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    Circular arguments can provide an acceptable justification for inductive inference

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    • 1.Premise P6, which rules out circular arguments, is part of the second horn of Hume's dilemma
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    • 2.Rejecting premise P6 allows circular arguments to serve as justifications
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    • 3.Some circular arguments of a specific kind are acceptable as justifications
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    One way to tackle the second horn of Hume’s dilemma is to reject premise P6, which rules out circular arguments. Some have argued that certain kinds of circular arguments would provide an acceptable justification for the inductive inference. Since the justification would then itself be an inductive one, this approach is often referred to as an “inductive justification of induction”.
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