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Mar 21, 2018 · The original source of what has become known as the “problem of induction” is in Book 1, part iii, section 6 of A Treatise of Human Nature by David Hume, published in 1739 (Hume 1739).
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In his early and great A Treatise of Human Nature (1739) Hume compares the emotions felt by humans and a selection of animals and in a discussion concerning pride and humility refers to the swan, the turkey, the peacock.
David Hume, who first formulated the problem in 1739, [1] argued that there is no non-circular way to justify inductive inferences, while acknowledging that everyone does and must make such inferences.
Hume’s famous argument concerning induction appears three times in his works, with many potentially significant differences between the three presentations and clear evidence of a systematic development in his views. The detailed analysis below aims to highlight the most salient points. 1. The Argument of the Treatise.
In his Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding (1748), David Hume (1711-1776) asserts that even this argument is not good. Hume thinks the skeptical answer – ‘We Don’t Know!’ – is the logical response to this sort of inductive (past-experience-based) argument.
First, Hume's argument gives us no reason to suppose that relying on our scientific knowledge is in any way misguided; it does not tell us we are wrong to do so. It merely says that the attempt to show that there is any sound inductive reasoning to that knowledge from observation alone will fail.
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Nov 25, 2011 · In our latest episode, Peter Kail addressed a popular misreading of David Hume’s views about induction—the process of inferring things about the future on the basis of facts about the past. According to this reading, Hume is a skeptic about induction.
