What is "Hume's paradox"?
A) Despite our deepest convictions, we cannot justify any kind of nonampliative knowledge
B) Despite our deepest convictions, the principle of uniformity of nature is false
C) Despite our deepest convictions, we cannot justify any kind of ampliative knowledge
D) Despite our deepest convictions, science is ultimately founded upon induction

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Hume's paradox, also known as the problem of induction, highlights the issue that we cannot justify inductive reasoning through inductive or deductive means, despite relying on it for expanding our knowledge. This is because inductive reasoning assumes that the future will resemble the past, but this assumption itself cannot be proven through induction without circular reasoning, nor can it be proven deductively.

What Is "Hume's Paradox