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    It is not the case that An inductive generalization is only as strong as its scope of surveyed cases, and Hume's self-report systematically excludes the rationalist tradition's prima facie evidence against the principle.

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    • 1.Hume's empiricist methodology isn't a bias but a principled epistemology; dismissing unfalsifiable introspection need not invalidate his scope of analysis.
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    • 2.The rationalist 'prima facie evidence' was itself contestable and controversial among contemporaries, so excluding it doesn't obviously narrow the survey.
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    • 3.Strength of induction depends on representative sampling, not exhaustive inclusion of every competing theory; Hume's scope may be sufficient for his conclusions.
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    • 1.Hume explicitly dismisses rationalist introspective claims about innate ideas without engaging their detailed arguments or phenomenological descriptions.
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    • 2.An inductive argument's conclusion cannot exceed what its premises warrant; excluding major theoretical competitors weakens generalizability claims.
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    • 3.Rationalists documented systematic introspective evidence Hume's empiricism structurally cannot accommodate, making his exclusion methodologically significant.
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