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    Supports→The Uniformity Principle cannot be justified by arguing that it works, because that justification itself requires an inductive argument, making the reasoning circular

    Hume's fork establishes that only relations of ideas or matters of fact can ground justification, and the Uniformity Principle fits neither category non-circularly.

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    • 1.The Uniformity Principle cannot be known a priori as a relation of ideas, since its denial is logically conceivable.
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    • 2.The Uniformity Principle cannot be grounded in matters of fact without assuming what it purports to justify: future resemblance to past.
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    • 3.If justification requires fitting Hume's fork categories non-circularly, and UP fits neither, then UP lacks justification.
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    • 1.The Uniformity Principle might be a pragmatic presupposition necessary for rational inquiry itself, not requiring traditional justification.
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    • 2.Hume's fork may be too restrictive; some foundational principles ground justification through their indispensability to empirical reasoning.
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    • 3.The circularity objection assumes non-circular justification is always required; but foundational principles can be self-supporting.
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