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RE: Will the sun rise tomorrow?

"Kindly explain to us how seeing the sun rise myriads of times gives any logical reason at all for supposing it will rise tomorrow?"

It doesn't. (That's Hume's point.) One more time: Hume’s position is that no finite number of observations, no matter how large, can be used to derive an (unrestricted general conclusion that is logically defensible).

"Isn't the belief it will simply a result of a custom or habit of our minds?"

Precisely. Just as I highlighted with the example of the little girl and her uncle observing a ball bounce. Actually, Hume's famous example involves billiard balls.


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