1. Introduction In his “New Riddle of Induction”, Goodman provides further analysis of Hume’s claims in his “Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding”, by claiming that Hume’s problem with induction is a problem with the validity of predictions that humans make. In this paper, I will first begin by defining what both Hume and Goodman’s arguments are, as Goodman derives his conclusions from the premises that Hume puts forward. Then I will explain why Goodman’s claims, and “grue” example, are illegitimate
Hobbes and David Hume have many views and discussions on this belief. Hume viewed that “By liberty, then, we can only mean a power of acting, according to the determinations of the will; this is, if we choose to remain at rest, we may; if we choose to move, we also may” (Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding (1748) [R&R, p. 475]). I believe Hume is arguing that moral responsibility and free will can be harmonised though determinism. The idea of ‘could have done otherwise’ for Hobbes and Hume in fact