Hume's original regress shows that any attempt to validate induction by its past success necessarily smuggles reliability into the argumentative structure as a presupposition, not merely as a procedural rule.

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Hume(as the main philosopher discussed in this statement): David Hume was an 18th-century Scottish philosopher who argued that human knowledge comes from experience and observation rather than pure reasoning alone.
Regress(as used in epistemology and logic): An infinite chain of reasoning where each explanation requires another explanation, like asking 'why?' infinitely and never reaching a final answer.
induction(Offered as the mechanism behind empirical universality.): The empirical method by which observations are generalized into rules; yields only comparative or assumed universality, not strict universality.
presupposition(Used to distinguish conditions required for an obligation from the grounds of the obligation): A necessary condition for something (such as an obligation) that is not itself part of the ground of that thing
reliability(what induction is trying to prove about itself): The quality of consistently producing correct or trustworthy results; something you can depend on to work.
validate(what conventionalism would be forced to do): To officially accept or confirm something as correct, legitimate, or true.

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