Philosophy / Unit 2 Philosophy 0082 short lesson, about 20 seconds
The Problem of Induction
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The idea
Hume's problem of induction: inference from observed cases to unobserved ones assumes nature's uniformity—and that assumption cannot be proven without circularity.
In practice
Bread nourished yesterday and today. That it will nourish tomorrow requires the future to resemble the past—which no experience can certify in advance.
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