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Re:No, really—consciousness is worth thinking about by Jimmy on Sunday August 11, 2013 @09:07PM (#6197116)
>(for example just the other day I was thinking "hey, has anyone proved that mathematical induction is really intellectually honest? or was Hume actually right and it's all make-believe?")

Mathematical induction is different from the type of induction that Hume was concerned with, and it's just as sound as any other method of mathematical proof.

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Re:No, really—consciousness is worth thinking about by mindcrime on Sunday August 11, 2013 @09:10PM (#6197124)
I'm guessing the post you replied to really meant to talk about "inductive reasoning" and not mathematical induction. Regarding the former, it is a well known open question within the philosophy of science, regarding how valid inductive reasoning is.[1]

[1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Problem_of_induction

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