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===Hume=== {{See also|David Hume#Induction and causation}} Although induction is not made by reason, Hume observes that we nonetheless perform it and improve from it. He proposes a descriptive explanation for the nature of induction in Β§5 of the ''Enquiry'', titled "Skeptical solution of these doubts". It is by custom or habit that one draws the inductive connection described above, and "without the influence of custom we would be entirely ignorant of every matter of fact beyond what is immediately present to the memory and senses".<ref>''Enquiry'', Β§5.1.</ref> The result of custom is belief, which is instinctual and much stronger than imagination alone.<ref>''Enquiry'', Β§5.2.</ref>
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