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    It is not the case that Inductive inference is constitutive of what we mean by 'rational belief formation' in empirical contexts, making it self-undermining to call it 'mere' habit.

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    • 1.Induction's logical structure doesn't guarantee truth from premises; this validity gap persists regardless of how we conceptualize it.
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    • 2.Habits and rational methods aren't mutually exclusive—we can rationally endorse induction while acknowledging it's also a learned disposition.
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    • 3.Claiming induction is constitutive of rationality risks circularity: we justify induction by appealing to standards that presuppose induction.
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    • 1.Rational belief formation in empirical domains requires generalizing from observed cases to unobserved ones—induction's core function.
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    • 2.Calling induction 'mere habit' treats it as arbitrary pattern-matching, but it's actually a principled method with normative force.
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    • 3.Any alternative to induction (deduction alone, intuition) either fails to ground empirical knowledge or smuggles induction in covertly.
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