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The Problem of Induction

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PHLA10 12<strong>The</strong> <strong>Problem</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Induction</strong>●How does PUN fit into inductive arguments?– Instead <strong>of</strong>● All thus far observed mammals have hair, so the nextmammal we meet will have hair– We have● All thus far observed mammals have hair and PUN, sothe next mammal we meet will have hair– Does PUN turn an inductive argument into a deductiveargument?– Perhaps it is meant to.– But what kind <strong>of</strong> proposition is PUN?● A priori (can be deductively proven)?● A posteriori (can only be inductively proven)?

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