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Hume's Problem of Induction
A discussion of David Hume's problem of induction, which posed the question about what evidence there was to support the instinctive understanding that the future would resemble the past.
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| 2004
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This paper begins with an explanation of deductive and inductive reasoning and then goes on to analyze the questions raised by well-known skeptic and humanist, David Hume, about finding indisputable evidence that the future will resemble the past or that observed instances can predict new instances.
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Hume's Problem of Induction (2004, December 06)
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"Hume's Problem of Induction" 06 December 2004.
Web. 30 May. 2023. <https://www.academon.com/research-paper/hume-problem-of-induction-53941/>