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    It is not the case that The first horn of Hume's dilemma does not definitively preclude an a priori argument for inductive inference

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    • 1.The first horn only rules out demonstrative arguments to the certain conclusion of an inductive inference
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    • 2.It remains possible to construct a demonstrative argument establishing only that the conclusion of an inductive inference is probable or likely
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    • 3.A probabilistic a priori argument would not be defeated by the mere conceivability of the negation of the conclusion
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    • 1.Kant's synthetic a priori demonstrates that non-trivial necessary truths about empirical structure are achievable without purely analytic reasoning.
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    • 2.The principle of the uniformity of nature can be reconstructed as a transcendental precondition for experience rather than an empirical generalization.
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    • 3.A transcendental argument establishing uniformity as constitutive of experience would be demonstrative yet immune to Hume's conceivability objection.
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    • 1.Carnap's inductive logic shows that logical probability relations between propositions can be determined a priori through confirmation theory.
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    • 2.If c(h,e)—the degree of confirmation of hypothesis h given evidence e—is a logical relation, it holds necessarily and is knowable without further empirical input.
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