Hume's Uniformity Of Induction

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Hume’s problem of induction was originated in the 18th century, it has caused us to look and think about induction in a new way. Hume states that we as humans form beliefs about the unobserved through experience regardless if they haven’t taken place. The knowledge of the unobserved can’t be derived from a priori but must be from past experiences. For example, you know that when you go to flip a light switch the light will come on. You cannot see into the future to observe that the light will come on, you use your past experience of flipping on the switch to infer that it will turn on.
Secondly, Hume states that beliefs formed this way cannot be justified due to induction because you are reasoning parts of nature/life that have not been observed …show more content…

Hume’s view on appealing to the uniformity of nature is that it is uniform and will continue to be, because the future nature has always been like the past because the laws in place will continue to keep it that way. Hume’s appeal to the uniformity of nature is using induction to state that things will remain constant regardless of being observed. Thus you must use induction to believe in the uniformity. I think uniformity of nature is something to look at when explaining the unobserved but I don’t believe it is of the utmost importance. Nature isn’t completely uniform as is, the sun has gotten weaker and there are mutated plants and animals. All things we have observed. There is still a chance for something to change just as there is a chance for it to stay the same. That is why I believe it is something to consider but not to depend on. One could use inference to argue for the uniformity of nature by looking at the seasons of earth. Each and every year we experience change in seasons and you can infer that we will have the same seasons the following

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