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    Supports→Argument S cannot convince a skeptic who rejects inductive inference

    Any argument appealing to induction's past success as evidence of future reliability already presupposes the very inferential standard under dispute.

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    • 1.Using induction's past success to justify future induction assumes induction works, which is exactly what needs proof.
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    • 2.Any non-inductive justification of induction (deductive or other) would beg the question differently, not resolve it.
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    • 3.Circular reasoning remains circular regardless of whether the circle is acknowledged or hidden in background assumptions.
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    • 1.Appealing to past success uses *empirical facts* (what happened), not the inferential standard (how we should reason).
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    • 2.All justification involves some starting assumptions; presupposing induction doesn't make it viciously circular if warranted.
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    • 3.Many reliable methods (scientific induction, bayesian updating) prove effective through success without requiring independent justification first.
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