Dualism and Behaviourism
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The problem of induction is a great philosophical problem which has baffled minds for years and years. The core basis of it is that there is no justification of our claim to general knowledge or particular knowledge of events which we have not observed. By "our claim," is basically representing humanity as a whole, or representing the common person's standpoint. Hume believes that we cannot predict the future, and therefore many arguments are false.
Hume says that we have no rational justification for any of our beliefs about the future or for any other beliefs which go beyond our current observation. For the most part, almost all of us use inductive observations and reasoning on a daily basis, when we get up and when we go out. We assume we will wake up the next day, when there is a chance we wont. As rational beings we all use inductive logic at some time. What reason do we have to believe that simple induction is rational? Hume first posed the problem of induction, arguing that we cannot make predictions on future events on the basis of experience on past events, as past events have no influence on future events, which is true...