Hume- problem of induction Dotto

The problem with induction is that is leaves room for error, as with most forms of knowledge. Although induction is exponentially better than Descartes' method of deduction, it is imperfect. The problem with deduction is that it leaves too much room for error to be a consistently conclusive method. Where in a game like Clue deducing may lead to the culprit, real world answers are rarely limited to four characters, four rooms, and four objects.

Hume and Locke's rebuttal to Descartes, induction, is based on logical reasoning and cause and effect. Through induction, logical reasoning after lots of particular cases and relevant feautres lead to a general principle. Although it still leaves room for error because there are always exceptions to the rule (referred to as cingular cases), it is much better than Descartes's deduction because deduction takes general principles and infers particular cases.