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Comment author: Tim_Tyler 21 May 2008 07:58:18AM 0 points [-]

Re: "Since all reasoning is inductive, it would have a little consistency problem." No: see deductive reasoning. Re: "Hume's complaint is that there is uncertainty and doubt in all conclusions" - Hume's problem of induction is only concerned with induction. Re: Acceptance of induction among philosophers: Hume's point was not that induction was common or mistaken - but that it is not rational, it lacks justification that would convince a sceptical rational agent. Re: "How does a position merit the title "skeptical" when it maintains an infinite certainty of something completely contrary to experience" - the idea that the past cannot predict the future is not contrary to experience. It conflicts with evolutionary biology - but good luck with convincing an inductive sceptic that evolutionary biology is correct - the whole enterprise is founded on induction.