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Unit 3: Reason and formal logic
Quick questions on Hume's problem of induction: QCE Philosophy and Reason
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What is hume's argument?Show answer
Hume, in An Enquiry concerning Human Understanding (1748), argues by elimination. A justification of induction must be either demonstrative (deductive, from relations of ideas) or probable (empirical, from matters of fact).
What is q1?Show answer
Reconstruct Hume's dilemma about justifying induction. [4 marks]
What is q2?Show answer
Explain why adding "nature is uniform" as a premise does not solve the problem. [3 marks]
What is q3?Show answer
State one objection to Popper's claim that science avoids induction. [2 marks]
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