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    Challenges→The problem of circularity in Hume's argument about induction is evaded if we recognize that different inductive inferences rest on different empirical presuppositions

    If different inductive inferences rest on different empirical presuppositions, no single circular presupposition underlies all induction

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    One way to put this point is to say that Hume’s argument rests on a quantifier shift fallacy (Sober 1988; Okasha 2005a). Hume says that there exists a general presupposition for all inductive inferences, whereas he should have said that for each inductive inference, there is some presupposition. Different inductive inferences then rest on different empirical presuppositions, and the problem of circularity is evaded.

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