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| n | Making
predictions about the future based |
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| If asked why we
believe the sun will rise tomorrow, |
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naturally answer, “Because it has |
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| always risen
every day.” We have a firm belief |
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| that it will rise
in the future, because it has risen |
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| in the past. –
Bertrand Russell |
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| n | Is induction
sound? Why believe that the |
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| future will look
similar to the past? |
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