Mind: A Brief Introduction (John R. Searle) / quote 137 of 138

Induction cannot ground the uniformity of nature

Unless we presuppose some sort of uniformity of nature, the uniformity of nature guaranteed by causality and causation, we have no ground for inductive arguments. But, and this is the crucial point, there is no ground for the belief in the uniformity of nature, because any such a belief would have to be grounded in induction, which in turn would have to be grounded in the uniformity of nature; and thus the attempt to ground the belief in the uniformity of nature would be circular.

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