Posts Tagged ‘Hume’

Problems with Probability

Tuesday, October 20th, 2009

One of the often used justifications for inductive reasoning, especially in science, is probability theory.  If all observed swans in the past have been white, then there is a high probability that the next observed swan will be white.  David Hume quite rightly criticised this reasoning in Enquiries Concerning Human Understanding, but today I’d like [...]