
Hume's Problem of Induction
Hume's Problem of Induction questions whether we can justify using past experiences to confidently predict future events. For example, just because the sun has risen every day, we assume it will rise again tomorrow. Hume argued there’s no logical necessity that future events will resemble past ones; our beliefs are based on habit, not certainty. This raises the issue of whether induction can be rationally justified or if it’s simply a matter of expectation. Essentially, Hume’s problem highlights the challenge of explaining why past experience should reliably inform our predictions about the future.