c36a27715a030ff0eb89f29c6149a1e756bf7c24fc759ac21162d3edcf58152c",
      "Specialize": "sema:Specialize#mh:SHA-256:799d587f9e409c7f9fbf13f5dc83a2437068df8a0738f9bcfb910ee00c0c20a1"
    }
  }
}