FACT CHECK · DEBATE METHOD AND GENERAL FACTS
Claim: Did the empirical case override the induction?
CONTEXTTHE ANSWER
Induction = inferring from observed cases to the unobserved or to a general law. Hume (1739, 1748): no non-circular proof that the future resembles the past; one counter-case can break a rule.
SOURCE
Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy: The Problem of Induction
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