Humes Argument For Inductive Reasoning

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Inductive reasoning is a form of reasoning where the premises in an argument support a conclusion, but does not necessarily ensure the truth. It’s a universally used method of logic, but there is a supposed problem with induction given to us by Humes on whether or not it can be justified. Induction is as follows: A1 is B1 and A2 is B2, therefore An is Bn. The problem that Humes has with induction is that it inductive arguments are circular. All arguments that use induction are simply under the assumption that because events have occurred a certain way and have always occurred that specific way; therefore we assume that the next time the event occurs it will still occur the same way. Hume argues that there is no justifiable reason that such