According to Hume (1748), this is a process of drawing a conclusion about an object or event that has
yet to be observed or occur, on the basis of previous observations of similar objects or events. For
example, after observing year after year that a certain kind of weed invades our yard every December,
we may conclude that next December our yard will again be invaded by the weed; or having tested a
substantially large sample of coffee makers, only to find that each one of them has a faulty fuse, we
conclude that all the coffee makers in the batch are defective. In these cases we infer or reach a
conclusion based on observations. The observations or assumptions on which we base the inference—
the annual appearance of the weed, or the sample of coffee makers with faulty fuses—constitute the
premises or assumptions
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