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The Problem of Induction

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Hume's problem of induction: inference from observed cases to unobserved ones assumes nature's uniformity—and that assumption cannot be proven without circularity.

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Bread nourished yesterday and today. That it will nourish tomorrow requires the future to resemble the past—which no experience can certify in advance.