Hume's Problem of Induction

Hello everyone,

It’s been quite a while since my last video! I haven’t been able to make philosophy videos in a while simply because I have had a lot of things happen in my personal life that have prevented me from being able to make videos for this channel. So please excuse how rusty my lecture-giving skills are! Also, I know my explanation might be a little redundant, but one of my main goals as philosopher is to try to break things down in such a way so that even a child could understand at least some of the concepts. So when I make these videos, I always try to keep that in mind. Thank you so much for watching! Feel free to leave questions, comments, criticisms, down below.

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References
Hume, David. “An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding”. Hackett Publishing Company, Inc. First edition published in 1977.

Hume, David. “A Treatise of Human Nature”. Oxford University Press, Inc. Second Edition, Published in 2009.

[Pizaerable]

I think induction thinking is more of an evolutionary adaptation that allowed certain organisms to think in a way to create models of their external world via their sensory systems in order for them to 'problem solve' complex situations to survive. This caused humans to believe such thinking is 'objective', given that it has been installed in us instinctively

[dedgar]

started taking a philosophy class for the first time and this channel is gold. Saved me from reading 60 pages on induction that was worded in a confusing manner

[tomyout]

Honestly, I was trying to figure Hume out on this. This video is the single best video explaining Hume on Induction.

[AJ-ibre]

I really enjoyed this video. In all my time studying philosophy I have never heard Hume explained so succinctly and accurately. I hope you continue to make videos!

[anwarkamal]

Very clear explanation on a very very important issue that roused Immanuel Kant from his dogmatic slumber. Nicely done, much appreciated.

[azskater]

Did I just watch a video of myself giving a lecture on Hume’s problem of induction to myself? Yes, indeed, I think I did. Lol. Excellent job, my recently discovered doppelgänger 👍👌😂😁

[eeven]

I loved your video. Have always admired Humes skepticism, and thought of an extension to this argument where even given a stable universe and the idea of future resembling the past those components contained within resemblance can not all be understood or anticipated. The sun always rising is clear and easy to understand, however the rate of slowing and the inherent change to slowing or accelerating or by definition change, present a whole different set of problems, within this framework.

[iamwasd]

This five minute video saved me HOURS of reading a bunch of boring, confusing material. Thank you!!!

[whoathatsalotofdamage]

I'm really impressed with both the editing quality and overall production level you put into the video, great job! I think generally, a lot of reasoning can boil down to intuitiveness, which is really just a fancy word for pattern recognition and ascription. Like another commentor stated, it has legitimate evolutionary usage in keeping things generally alive, but is largely unfounded. To question the immutability of natural law and constants is pretty foundational to science. We have quantum mechanics being observed where these constants break down and are no longer true, and in psychology you have the nature v. Nurture argument which has now been rendered a bit simpler with our understanding of epigenetics. Question your reality, it's how we make strides as humanity!

[sarahjess]

This video is so helpful, I currently have an essay due tomorrow and my lecturer stipulated that we clearly must explain humes problem of induction. I was struggling to fork the correct words, but this helped :) thank you

[JustinMinoruLeachonLuna]

Umderstanding this is quite hard but your explanation helped me come to an understanding.

[SOULJAJOE]

Excellent video! I'm really amazed by the scenes and editing as well as the knowledge of what you're saying of course :D
Also! Welcome back, I saw this video after checking your past videos and saw the recent upload, Im gonna sub, I like this content. I haven't read a lot on philosophy but so far for the year I believe I read at least 1 or 2 books on philosophy

[JavierBonillaC]

Objects you showed fall towards he ground not to the ground. Some land in a cup or a glass. But your video is very good. Your examples are very clear, coherent and succinct. Congratulations.

[cancelled_user]

Helloooo! Where you've been? Welcome back :)

I discovered your channel a couple of weeks ago and I noticed the last video was already 2 years old. I subscribed anyway and... voilaaa! A new video is here :) I'll watch it in the morning. Going to bed now.

[Nosfastus]

Finally someone who can explain it... Thank you.

[KingCrocoduck]

It has never been clear to me why people treat inductive reasoning as though it were uniquely unfounded. Deductive and abductive reasoning are similarly foundationless, with the former operating entirely on the basis of arbitrary axioms, and the latter formally affirming the consequent.

[UglyStru]

Fantastic quality on this video. I just needed this for a philosophy class but based on this quality, I HAVE to subscribe. Thank you for this!

[lamees]

Thanks, you explained it in a simple way yet so informative!

[timouradjiev]

Quick, correct, and concise. Thank you lots!!

[thegreatconstipation]

I like that you make video once a year