Comments on: Hume’s views on induction: a follow-up

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Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:49:12 +0000

[...] also has a blog now, though I see only one post on this Hume episode, an essay on induction (and no, the “Mark” who commented on that post is not [...]

By: Matt Teichman

Matt Teichman — Sun, 11 Dec 2011 09:48:00 +0000

Right; that’s the skeptical worry. It isn’t guaranteed that (for example) the bus will come this Friday at 8:00, even though it’s come exactly at 8:00 for the past forty-eight Fridays. If it turns out you’re wrong, and it comes at 7:45 this Friday, then you pay a significant price–perhaps you’ll miss an important meeting at work. So by trusting that the bus will come at the same time on the 49th Friday, you’re taking a risk. Or at least, that’s how a skeptic about induction would want you to think of it.

By: Mark

Mark — Sun, 11 Dec 2011 01:31:41 +0000

Let’s say I do not believe that knowing the past will somehow help me predict the future…this would make me more open minded, which seems like something nice to aspire to…but then suppose that I am wrong. Now my openmindedness will be my downfall because I will waste my time thinking about the future in terms that are unlikely…because I do not see the connection to the past to focus my ideation.
I hope what I just said makes sense…for I am not a classically trained philosophist.
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