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    Any attempt to verify uniformity of nature would circular... — Carmelics
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    Supports→The demand that the principle of the uniformity of nature be verified is nonsensical

    Any attempt to verify uniformity of nature would circularly employ the very regularities whose universality is in question, rendering the demand self-undermining.

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    • 1.Any inductive argument for uniformity presupposes that past regularities continue—the very thing being proven.
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    • 2.We cannot step outside our experience to verify nature matches our observations without using observation itself.
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    • 3.Justifying uniformity requires assuming uniform laws of reasoning, making the defense logically circular.
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    • 1.Circularity isn't self-defeating if the premise is indispensable to any rational inquiry whatsoever.
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    • 2.We can distinguish between question-begging circularity and necessary presuppositions underlying all knowledge.
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    • 3.Empirical success of science using uniformity assumptions suggests they work, regardless of foundational circularity.
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